I wouldn't say the media is "mean" to Biden, but they're far from fair.
For example, I keep seeing CNN headlines about Biden's terrible polling and legislative failures, but nothing about GOP obstruction and equally terrible Congressional polling. The media needs to be fair, and that means backing off the sensationalized clickbait headli…
I wouldn't say the media is "mean" to Biden, but they're far from fair.
For example, I keep seeing CNN headlines about Biden's terrible polling and legislative failures, but nothing about GOP obstruction and equally terrible Congressional polling. The media needs to be fair, and that means backing off the sensationalized clickbait headlines and shooting for objective descriptions.
"Biden and GOP Legislators Fail to Reach Compromise" is dry, but it's true. ""Biden Fails to Advance Agenda" frames Republican obstruction as a failure on Biden's part and implies that he could somehow overcome the outright refusal of the GOP to work with him on certain issues. He can't. He's not a king.
The media coverage of Biden has been on doom loop mode, almost entirely unfairly and often hysterically, since Afghanistan. It is both symptom and cause of our current dysfunction-- we are basically spoiled teenagers who when faced with a bump or crisis, lose our minds. FDR presided over both Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge. And lots of other strategic disasters. Did the media relentlessly describe him as failed and incompetent- and if they had, would he have been re-elected 3 times? There were voices like Hartling, Stravidis and McCaffrey who noted the mess of Afghanistan but equally noted that it was almost always going to be a messy dismount and that after a bad 24-36 hours, things were remarkably-- truly remarkably-- smooth, efficient and competent. And yet, then the narrative shifted to the "many" Americans facing the prospect of being left behind.... the same Americans the US govt implored and begged repeatedly over several months to get out of dodge. The coverage framing of "This bad/not so great thing has happened; Biden is president; therefore regardless of how said disaster is handled, it is bad on Biden" has continued non stop. NBC News had peacock Peter Alexander lambasting Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia and repeatedly included completely non factual assertions by McCarthy about Biden's energy policy-- no other side, no rebuttal, just amplification of a completely inaccurate partisan talking point. So, yes, the media has crucified Biden who, if he can get a few more things accomplished and doesn't face any more major disasters (no assurance of either), will have had a very good first term in terms of actual important accomplishments. And compared to the alternative corruption-chaos-incompetence, a massively undeniably obviously better scenario for America and the world.
I wouldn't say the media is "mean" to Biden, but they're far from fair.
For example, I keep seeing CNN headlines about Biden's terrible polling and legislative failures, but nothing about GOP obstruction and equally terrible Congressional polling. The media needs to be fair, and that means backing off the sensationalized clickbait headlines and shooting for objective descriptions.
"Biden and GOP Legislators Fail to Reach Compromise" is dry, but it's true. ""Biden Fails to Advance Agenda" frames Republican obstruction as a failure on Biden's part and implies that he could somehow overcome the outright refusal of the GOP to work with him on certain issues. He can't. He's not a king.
The media coverage of Biden has been on doom loop mode, almost entirely unfairly and often hysterically, since Afghanistan. It is both symptom and cause of our current dysfunction-- we are basically spoiled teenagers who when faced with a bump or crisis, lose our minds. FDR presided over both Pearl Harbor and the Battle of the Bulge. And lots of other strategic disasters. Did the media relentlessly describe him as failed and incompetent- and if they had, would he have been re-elected 3 times? There were voices like Hartling, Stravidis and McCaffrey who noted the mess of Afghanistan but equally noted that it was almost always going to be a messy dismount and that after a bad 24-36 hours, things were remarkably-- truly remarkably-- smooth, efficient and competent. And yet, then the narrative shifted to the "many" Americans facing the prospect of being left behind.... the same Americans the US govt implored and begged repeatedly over several months to get out of dodge. The coverage framing of "This bad/not so great thing has happened; Biden is president; therefore regardless of how said disaster is handled, it is bad on Biden" has continued non stop. NBC News had peacock Peter Alexander lambasting Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia and repeatedly included completely non factual assertions by McCarthy about Biden's energy policy-- no other side, no rebuttal, just amplification of a completely inaccurate partisan talking point. So, yes, the media has crucified Biden who, if he can get a few more things accomplished and doesn't face any more major disasters (no assurance of either), will have had a very good first term in terms of actual important accomplishments. And compared to the alternative corruption-chaos-incompetence, a massively undeniably obviously better scenario for America and the world.