You can have concerns about Biden's age, but still be absolutely appalled about editorial choices that convey the issue as more important than the Supreme Court offering a pre-emptive thumbs up to a criminal presidency
I have been saying since February that major media are 100% devoted to But Her Emails 2, but I didnt imagine it would get this bad. The day after SCOTUS stops the law applying to Trump, we have to scroll thru 4 fucking top stories on “Biden old” & an ad before getting to anything on SCOTUS decision
It's such an insanely lazy article, with basically "he sometimes took a second to remember some guy's name after getting of a plane" or "he said Italy when he meant France" as these big reveals. By comparison, the part where he stood up to BiBi is sort of glossed over.
This feels like a precipice of a big break up between a lot of legacy news media institutions, typified by the NYT, and many Dems/libs. Like, I have seen a tremendous amount of pretty justified anger at their coverage choices over the past week that I dont think will be going away any time soon.
They are so mad about the lack of access in his administration, and they are ready and willing to sink American democracy because Colin fucking Jost called them Wordle at the Correspondent’s Dinner.
I just saw a thing on NBC talking about this and making mention of Hunter Biden coming to meet with him as if it was some sub-scandal. How incredibly unusual for a father and son to talk about a major life decision!
The interesting thing about Biden‘s age is that he’s in better shape than Donald Trump, who’s 78! Donald Trump was a terrible President and Biden is doing an excellent job as President right now. I suppose a reason to vote for Trump is if you want a leader with 34 felonies who’s guilty of rape.
pre-emptive for what comes next while simultaneously giving a thumbs to what prosecution is happening now and is (was) yet to happen for crimes already committed
The New York Times: “After his disastrous debate performance it is of utmost importance the bumbling, senescent old President drop out of the race for the good of the country”
The voters: bsky.app/profile/figg...
Historian classmate shared the below earlier today to express her disgust at how poorly the NYT has handled editorial choices in recent days. Today was clearly the tipping point. We've both subscribed for more than four decades, and today she called it quits:
As long as this is the Biden camp’s response to SCOTUS going completely rogue, the “Joe is too old” stuff will stay at the top. The campaign has the power to make headlines and shape the narrative with bold actions and positions on major issues. They won’t do it.
They *know* the Supreme Court decision is more important. They’re in what’s called let’s save our own asses mode. It’s what obey in advance looks like.
