Not for nothing but the times running a single-sourcer that says "Biden recognizes that he can't fuck up like that again" amid a bunch of editorial slant does tend to make me think that Sulz is getting frustrated that it's not working. That's not even a good single-source backstab!
i thought yesterday that they’d hit overplaying their hand status, and i think it even more today. part of what’s going on here is that it’s legitimately a slow news week, lots of americans are on vacation at least part of the week, click tide is high, but that receeeds starting tomorrow
We've fully arrived to the "news cycle about the news cycle" stage, & the most they have to show is a couple dooming moderates, anonymous backbiting, & Nancy Pelosi saying it's reasonable to be concerned about the health of the president.
my worry is mostly that they won’t let him right the ship
I’m not convinced that a good interview will change the tone of the coverage at all, and I’m not convinced Biden can win an election where this is the coverage environment through November
“can the Times keep this up through Nov?”
well…
not at this volume but they can absolutely sustain a steady drip of stories every time he has a bad moment, which he will
I’d really like to be wrong, I am just significantly worried Biden can ever get the coverage he needs to flip the race
guess we’ll see how Friday plays out at least
I think that’s the question for me
if the Times and only the Times continues the coverage, he can get through it
if the “too old! can’t do the job!” drumbeat keeps up everywhere else he can’t
a quick survey of other major papers and then swing state papers show that, aside from the Times, you're maxing out at one above-the-fold story. in the swing states the biden-old story has already fallen off the top
