The media coverage issue is an interesting one. And lots of folks below have some great takes on it. I'd like to offer one more angle: structural differences in the polities.
Painting broadly here, when Trump screwed up, the press did its thing, the outrage-fatigued left tried to muster some more outrage, and the right...did nothing. Or,…
The media coverage issue is an interesting one. And lots of folks below have some great takes on it. I'd like to offer one more angle: structural differences in the polities.
Painting broadly here, when Trump screwed up, the press did its thing, the outrage-fatigued left tried to muster some more outrage, and the right...did nothing. Or, more likely, made excuses or cheered and said that the bad thing was actually a good thing.
When Biden (or Dems) screw up, everyone condemns it.
Yes, I'm slightly overstating it for effect, but it's not hard to see it. For example, consider the reaction here by center-left folks on Afghanistan. Plenty (most? all?) have conflicted/nuanced views about it and none were happy about it. Now, imagine if it all went the same way except Trump was president. Do you think anyone in the MAGA-verse would have anything but praise? Besides Romney and a (one) handful of other Congressional Republicans, would any seriously condemn how it was handled? What would Hannity and Bannon be saying?
The media coverage issue is an interesting one. And lots of folks below have some great takes on it. I'd like to offer one more angle: structural differences in the polities.
Painting broadly here, when Trump screwed up, the press did its thing, the outrage-fatigued left tried to muster some more outrage, and the right...did nothing. Or, more likely, made excuses or cheered and said that the bad thing was actually a good thing.
When Biden (or Dems) screw up, everyone condemns it.
Yes, I'm slightly overstating it for effect, but it's not hard to see it. For example, consider the reaction here by center-left folks on Afghanistan. Plenty (most? all?) have conflicted/nuanced views about it and none were happy about it. Now, imagine if it all went the same way except Trump was president. Do you think anyone in the MAGA-verse would have anything but praise? Besides Romney and a (one) handful of other Congressional Republicans, would any seriously condemn how it was handled? What would Hannity and Bannon be saying?