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Sherm's avatar

Charlie, it's not that we want you to stop talking about Biden's age. It's that by spending all this time taking about it, and no mention at all about how Donald Trump is only two years younger, morbidly obese, spouting word salad with a family history of dementia, you are helping to further the narrative you're worried about. Joe Biden does not look especially bad for someone of his age. Judged by that standard, he's pretty spry, especially in comparison to his opponent. The Trump campaign wants everyone to consider Biden's age in a vacuum, and you're doing exactly that.

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I really like A. B. Stoddard and usually enjoy her pieces in the Bulwark and her contributions on the podcasts, but the decision's been made, the 2024 campaign is underway, and Biden is running. She's entitled to say or write anything she wants, and she's earned the platform that she holds, but she should realize that a piece like this one is not one more contribution to an ongoing debate. That debate has been over for months. Now, if not intentionally, it's still for all practical purposes pure Biden-bashing.

The great defect of even the fact-based media today is their refusal to accept responsibility for the effects of the content they produce. A. B. Stoddard's intentions in publishing this piece don't matter. The effect is to provide a quote-rich environment ready to be mined and weaponized by the GOP Lie Machine. It absolutely will be, and she's the person responsible for that.

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