When in doubt, read Michael Hiltzik.
How the media’s obsession with Biden’s age could help reelect Trump
President Biden on Monday completed a five-day trip to the Far East that included a summit meeting in New Delhi with leaders of the G-20 conference of developed countries at which a major international infrastructure project for India was announced, followed by a one-day visit to Vietnam, where he solidified relations with that country as a bulwark against China.
You might not be aware of this burst of presidential energy if you’re a reader of the news website Axios. On Saturday, while Biden’s journey was in full swing, the site’s gloss on Biden’s activities was this:
“Joe Biden and Donald Trump are running dueling basement campaigns that make them look like they’re in the witness protection program.”
With a few exceptions (like Hiltzik and those listed below), when journalists latch onto a nice safe narrative, they will do whatever it takes to keep it going, including ignoring or distorting facts.
The right comparison. https://t.co/2KMRDLEfXW
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) September 11, 2023
Biden's age has become such a trope in coverage that even when he undertakes a whirlwind diplomatic tour and a 40 minute press conference, these are the headlines.
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) September 11, 2023
Actual demonstration of his fitness is used to raise questions about his fitness. All of this is a choice. pic.twitter.com/WHqQ353H8I
I have a lot of respect for Silver, but he does have a way of making an ass of himself.
This piece by @ParkerMolloy captures some of the dynamics about "Biden's age" as a topic. There is one group claiming that the media won't talk about it, even tho it feels like it has been a dominant theme of coverage about him https://t.co/NitEujOn9m
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) September 11, 2023
Maybe because main stream Democrats understand that dividing a party can lead to catastrophe. See 1980. https://t.co/SYpy0eKDxh
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) September 11, 2023
in the same vein, you could say that Novak Djokovic in yesterday's final "wanted to show he could still win the U.S. Open"
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 11, 2023
or you could say: "Novak Djokovic wanted to win the U.S. Open again and did"
Between Ukraine, NATO, South Korea/Japan, and Vietnam, I'm coming around to the opinion that Biden is the best foreign policy president in the past fifty years. (And, yes, if you want to leave a comment about Afghanistan, I'd be glad to respond.)
what the hell @nytimes! - Biden pulls off an extremely impressive diplomatic mission & instead of explaining what all he did you troll his age & fitness with a crack he made to reporters who were themselves bleary trying to keep up with his energy & focus… this is just gross pic.twitter.com/4qhJ3qSwQM
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) September 11, 2023
if you had told the Vietnamese Communist leaders at the height of the war that they would someday side with Washington over Beijing they would have told you "yeah, seems about right" and "entirely plausible." https://t.co/XQ0vSumJXX
— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) September 11, 2023
"You get paid to do it."
Watching the abysmal media coverage of President Biden’s wildly successful G20 trip just solidifies how much our media is failing us. pic.twitter.com/EqNESJ46Pn
— PoliticsGirl (@IAmPoliticsGirl) September 11, 2023
Eight years ago, the press picked endlessly at Hillary. Four years ago they did the same to Warren. Now it's Harris.
I get the feeling that there's some common factor here, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
Something you'll notice:
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) September 13, 2023
It's COLUMNISTS, with no actual skin in the game, who are calling for this.
Not ELECTED DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS, thinking of their party's prospects. https://t.co/z6rkT4TRGt
Embracing wireless headphones, and four other must-dos if Kamala Harris wants to avoid getting dumped from the 2024 ticket
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) September 14, 2023
by Chris Cillizza
This by S Blumenthal in @Guardian makes sense to me on q of Biden's age. Worth reading in full.https://t.co/HgJgIn7EgJ
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) September 13, 2023
He's a better old prez than he would have been as young prez. And if he stepped down, you'd have 'Dems in Disarray' for real, in scramble for that spot.
The Archive is one of the best things to come out of the age of the internet. Their lending library is a fantastic resource. I am never giving Hachette any more of my business. I recommend you do the same.
Today, the Internet Archive submitted its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive. As we stated when the decision was handed down in March, we believe the lower court made errors in facts and law, so we are fighting on in the face of great challenges. https://t.co/u4p3GcQWjL pic.twitter.com/Tkl4IoCzsM
— Internet Archive (@internetarchive) September 11, 2023
As we may have mentioned before, it's the secondary and the tertiary effects of Dobbs that you need to keep an eye on.
Doctors in states with abortion bans are leaving
— Adam Cohen Lawyers for Good Government #DemCast (@axidentaliberal) September 10, 2023
Because they don’t want to be prosecuted
For performing life saving treatment on their pregnant patients
Only to have some right wing zealot District Attorney decide that what they did is a crimehttps://t.co/wloiJN3XrL
Democrats want to make reproductive rights the most important issue in 2023 and 2024. As nonpartisan journalists, our job is to stop them.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) September 14, 2023
Gov. Kemp claimed the program would enroll up to 345,000 people.
— Charles Gaba isn't paying for this account. (@charles_gaba) September 11, 2023
State Medicaid officials admitted it would likely be closer to 64,000.
Actual enrollment after the first month & a half? 265 people.
According to Microsoft, Chinese state-linked operatives created AI images to bolster claims of “weather weapons” being used in Hawaii. Interestingly, I found Russian propaganda & proxy sites amplifying those exact claims: https://t.co/XAjai8IO3q
— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) September 13, 2023
Sane Vampires.
"Romney distinguished btwn GOP colleagues he viewed as sincerely crazy and those faking it for votes.
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 13, 2023
"He could partner, for instance, w/Ron Johnson, the conspiracy-spouting, climate-change-denying, anti-vax Trump disciple, because you could at least count on his good faith."
Tech News
And another one bites the dust.https://t.co/8DNGiwSRsy
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) September 11, 2023
"An idolatry of innovators that excuses cruelty, that excuses antisemitism, excuses misogyny, excuses being, quite frankly, not an ideal father, as long as you’re really fucking rich."https://t.co/46AO8pj7xZ
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) September 14, 2023
Based on the headline, this is not at all where I expected this story to go.
I don't have anything but a screenshot so I'm sorry I cannot credit the genius that wrote this joke. pic.twitter.com/wD4O33c0LF
— ʎllǝuuop ʇuǝɹq (@donnelly_brent) September 13, 2023
The lights of Los Angeles in 1908, as photographed from the Mount Wilson Observatory by astronomer Ferdinand Ellerman.
— Forgotten Los Angeles (@Forgotten_LA) September 13, 2023
This is 115 years ago.
via @TheHuntington pic.twitter.com/Ltik4r60QO
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