The first instinct of most news organizations was: “Aha! BIden has classified docs just like Trump!” They anticipated the inevitable right-wing framing and used it.

What they actually knew was true: “Aha! Biden’s people found misplaced classified docs and immediately returned them to their rightful owners—exactly the opposite of what Trump did!”

@JamesGleick It’s the media anticipating the bad faith right wing outrage freakout and doing it for them that’s so maddening. Hardwired internalized imperative to get ahead with the both-sides is so maddening.