There have been many reactions over the last few days to Joe Biden’s fall from his bicycle.
But one of the things that I wrote about was how the liberal media immediately treated the fall as something that “happens all the time.” Now that’s not the attitude they took when it came to President Donald Trump, when even his cautiously walking down a slippery ramp and not falling earned criticism and a story about what it “matters.”
Some ridiculed this media reaction.
Joe Biden was a friend for two years. I witnessed how voters responded to his message of empathy. He fell from his bike Saturday and millions of kids were reminded why it was important to win the 2020 election. The Atlantic’s latest news:
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) June 18, 2022
Next article in The Atlantic — How Biden solved world hunger by having Ethiopian cuisine
The following week — Biden solves the housing crisis by living in the White House. pic.twitter.com/BDyHjbtgmp
— Be Peaceful (@PeasAlways) June 19, 2022
The AP however fact-checked the last meme. It’s more than a bit funny. That’s what they think demands fact-checking. Not Joe Biden lying about an appointment to the Naval Academy, being a truck driver, or any of his boatload of lies — those don’t deserve checking, but a meme that randos made on the internet does.
As conservatives noted in tweets to AP, this meme may be believed by people because it is similar to other articles about Biden that The Atlantic or other liberal media has published.
This one needs to be fact checked. absurd parody headlines like this are undermining the credibility of a vaunted & trusted outlet. pic.twitter.com/QsMxo5ortF
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) June 20, 2022
— Dr. Richard Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) June 20, 2022
And yes, that’s real, it referenced a story about how Biden used to swim naked in front of Secret Service including women when he was Vice President.
But now there’s more to the story — and maybe when we’re talking about “fact checks” as to why Biden fell, they may want to add a coda to it. As I noted the other day, “He seems to be concentrated on meeting the people, rather than properly stopping the bike and getting off cleanly.” I also wondered why Jill Biden turned off to the right and kept going, yet Joe stopped. It turned out that there was actually a small girl there. Joe pulled up directly in front, and fell on the bike. However, when Joe got up, it was her turn to go over to her.
In this photo, you can clearly see the little girl.
JUST IN: Biden takes a spill while getting off bike after beach ride in Delaware https://t.co/IEmXZG3uo8 pic.twitter.com/B0prnMo43D
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) June 18, 2022
Joe just couldn’t help himself. pic.twitter.com/EqPEWN4M7L
— I Meme Therefore I Am (@ImMeme0) June 20, 2022
So that’s likely why he got his foot stuck in the toe cage because he wasn’t concentrating on getting out of it safely. Is that something the AP will add to their fact-check?
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