granting the (false) premise of Objective Journalism this is imo the biggest failure of the mainstream press this season. Trump is old as shit and can barely talk, when it's covered in a straightforward way it's devastating. but it's not getting front page treatmentgranting the (false) premise of Objective Journalism this is imo the biggest failure of the mainstream press this season. Trump is old as shit and can barely talk, when it's covered in a straightforward way it's devastating. but it's not getting front page treatment
'Other comments were harder to parse. “Kamala and the radical left Democratic Party want to keep Black and Hispanic children trapped in family government,” he said.' www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The Republican nominee appeared tired and complained about his heightened campaign schedule.
sort of related to this, i think part of what's made trump work is that he kind of has undecided voter brain. i could see "I think 35 states could be the equivalent of Norway and Denmark" or "Many people from the Congo. I don’t know what that is" coming from one of these focus groups
Media- Do Your Job- cover Trump fairly and accurately. Don’t cover up his wealth
The press isn’t going to do what they feel is the Democrats’ job for them. Maybe there’s something to that?
"Trump's batshit commentary was nothing new and is indicative of severe mental decline. However, as responsible members of the press, we cannot discuss that because we won't get any interviews with the candidate or his surrogates, and that would be a money-loser for us. Our hands are tied!"
180 degrees from the approach they took with Biden (which I was largely okay with, because Biden is also old and not really fit to be president!). But the disparity in how they handle the two is pretty nuts, and I still think there are major stories to be told about why (likely a mix of factors).