sorry but this is just wrong. yes, there’s a bad faith media feeding frenzy. but *fifty million* people watched Biden sputter his way through that debate. it is not a creation of the media, it is a real problem.
I don’t like to embrace doomerism but I’m pretty sure the moment we took on this narrative as a true “concern” Biden needed to disprove, especially party leadership, we were fucked.
I don't think "we" took on anything. We're getting hammered by "questions" about Biden's viability as a candidate by every media outlet because they want to scuttle his campaign. That they're using a spoonful of truth to do it makes it extremely effective but they could just as easily do it to Trump
If the media went after Trump with the same consistency and frequency it would absolutely change the narrative about his candidacy. And I mean none of this subtle bullshit where you just repeat what he says and then look at the camera and make a face.
I do not have faith in the media to be able to grow enough backbone for that. it's been years of anderson cooper looking physically wounded saying "how can you say that" to aoc's simple observation that trump is racist
I 100% agree. What I'm saying will never happen. I just think people are underestimating what would happen if we lived in opposite land and underestimating how susceptible they are to propaganda.
Just compare and contrast Biden's old age moments with Trump's in every article about either.
Yeah, it won't change Trump's base, but it will make everyone else clear on what a malevolent pudding brain he is.
That he is kind of vaguely strongman evil, which is the identity he wants? No, he is not.
That his brain does not work at all in the same way that it worked in 2016 or 2020 is yes, very underexposed.
what I’m saying is that the reaction by Trump’s base to media attacks is the output of ideological and demographic factors that you can’t just replicate on the left
Conservative identity is built around a narrative of persecution by the liberals and the media.
Liberal criticism of Trump is seen as an unfair partisan attack. They rally behind Trump and never ask themselves why they are supporting someone rotten to the core.
