That’s right, America. The sock puppets of the Democrat state media have not only failed Joe Biden and his presidency; they’ve also failed you. They’ve failed all of us by engaging in far too much “bothsideism,” not carrying enough water for Joe, and being far too objective with the other side of the political aisle.
Where is this guy from?
“This guy” is veteran journalist Marvin Kalb, the founding director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University. Brookings published this piece titled Press ‘Bothesideism’ Has Failed Biden, and America, Kalb — with a (smug) straight face, claimed:
The American press corps struggles every day to prove to readers and viewers that it is “fair and balanced,” the slogan cleverly adopted by Fox News.
If it strongly criticized Donald Trump during his presidency (and since), then it follows that it must also strongly criticize Joe Biden, which is exactly what it’s done.
Fair, isn’t it? Balanced, too, right?
Wrong.
Speaking of “cleverly,” Kalb purposely chose “criticizing,” over more honest terms, such as “being fair” or being objective.” You know, Mr. Kalb — real journalisming.
Kalb kept on being idiotic.
Not only does criticism not come in equal shapes and sizes, appropriate for all presidents and both political parties (a journalistic curse called “bothsideism”), but, when unfairly applied, as it has been in covering Biden, it runs the serious risk of further damaging our still free press and weakening our already shaky democracy.
Biden’s image as president of the United States of America has been reduced down to that of an elderly man with a limp and unable to express his thoughts clearly.
Does that represent a balanced and fair image of Biden, or? Hardly. However, can the media do more?
Again, Which planet? did you say you’re from? Have you lived in a cave six years ago?
Surely, Mr. Journalist, you’re not suggesting that the liberal media has been harder on poor Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton than on Donald Trump, right? Marvin? Biden It isA shabby old man who is unable to speak and wobbles on his feet. Reporting otherwise is not just unacceptable. It should not be Just and balanced — it would be a bald-faced lie.(See CNN and MSNBC. Please explain how this would work. Just and balancedIn the best interest of American citizens, Mr. Kalb. I’ll wait.
Kalb was then downright funny:
Biden still managed to make it through his first month in office with a good record. His approval rating was a respectable 55%. Some journalists are willing to trust the president on difficult issues.
But, as we know, Biden’s poll numbers dropped dramatically after he made the controversial decision in August, 2021, to withdraw the last contingent of American forces from Afghanistan under conditions that were, to say the least, challenging.
For a few weeks, news stories from the Kabul airport were devastatingly critical of Biden’s decision, and by month’s end, his poll numbers had dropped to 50%. Since then, they’ve dropped even further, dangling now in the mid-30’s.
What we have all noticed is that as Biden’s poll numbers collapsed, negative coverage of him rose, leading in turn to still lower poll numbers, which have only further darkened his political prospects, a looping interaction between polling and press negativity from which there seems no escape.
Dude, c’mon — now you’re just messin’ with us. It is amazing to hear a veteran journalist suggest that all politicians and politics are not as they appear.
Moreover, Kalb’s assertion that Biden’s collapsing poll numbers and justified negative media coverage of his failures have been to blame for his ever-lower approval ratings is a complete crock of crap. Biden’s There is a never ending list of self-created failings. Mr. Kalb.
Still, “By living on negativity,” Kalb obscured, “the press has only compounded the inherent problems of governing a democracy already spinning out of control.”
If our democracy is “spinning out of control,” Mr. Kalb — which it is — it is due to the Undemocratic actions of the radical left, including attempting to assassinate an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, firebombing crisis pregnancy centers, declaring the Court “illegitimate” and calling for its demise — or packing — most of which has either been supported by Biden or his failure to condemn.
And, why? Because the Supreme Court correctly returned the issue of abortion to elected officials of the states — including on-demand abortion (AKA: murder) until birth. Joe Biden calls this Mr. Kalb. essential health care service.
Bottom line:
I’ll say it again: The hypocrisy of the left knows no bounds. This case however was a demonstration of the hypocrisy of the left. The depthLiberal hypocrisy, he did it. Brazenly — condemning the already-biased-as hellFailure to act by left-leaning media even moreBiased as Hell
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