"It is one thing to suggest that Biden is not energetic enough to effectively run for office in such a crucial moment, or that he has lost his fast ball and should step aside for a new generation of leadership."
~ Oliver Darcy
#Biden #Trump #media #FeedingFrenzy
/1
https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1720493609410a2dfae414f30/raw
"But some of the coverage has started to resemble Fox News-levels of hysteria, portraying Biden as a senile figure with debilitating dementia while largely letting his opponent off the hook for the bizarre and sleepy behavior he has recently exhibited."
Perhaps New York Times is showing us that, when push comes to shove, there never has been much essential difference between it and Fox News or New York Post.
"The fervor of the pundit class’s demands for the usurpation of Joe Biden—best president of my lifetime, holder of some $91 million in untransferable campaign money, and the freakin’ incumbent—is exceeded only by the preposterousness of its suggestions for how to do so."
~ Greg Olear
#Biden #Trump #media #FeedingFrenzy
/3
https://gregolear.substack.com/p/running-man-and-other-suggestions
"You know I have seen some things in my seven decades covering American politics. I have never seen anything quite like the wrangling, hand-wringing, and behind-the-scenes gamesmanship currently swirling around President Biden. These are compounded by the one-sided media coverage against Biden. And it isn’t over yet."
~ Dan Rather
Of course, Dan Rather is 92 years old, so who would imagine he's worth listening to, anyway?
"One thing is for certain: If Biden stays in the race, every step, every word, every gesture will be parsed, dissected, and magnified. This is the reality, at least for the Democrats. Trump? Not so much. Or really, very little. …
Why are the rules so different for these two men? Both should be held accountable for their deeds and words. But they aren’t. Trump gets pass after pass."
"Critics of recent media coverage of Biden are dead right about one thing: Many outlets have for years been employing a significant double standard in covering Biden and his opponent, Donald Trump."
"Ever since the disastrous June 27th Presidential debate, we’ve heard from a chorus of overwhelmingly white pundits and experts asking President Biden to drop out of the race. Meanwhile, it seems that most Black Democratic voters, the base of the Democratic Party, have yet to budge from the Biden/Harris ticket."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Biden #Trump #media #FeedingFrenzy #BlackVoters
/7
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/should-americans-follow-black-voters
I talk to Dr. Jason Johnson, host, professor, and Blerd Extraordinaire, to get a sense of why Black Democratic voters are ignoring the punditocracy and still sticking with President Joe Biden.
"Historically, Black voters have been the moral compass of this flawed nation, and they also serve as its most strategic voters. They put the health and security of the country before their own 'economic anxiety,' because they understand the stakes and most acutely feel the costs."
We talk about "the media" as though it's self-evident who comprises the guru class. Look closely: it remains largely white and male.
"There really is no comparison in the amount or intensity of coverage. One journalist, Jennifer Schulze, counted New York Times stories related to Biden’s age in the week following the debate; she counted a staggering 192 news and opinion pieces, compared to 92 stories on Trump – and that was in a week when the US supreme court had ruled he has immunity for official acts."
~ Margaret Sullivan
#Biden #Trump #media #FeedingFrenzy
/9
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/09/biden-media-attacks-trump-felon
"Nor is there much self-scrutiny or effort to course-correct. Only self-satisfaction and an apparent commitment to more of the same. ...
Where does that leave us?
All of these disturbing elements – the Democrats’ dilemma, the media’s failures, and the cult-like, unquestioning support of Trump – could add up to one likelihood in November.
A win for Trump, and a terrible loss for democracy."
"The desire to defend Biden appears to be so widespread among the [Congressional Black Caucus] members, three people aligned with the group said, it is possible the group formalizes its support for him in a statement over the next several days. The group’s influence could blunt the widespread concerns of other colleagues about Biden…."
~ Marianna Sotomayor and Leigh Ann Caldwell
With President Biden once again on the political ropes, some Black House members appear ready to rally behind the embattled chief executive, in an embrace that will significantly influence whether the Democratic president can stay in his reelection race, according to five people familiar with the conversations.
A point that needs to be made as "the media" mount a feeding frenzy to hound Biden out of the race, focusing exclusively on him and ignoring Trump — and significantly boosting Trump's chances to win, it has to be said:
Who do "the media" really care about? Specifically, who do they care about if Trump wins? Do "the media" care about the people who will be hurt first and foremost if Trump wins, the most vulnerable in our society?
One has to conclude that they do not — not really, not intently — care about those who will be hurt first and hardest if fascism sweeps into the White House, the most vulnerable members of our society.
Those members of our society do not constitute "the media," after all. Despite attempts to diversify, "the media" remain largely white and male. These are the people claiming the right to call the shots for all the rest of us as the anoint new kings.
The rest be damned.
Marci Wheeler annotates the front page of New York Times today, finding:
"An annotation of the front page of the NYT, pointing out that NYT calls Biden 'defiant' twice, two NATO stories claim they're about Biden when they're not, and NYT is spinning their own adoption of a conspiracy theory about Parkinson's. Not mentioned? The GOP's radical and deceitful platform."
The New York Times is under fire after publishing a report Monday critics call “wildly irresponsible” and “not journalism,” which – at least in its headlines – implies President Biden has Parkinson’s, or might have Parkinson’s, despite the White House and the White House Physician point-blank stating he does not.
~ David Badash
#Biden #Trump #media #NewYorkTimes
/15
https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/ny-times-biden-innuendo/
The New York Times is under fire after publishing a report Monday critics call “wildly irresponsible” and “not journalism,” which – at least in its headlines – implies President Biden has Parkinson’s, or might have Parkinson’s, despite the White House and the White House Physician point-blank statin...
"Media critic Dan Froomkin noted Monday night that The Times was 'still front-paging a story on Biden and Parkinson’s based solely on innuendo and now thoroughly debunked by the White House.' He added that the print edition headline ran after the White House denied President Biden has Parkinson’s."
"When I saw the paper [New York Times] was making yet another run at Biden this morning, as a paying customer, I decided I was going to respectfully let them know just how I felt about it in their comments section.
Except they had already closed that section down.
Read that again …
They were no longer interested in hearing what their readers had to say."
~ D. Earl Montgomery
#Biden #Trump #media #NewYorkTimes
/17
https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/urgent-stop-the-presses
"The oligarchs behind this psyop are doing it for greed, with the intention of creating as much drama and chaos as possible to generate viewership and traffic, and to surrender in advance to a future Trump administration. This is what Noam Chomsky meant by 'manufacturing consent.'”
~ Jim Stewartson
#Biden #Trump #media #NewYorkTimes
/18
https://www.mind-war.com/p/herding-cats-with-suicidal-tendencies
"It’s also a blatant repeat of 2016, when the press fecklessly cooperated with the Russians and American traitors to overthrow the 2016 election, by going along with an obvious smear campaign about Hillary Clinton."
Wajahat Ali talks to Rebecca Solnit about why the "pile-on from an overwhelmingly white male punditocracy" demanding that Biden drop out is happening.
"The media right now is campaigning hard for a Democratic party loss. The other term for that is a Republican victory," he says. The question is why.
#Biden #Trump #media #NewYorkTimes
/20
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/why-is-the-punditocracy-trying-to
Since the Presidential debate, the majority of corporate pundits have pressured Biden to drop out. I talk to author Rebecca Solnit about the stakes and consequences of their one-sided media framing.
Rebecca Solnit responds:
The "high-powered white men" who constitute the punditocracy seem frightened at the sight of a frail old man=:
'This class of human being is exceptionally unequipped to acknowedge that their reactions are irrational, emotional, driven by personal or unconscious things.
As we've seen over and over, they think everything that comes out of their mouth is impeccably rational, objective, and neutral, no matter what is driving it."
@wdlindsy
Gotta love how *if* Biden chooses to step aside, the #NYT et al. will IMMEDIATELY start flooding the zone with articles like
Either:
"Is Kamala Too Woke to Be President", "Are Americans Ready for a Female Commander in Chief", "What's the Deal with Willie Brown," if Harris gets the nomination.
Or:
"Was the Democratic Nomination Democratic Enough?", "Does America Know Enough About Candidate X?", "Biden Stalwarts Say 'We Told You So,'" if anyone else gets it.
All the way till November
Wish it wasn't paywalled, but got theidea, & totally agree, as sad and surprised as I am: That was not only "wildly irresponsible", but eons away from "news that's fit to print". More like a cross between AI bot #disinformation & the Fox/#GQP #media / #cult bubble.
My first research in journalism/#media was about the power of headlines (before social/digital media), and of course it's exponentially worse now, people living in their tribal bubbles. NY Times was my gold standard. :-(
Nice, magic!
I now do get the whole article clicking o your link/photo to Alternet. Yesterday (repeated tries) I got Alternet but a popup ad to join/subscribe which would not disappear.
Thanks (for the post, and reply).
Still shaking my head in a combination disappointment/disbelief about how the NY Times has seemingly left the building of "fit to print" news (vs. innuendo & disinformation molded into 'headline').
Ooops... I must correct...
I started reading it and a big blue box came up (and would not leave): Ah well.
"Exclusive content" requiring subscription. New to me, maybe explains why I see far fewer Alternet shares these days. (I do/did like them!)
Et tu Alternet? Et tu Times? :-(
Scientist trying to figure this out!
Tried 3 browsers, 2 ISPs... same.
Thing is, clicking on the pop-up leads to the landed-on-exclusive image.
Then I realized the url you posted had the word "exclusive" in it... but it works! Must be a 'gift' link. Read it. Whew! (But then it popped up again!) Well, whatever...
https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/ny-times-biden-innuendo/
The New York Times is under fire after publishing a report Monday critics call “wildly irresponsible” and “not journalism,” which – at least in its headlines – implies President Biden has Parkinson’s, or might have Parkinson’s, despite the White House and the White House Physician point-blank statin...
@wdlindsy I canceled my NYT subscription yesterday, effective immediately (I.e. refund rest of subscription), stating "bad journalism" as reason.
Hopefully others do so as well.
⬆️ @wdlindsy
Mainstream media has enthusiastically embraced the #Trump-given epithet #EnemyOfThePeople
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