This is, I think, the single greatest problem with the media's coverage of the last nine years of US politics.
Democrats are broadly assumed to be the adults in the room, and as a result, Democrats and Republicans are held to *wildly* different standards of behavior by the media.
Democrats are broadly assumed to be the adults in the room, and as a result, Democrats and Republicans are held to *wildly* different standards of behavior by the media.
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Aaron Rupar
Someone on X pointed out the scant coverage of Ron Johnson saying 9/11 was an inside job. The press assumes Republicans are crazy and malevolent, so when they say crazy stuff it doesn't get covered. But they assume Dems are competent & sane, so any data point to the contrary is treated as big news.
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This has worsened over time to the point where out-and-out evil behavior by Republicans is just automatically fed into a both-sides sanewashing machine.
This discussion is great in so many ways but it partly covers this topic of the double standard between the two parties.
GOP breaks, Democrats repair, GOP breaks...
Lather, rinse, repeat.
For example, has any member of the media done a single in-depth story about what the hell was going on involving Johnson and the other members of Congress in Russia on 7/4/18?