"It's genuinely insane to see the press on a "democrats must self flagellate over biden

[senseandsensibility]

being old" when this shit is happening." Wish I could take credit, but it's from a poster named Reconstructionist on bluesky. He or she is referring to trump's lecturing the UAE about "groceries" today, something he has done repeatedly in other settings.

Trump to UAE president: "We have a term "groceries". It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."

So trump can sound like a rambling, lying fool who thinks knowing the meaning of groceries is impressive and appropriate to lecture a head of state about and that's not worth mentioning? But news cycles for the foreseeable future will cover the supposed senility of Biden, who is no longer President? And it will be presented as if Biden's mental state was not mentioned during the campaign and constitutes some kind of cover up? Do I have that right?

I don't know about you, but I'm old enough to remember the 2024 campaign. It was only a few months ago. NO ONE IGNORED BIDEN'S MENTAL STATE. Give me a break. It was the subject of multiple NYT front page stories and breathless cable news stories.

Don't let them gaslight you. Demand that the press devote even a quarter of the attention they spent on Biden to trump's mental state. This rewriting of history and of what is happening right before our eyes is scary.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. It's by design

I'm convinced they are all getting paid to do this under the table.

Until proven wrong - that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

This is why CNN, Morning Joe, etc. etc. - those don't get watched at our home.

We were still tuning into The Weekend and Katie Phang. They dropped her - so now it's only The Weeknight if we have time. Neither one of those shows were slamming Democrats.

[senseandsensibility]

2. If I may, I'd like to suggest

Lawrence O'Donnell's show on MSNBC. If I could only watch one show a day, that would be it.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. I just don't have the time

I used to watch the entire lineup and now - I've replaced it with other things. I've also learned - I have to turn this chaos off. I know a lot of people thrive in culture of chaos environments, but it sends my anxiety through the roof. I'm sleeping better the past few months because we turn off the t.v. and read or listen to music at night.

[senseandsensibility]

9. I get it

You know what works for you. When I need a break, I just record Lawrence's show and watch it the next day. I don't watch anything else. but his show reflects a point of view you won't see anywhere else. Just my opinion.

[yellow dahlia]

36. Lawrence can deliver a solliloguy in a singularly "Lawrence" style.

He is masterful with his words. He delivers in a unique style of eloquence and (deservedly) righteous indignance. And he knows his stuff.

[yorkster]

21. Yup. Pretty much down to Lawrence.

Every day Nicolle Wallace asking some variation of what will the Democrats do about, frankly, everything, has me tuned out. That and the laughing over people saying something you want to hear.

Sometimes it's on for background noise and I pay selective attention to a particular guest or topic.

[ShazzieB]

30. Yes,

My current routine is Rachel followed by Lawrence on Monday, and Jen Psaki's new show followed by Lawrence the rest of the week. I have yet to ever see any of those people bashing Democrats, and I don't expect that to change.

[yorkster]

39. I also record Ali Velshi on the weekends.

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. We don't have to do any such thing

and they know it. They are all just kissing the orange slime's diapered ass hoping they don't get shut down. The party did nothing wrong. Joe perhaps should have stepped back sooner, but that's the sum total. What the party needs to do now is stop the infighting. Leave David Hogg alone and quit with the "Well, I should have his spot because I'm a woman" garbage. He's got it and y'all need to listen to what he has to say, no matter how much it hurts. I'm almost 81 and I think he's right about a lot of things. Too many old entrenched guys in the system need to go.They've gotten too damn comfortable and they're hurting our party and our results.

[senseandsensibility]

4. I agree with many of your points

but the power of the media to distort reality is scary and dangerous. Whether they're doing it for access or at the behest of their corporate owners (or both) doesn't change that fact, unfortunately. I am glad that a lot of DUers refuse to watch networks pushing this BS, and I am happy to say that I have not seen it on MSNBC. So I'll continue to watch them.

[RobinA]

10. They Are Doing It

because a book just came out. Give it a week or two and they'll be beating something else.

[senseandsensibility]

20. Well, you're right about the book

but Tapper's got the whole media singing along. He even got the WHC dinner to frame their dinner around Biden's age and ignore trump completely. It's been going on for weeks already and I don't think it will die down for a while.

[Torchlight]

5. It's not terribly tough to see which interests are running with it

and who takes the handoffs every time and run downfield with it. Mr trump's having a bad week and pushing meritless and irrelevant stories only help him. 'You will know them by their fruits...'

[JohnSJ]

6. As historian Kevin Kruse said, "The political media is obsessively relitigating the issue of Biden being too old

and out of touch while the current president babbles incoherently at press conferences and regularly admits he's not the one making decisions on key policy matters,"

or as Wajahat Ali observed: "the media obsessing over Biden's age while ignoring Trump is literally falling asleep during meetings and is the oldest man to be President is infuriating."

""Someone tell Jake Tapper and the rest of the DC media club that there's an elderly out of touch man with his hands on the nukes," said blogger Oliver Willis. "Oh wait, he's a Republican. Doesn't count."

"Thank god for Jake Tapper exposing Biden’s staff for hiding his age," posted the widely followed account Mueller, She Wrote. "I had no idea that Biden was old. Now that we know the truth, we can keep blaming everyone other than ourselves for Trump’s victory."

https://www.rawstory.com/jake-tapper-book/

and the sad truth is they have been doing this since 2000 where they ridiculed Gore with adjectives such as he is boring and other negative insinuations, with Kerry they were constantly blasting the swift boat ads as a "news story" 24/7, which effectively gave right wing scum free airtime, with Hillary their constant sexist remarks that "she is shrill and angry all the time",etc. along with their entire misrepresentations and lie about the emails, by falsely saying that the email investigation was reopened, which was a lie, and then parading every right wing pundit across their outlets 24/7 perpetuating that lie 11 days before the general election.

They have done their job quite well for their corporate billionaire owners.

[senseandsensibility]

8. Very apt reminders of how long this slanted BS has been going on

I am at the point that I think Dems need to start bluntly calling out the press on this double standard. Name and shame them. Sure, they will squeal like stuck pigs, and probably try to retaliate with even worse coverage, but how much worse can it get? The Dems need to at least try to work the refs. And this would fit into the category of "fighting back" that the base is thirsty for.

[Iamscrewed]

11. 25th amendment

The GOP is corrupt and insane.

[traveler50]

12. Republicans own the national media.

[senseandsensibility]

13. Welcome to DU!

[calimary]

38. Yep. That's pretty much all you need to know.

Repubs own the national media, for the most part. At the moment, I can’t think of any big media properties owned by Dems or Independents. (But I could be wrong.)

And one more VERY important thing:

Welcome to DU, traveler50! Glad you’re here!

[bronxiteforever]

14. Kick. TV, radio and newspaper regime media outfits are

run to protect their billionaire owner’s fortune. Of course they saw the big bucks with the Orange menace. They couldn’t care less about competence and consequences. It’s all about the cash. They support policies in their owner’s self interest and the Commonweal be damned.

Look at the big three of Zuck, Bezos and Eloon. Damned if I can find any type of human compassion in their work.

The public trust was sacred. Those days are gone. As Sean Connery said in an Indiana Jones movie; “we are pilgrims in an unholy land.”

[Demsrule86]

15. It is all bullshit...Biden would have won another term...similar to Johnson

Some Democrats should have known better to switch so late in election season...Reminds me of Johnson who was forced out and what did we get two years of Nixon and Watergate. Biden is not suffering from dementia. Trump on the other hand....

[speak easy]

22. Denial. The first stage of grief.

George Clooney had to be introduced to Joe three times before the president recognized him - and then only after the aide named him as George Clooney - and this at the fundraiser organized by Clooney.

Joe had known Clooney for many years, but had to be told who he was.

[Roy Rolling]

25. If this is true

This is the first I’ve heard of it. I’m not denying it, but if true why has it been hidden from Biden’s most loyal supporters( (and a working colleague of GC )

We just wanna know. This is not a minor issue, if true.

[speak easy]

32. This is George Clooney's first hand account

as reported in the Original Sin book. He has not denied it. Clooney publicly asked the president to withdraw shortly afterwards.

'It’s devastating to say...': George Clooney on why he called Biden to quit presidential race against Trump
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/its-devastating-to-say-george-clooney-on-why-he-called-biden-to-quit-presidential-race-against-trump/articleshow/120381783.cms?from=mdr

There were many people at that fundraiser. It will be corroborated soon enough if necessary.

[Self Esteem]

28. We can roll our eyes at the coverage without being in denial.

Biden rarely led in polls leading up to the debate. He trailed in every swing state on average.

He was not winning.

[mcar]

16. This +1000!

The idea that the media ignored it is pure revisionist piffle.

They did, however, completely ignore FOTUS’ mental decline - and still do.

[Mtnmama]

17. I never doubted Bidens ability to continue

Being a great president for 4 more years. No comparison to the sorry state we are now in.

[speak easy]

23. See #22

[NoMoreRepugs]

19. Let's look into Benghazi and HRC's laptop again for good measure. That should help save our DEMOCRACY.

[senseandsensibility]

24. And Hunter's laptop

That was a life or death matter until for some reason it wasn't. You'd think that now that R's control the government they'd really be getting to the bottom of it.

[Chasstev365]

26. As someone said earlier

Why do some think Biden not recognizing George Clooney
is more important than the current president not recognizing the constitution?

[senseandsensibility]

27. Perfect response

[yellow dahlia]

37. Thank you!

[Johonny]

29. I am shocked to learn Biden's staff worked to help Joe Biden and helped him make good decisions

and made sure he didn't get burned out and tired.

This is like every other modern president's staff sans Trump's current one. But because it is Biden, we shit in our pants.

James Baker is praised as a saint for screening nuts so they wouldn't convince Reagan to do more stupid things. But that was a different time when staffs were considered to be good things . . .

[senseandsensibility]

31. You make some very good points

about what was really going on if in fact Biden's staff was protective of him. It's not exactly a novel situation as your examples show. I'm sure that all Presidential staffs have done the same to a certain extent. But it's being presented as something nefarious. And I keep coming back to the fact that there was plenty of coverage of this issue during the campaign.

[betsuni]

33. It helps the attacks on Democrats as out of touch corrupt crypt keepers clinging to power

for centuries with no plans for successors (progress and youth to them are as crucifixes and mirrors to Dracula) -- the ones brave Sir Hogg and Justice Democrats-type PACs must primary to win the crusade and take over the infidel Democratic Party.

[Blue Owl]

34. Why does anyone give the M$M the time of day?

Fuck these billionaire-owned tools…..

[senseandsensibility]

35. Unfortunately, I still think they have a lot of influence

especially among low info voters. Also, they are supposed to be journalists and they have a duty to be objective and live up to the rights given to them in the Constitution. The fact that they are failing in this duty will always piss me off.