On Colbert Show, Joy Reid Says Media Isn’t Tough Enough on GOP

MSNBC’s Pleasure Reid joined Stephen Colbert on The Late Present‘s Tuesday installment on CBS and as Colbert tried to be taught extra concerning the information business, Reid claimed that the media shouldn’t be arduous sufficient on democracy-destroying Republicans.

Reid claimed that the media’s supposed timidity on this comes from the truth that, “the media will gravitate in the direction of change and battle. However the media would not wish to be in battle essentially with the president however the thought of virtually like a sports-like battle between the events is, type of, the place the media tends to go.”

The true drawback for Reid, nonetheless, is not that media stirs up battle, however that it would not adequately clarify simply how excessive the stakes are, “That’s not wholesome once we’re coping with, like, the decline of democracy, which is definitely not a sporting occasion and we must always most likely take that significantly, and there are there are two sides, and there’s one proper to being for or towards democracy and I feel the media has failed there.”

If ignoring the truth that the media does do what Reid needs wasn’t dangerous sufficient, Reid additionally claimed the media is being too arduous on President Biden as a result of he’s only a bystander whose insurance policies haven’t any affect on the nation’s financial scenario: 

However I feel additionally, you recognize, difficult issues like inflation and economics, it is simply simpler to cowl it like a sporting event– Republicans say this, Democrats say that and to kind of lay issues on the ft of the president the place he would possibly not have the ability to do something about it. I doubt any president can reverse inflation. It is simply not a factor they do.

Earlier within the section, Colbert agreed with this the concept the media is being too arduous on Biden, “At his marathon press convention final week, President Biden stated ‘Members of the media speak about how nothing has occurred in [his] first 12 months, and the very fact of the matter is, we acquired an terrible lot performed.’ Is {that a} honest criticism by Joe Biden, as a result of there’s a complete lot of discuss within the media– no offense, additionally MSNBC– concerning the agenda stalling.”

Solely a late-night discuss present host and MSNBC agitator may declare that the media is being too arduous on Biden whereas not being robust sufficient on Republicans.

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Here’s a transcript for the January 26 present:

CBS’s The Late Present with Stephen Colbert

1/26/2022

12:15 AM ET

STEPHEN COLBERT: Hey, all people, we’re again with MSNBC’s Pleasure Reid. At his marathon press convention final week, President Biden stated “Members of the media speak about how nothing has occurred in [his] first 12 months—

JOY REID: Yeah.

COLBERT: — and the very fact of the matter is, we acquired an terrible lot performed.” Is {that a} honest criticism by Joe Biden, as a result of there’s a complete lot of discuss within the media– no offense, additionally MSNBC– 

JOY REID Yeah. 

COLBERT: –In regards to the agenda stalling and, you recognize, I am certain he’d wish to get every part performed or —

REID: Yeah

COLBERT: — his base wish to get every part performed. What do you make of his first 12 months and is he proper to complain concerning the description? 

REID: I feel, you recognize, all presidents complain concerning the press, you recognize, President Obama didn’t actually just like the press, nobody actually likes the press if you work in politics since you’re by no means get the protection you need. However I feel in a single sense, Biden has some extent. I feel that the media, you recognize, I wish to say that, you recognize, the media does have two biases, proper? Change and battle. Proper? So if we see change, we run towards that, and that is attention-grabbing. 

COLBERT: As a result of change is a brand new factor to speak about. 

REID: Change is new. You already know, President Obama, that was an thrilling kind of change in America’s tradition and politics. You already know, the media will gravitate in the direction of change and battle. However the media would not wish to be in battle essentially with the president however the thought of virtually like a sports-like battle between the events is, type of, the place the media tends to go. That’s not wholesome once we’re coping with, like, the decline of democracy, which is definitely not a sporting occasion and we must always most likely take that significantly, and there are there are two sides, and there’s one proper to being for or towards democracy and I feel the media has failed there. However I feel additionally, you recognize, difficult issues like inflation and economics, it is simply simpler to cowl it like a sporting event– Republicans say this, Democrats say that and to kind of lay issues on the ft of the president the place he would possibly not have the ability to do something about it. I doubt any president can reverse inflation. It is simply not a factor they do. So, I feel that, sure, in a way there has been– coverage is boring and so the media will not cowl the kind of insurance policies which might be simply working their approach usually by Congress and he indicators them. The battle is extra attention-grabbing.