Americans are forgiven for feeling collective whiplash in the way the liberal media has viewed presidents over the past 13 years. They wanted Barack Obama’s success. They fought Donald Trump four years later. They are now trying to save Joe Biden. One of the most memorable examples of Obama’s work was 13 years ago.
Then-MSNBC host Chris Matthews came out and said it was his “job” to help the Democrat be a success. On the November 6th 2008, he appeared. Morning JoeMatthews was reluctant to critique Rahm Emanuel’s inability to take the position of chief-of staff immediately. This was the exchange between them HardballJoe Scarborough was the next host
CHRIS MATTHEWS I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work, and I think that —
JOE SCARBOROUGH, Is that what you do? Just spoke about being a reporter!
MATTHEWS (Yes, that’s my job). It is my job to serve this country.
SCARBOROUGH – Your task is to make this presidency work.
MATTHEWS – To succeed in this job. The country requires a president who is successful.
What a window into how MSNBC operates The journalists at that network do everything they can to undermine Republicans, but Obama, Biden, now it’s time to get in line and loyally support the government.
Such an attitude explains why the networks covered Trump’s bad polling almost twice as much as Biden’s bad polls. ABC, CBS, NBC and NBC all ignored bad news on Monday as President Trump fell to an historic low 38 percent. On Thursday, when he dropped to an even lower 36 percent, they ignored that as well.
But, as Chris Matthews said, “I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work…. it is my job.” True in 2008 for journalists and true in 2021.
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