Trump got convicted on 34 felony counts, lost a rape defamation case, lost a real estate fraud case, and got arrested and charged in 3 other criminal indictments all in the same year.
But sure, let’s go with “they covered up Biden’s age and need a deep soul searching”.
Reporters and news anchors need to do some serious soul searching, am I in the business for cash-grab books and access journalism, or for the love of it?
Notice how Republicans NEVER EVER miss an opportunity to attack the other side.
We've already stopped talking about the $400,000,000,000 bride that Qatar gave Trump.
Remember that?
Literally just days ago & its ancient history at this point.
Dems & our media have already stopped talking about it.
The media’s abject failure over the last decade deserves to be vilified, denounced and never forgotten. It put us in deep shit and strangled America’s soul.
To be fair, she's probably been told to write about Biden pretty much exclusively right now, and is perfectly willing to take a paycheck to follow orders.
Is this stupid asshole getting paid off to say this shit? Or is this just what kind of Trump ass kissing you have to do to keep your job at the @nytimes.com these days? Fucking HELL.
as if it's not perfectly obvious that current events are what may have motivated any supposed "cover up", and they seem fucking allergic to "soul searching" about MAGA, so.
You know what demands deep soul-searching...that the press is so into mastubatory bullshit like this that they are a.) despised by the majority of the right AND the left, and be.) so distrusted that Americans ignored all facts & common sense & elected Trump. TWICE. INCLUDING AFTER HE TRIED A COUP.
It's fortuitous that the GOP has their heads so far up 47's behind that no proctological mysteries shall be left undiscovered, so we can rest assured the dismantling of the Republic shall continue uninhibited
Whether it’s Donald Trump threatening to put journalists in gulags or Joe Biden ruining Jake Tapper’s book tour with his cancer diagnosis, both sides have shown a lack of commitment to Freedom of the Press
I dont get the issue here? Biden was clearly not fit to run. We all saw it! The public outcry necessary to cause the Democrats to change course once again showed how out of touch they are. Those involved should never work in Washington again.
If Dems ever want to win again they need to learn.
It was the easiest multiple choice test. You are still failing it.
What must Trump do to get you to understand that a pet rock would have been better than him as president, and a well-meaning old guy demonstrably able to choose good collaborators would have been tops?
That makes no sense. Since a pet rock should have been a winning alternative to Trump, it is people arguing that Biden or Harris were not good enough that lost the election. None of them (you) is apologizing.
I dont owe anyone an apology, I didnt lose the most important election of our times. The blame lies solely at the feet of the failing Democratic establishment. They provided no vision for the country and ignored the greavances of the working class. Letting trump take up all the air in the room AGAIN
Yes, but I think that he is feeding class greavances that are unfortunately legitimate, just with scapegoats. I think a Democratic policy could capture these people if they weren't so captured by corp interests.
Disagree that he feeds class divisions. He feeds race, gender divisions etc. because when the 99% are divided it helps the wealthy class maintain power.
I have tried to soul search for any semblance of understanding of what happened to journalists in the era of Trump. I’ve got nothing. This is the easiest time to be a journalist. Stories every day of history-making proportion. But NYT writes this crap while amateurs report what actually matters
Exactly. People tired quickly of stories about dumb shit Trump said, but there is an appetite for plain-language coverage of his actual plans and actions, and what it means for average people. Covering him like he’s Kanye, not Erdoğan, is the mistake. Simplistic analytics won’t reveal that
Also there seems to be an attitude of “oh thats just him being him” when he says something really insane. Well its NOT normal for a 79 year old president to say that. So maybe treat it as such? Hes not our crazy uncle. Hes the damn president.
Eyeballs and clicks. They figure, probably accurately, that no one cares as much about illegal deportations as yet another pile on article about Biden.
And a traitor! Rep’s elected a traitor who brought an insurrection on our Capitol & tried to overthrow the gov’t he was president of -for a 2nd time! He & the richest man on 🌍 are systematically destroying our govt. I guess that’s boring old news now… way to normalize fascism, you clickthirsty twats
Oh no don't worry Megan McArdle is a nepo baby in her 50s who regularly praises Ayn Rand and wrote a series of increasingly cringe articles about how cool she thought Elon Musk was. This is not new.
The genius of the Biden cover up is that there's only an 80% chance that an 82 year old man would have prostate cancer - hiding commonly understood medical facts is usually a MAGA move.
Whether it is democrats endlessly flagellating themselves every time they lose an election, or republicans simply denying election results and refusing to do any soul-searching, both sides could benefit from some honest soul-searching.
Megan McCardle is a rich snobby moron who had just the right mix of stupidity and audacity to use the pen name Jane Galt (after Ayn Rands John Galt) after benefiting from the upper middle class white horsey private school lifestyle she was born into. That's why this your take is unrelated to the OP
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But sure, let’s go with “they covered up Biden’s age and need a deep soul searching”.
Stop driving over safe roads and bridges brought to you by Joe Biden.
We've already stopped talking about the $400,000,000,000 bride that Qatar gave Trump.
Remember that?
Literally just days ago & its ancient history at this point.
Dems & our media have already stopped talking about it.
*I know I'm responding seriously to Pitchbot, but I'm 100% certain the "lol" was not intended to be satire.
Not even attempting to meet the moment.
(Hint: he’s not going to be mollified by abject cowardice)
Original filename for this column, so probably close to the original hed: "joe-biden-tapper-original-sin-media"
I don’t make the rules. 🤷🏻♂️
If Dems ever want to win again they need to learn.
What must Trump do to get you to understand that a pet rock would have been better than him as president, and a well-meaning old guy demonstrably able to choose good collaborators would have been tops?
The fact that the Dems could not rally around a winning method in these circumstances is inexcusable.
He's a narcissist, a racist, and a fascist. The fact that the Democrats couldn't run a campaign to beat him is an indictment on the party.
The fact that I expected this on Pitchbot-but as a joke, not an actual op-ed needs some soul searching.
Or, is there simply no soul to be found?
She's looked everywhere and still can't find her own.
someone concerned with public welfare first and foremost wouldn’t really care abt POTUS’ age/health if their admin was competent.
but if you want to distract ppl w nonsense you focus on personality-based intrigue.