Hunter Walker: I see a lack of awareness from Biden and his team about how bad he's doing. That's especially clear when be does an interview where he denies the numbers and touts achievements that the public really doesn't see including shutting down Putin, Mideast peace, and the economy.

I agree with the point that the sheet volume of Biden coverage from some big outlets - particularly compared to their coverage of MAGA authoritarianism - is out of wack but this column also ignores a whole lot of reality. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why is the pundit class so desparate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnitwww.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

The concerns around Biden aren't solely coming from the media. They are coming from within the Democratic Party. Mark Warner and the senators going with him are not pundits - and that's just one example. Dems I speak with are almost universally concerned.

And the reason for this concern is clear. Biden's numbers were not great before this. He's got serious issues and this is a serious moment. It's Biden and his team's job to sell him to the portion of the public that isn't with it. It's not the media's job to do that.

I see a lack of awareness from Biden and his team about how bad he's doing. That's especially clear when be does an interview where he denies the numbers and touts achievements that the public really doesn't see including shutting down Putin, Mideast peace, and the economy.

I don't think press tripling down on that with them is an answer to anything. We should, of course, be aggressively covering how alarming Trump's plans are. But part of making people aware of the stakes is showing that Trump really might win.

Saying that Trump might win and demanding Biden step down, while amplifying only negative stories about Biden is two different things.

I agree with her point about the volume of coverage being way off. I also generally hate op ed pages. It's not a newspaper's job to print a resignation letter or any kind of demand. That being said, it's not any reporters job to ignore that he's in trouble and that many in his own party are upset.

This column is part of a strain of thinking that I also see on social that is like blaming this all on the press. It's disingenuous to claim the calls for Biden to drop are just a result of bad punditry. They are coming from inside the Dems' house too.

Elected Dems are lead by the nose from the elite press. They are at the same dinner parties. Not a stark divide between them.

He had a bad debate. He had one goal set out to accomplish before and failed to do so. That goal was to reverse the unfair age coverage.

That's MAGA talk.

Is anyone (besides yourself) capable of forming opinions without consulting the elite press? Is it possible for those opinions to be valid? All these media-blaming narratives seem to implicitly deny that other voters have any agency of their own , and are just mindless media consumers.

There were ways to denigrate the Biden old talk but they could not exploit them because Biden can no longer communicate consistently and effectively. That it a killer blow for a US presidential candidate.

I am seeing a lot of articles talking about concern from unnamed democrats. I also saw comments from maybe 5 backbenchers as well as mischaracterizations of other people's comments. Meanwhile nyt has published 192 articles on bidens age. That you claim she's overstating that effect is mystifying.

The volume is the problem. I have no problem with good reporting and personally want to know all informative facts.

I completely agree the volume has been way out of wack and it's galling coming from people who have not called out Trump and his party for violent authoritarianism. That's part of what makes this all hard to talk about.

I think people know that and that’s why they’re losing their minds. The fundamentals are still the same. Biden has a dragon’s hoard of money, ad buys, and an opponent who’s a criminal, a traitor and objectively nuts. Giving equal time to that reality isn’t thumbing the scale, it’s doing the job.

Trump eroded the cash advantage post conviction. Clinton was similarly well funded in 2016. The fundamentals are not that solid for Biden. Diehard Dems need to recognize this moment isn't really about them. They are convinced Trump is very dangerous and would vote for Biden or any replacement.

There are many indications a decisive portion of the electorate isn't sold on those things. Press coverage is certainly a factor there but it's Biden and his campaign's job to make the sale in the landscape we have.

He is touting his job performance and literally not acknowledging the numbers showing voters aren't sold. The debate exacerbated what seems to be the public's many worry about him. I don't think that's a path to victory.

The Democratic activist base (especially On Here) consistently fails to recognize that they are not the target audience, their political instincts are no better developed than the average nonvoter, and they can’t poll unskew or psychoanalyse or “go back to Russia” their way out of this.

Ok. What is your job? Is it to ensure voters are aware of the consequences of their choices? If so, maybe spend roughly 1/2 your space on the incompetent lunatic whose best feature is that he’s likely incapable of carrying out his policy plans. Leaves you 1/2 for ‘polls’, which are still broken.

I’m not saying he’s won? You won’t convince anyone who works in politics they’d rather be a GOP candidate in this cycle. We agree it’s your job to make sure voters who are not ‘diehard Dems’ (whatever that means) know the real risks of a Trump win. What are you doing about that? It’s a big task.

His achievements that the public really doesn't see including shutting down Putin, Mideast peace, and the economy have been pretty much ignored by the media.

I see a lack of awareness on media’s part about Biden’s support among democratic voters

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