You think this is bad? Just wait until Biden's Dem numbers go down a few points. The onslaught of "Is Biden losing the left" and simultaneous (!) "Is Biden losing rank and file Democrats" and "Will Biden's African American support decline next?" pieces will make our blood boil!
Oh, they've been writing the "OMG Biden losing African-Americans" story since long before the election, pointing to polls showing Trump's black support going from 8% to 9%, apparently never having heard of "margin of error."
I heard that 4 million people were vaccinated over the weekend so we are on track but if there is a problem with supply that doesn’t meant Biden is a failure. Talk about Chuck having a much, much standard of success for Biden than he did for Trump. I don’t remember Chuck calling Trump a failure for never producing his magical health care plan or having a real infrastructure week. I really wish Biden would troll Trump by declaring an Infrastructure Week and actually doing something about it.
Yes. I wrote a piece about Biden and the incredible job the administration is doing. It was met with more question than accepting accomplishments are being made. I no longer write about Trump that much and the audience has slowly started to accept this, however most are occupied rightly with what is happening in terms of the impeachment. Journalists and consumers of information alike need to define a new “normal.” Or we are one step away from setting up a Mar a Lago bureau.
The media still hasn’t reflected on all the damage it has done over the years by reporting unfairly on Democrats — for example their treatment of Al Gore:
as soon as we all let the press get away with prioritizing entertainment over information, this was inevitable.
Biden supporters aren't a nonstop circus. they're not crowding into steamy restaurants for long dining dates or screaming in grocery clerks' faces because they've been asked to wear a mask. and i have yet to see an "essential worker" flying an 8-foot BIDEN flag from the 40-year-old Datsun that's their only transportation to their $8.70/hour job at Hardee's.
boring. sad. getting a real story is almost like real work. who knew.
I can’t agree more. The media is obsessed with excited voters. They seem to think that the votes of voters that get fired up at rallies count more than votes of people who don’t need to get riled up to do their civic duty. The media is also obsessed with candidates they view as exciting. They would much prefer someone they find entertaining, who is “more fun to have a beer with” rather than someone who has the knowledge, experience and commitment to make our society better.
The continued coverage of the Trump voter is infuriating, especially while watching what the Trump voter did to the US capital. Yesterday I read that Richard Haas has changed his party affiliation. He joins 140 thousand such defections and counting. That’s the story. Trump has taken over the once grand old party without so much as a shot fired.
The media has downplayed the story of the tens of thousands of people who have left the Republican Party since January 6th. The numbers are only for the 25 states that make that kind of data easy to access so you know the total is much higher than that. The Party was shrinking before the 6th but the media reports on it as if it represents the largest group of Americans. Or maybe it is just that the media doesn’t see Democrats as real Americans, but an aberration.
The media is also still playing up disagreements among Democrats in Congress, portraying normal bargaining as “splintering” in one article I recently saw. The Mommy Party gets no respect.
Yet here in Ohio the first officially announced candidate for the retiring Rob Portman's seat — the odious Josh "the Empty Suit" Mandel, who was Sherrod Brown's opponent in 2012 — has launched his campaign by promising groveling, undying fealty to Trump, announcing he will go to Washington to "fight for Trump's agenda," a dramatic change from candidates' usual promises to fight for "working people" or "Ohio families." He's literally telling us we don't matter, he won't fight for us. His only "constituent" is an (alleged) corrupt billionaire who has committed an endless series of potential crimes and torn the country apart. Hopefully we Democrats will find a great candidate to run against him — and he may not even win the primary.
Hey Eric — you just swallowed some Trump supporter propaganda! They like to inflate Trump's votes from 74 million to 75 million and deflate Biden's to 80 million. The figure for Biden should be 81,300,000 votes.
It seems completely obvious to me that the subtext of all those "Republicans still like Trump" stories was "...despite the fact that's he's really bad." And reporters kept going back to write those stories because they (or whoever gave them the assignments) kept waiting for Trump's support to collapse as "normal" Americans were supposed to wake up after each new scandal. Once that happened (it was never going to happen), the both sides tension would evaporate and "Trump is awful" would be an objective fact they could use an assumption in their writing while maintaining their treasured neutrality.
Im a reader from germany and I LOVE your newsletter and that you are calling out the beltway press. When I look to the German newspapers some of then are the same. We had endless articles about the forgotten men in the German east who turned right wing to AFD because they were „concerned citizens“.
I had a thought and this is the perfect place to ask about it-The beltway-rati all explain the cowardice of Republicans to stand up to Trump in strictly political terms-if they don't support Trump they'll get primaried (from the right) and those in heavily gerrymandered districts need not worry. My thought is this: Is it not possible for a Republican to primary or be primaried from the CENTER? What am I missing? It seems to me that if a current house/Senate member stands up, shows courage and morality he/she stands a better chance of winning -and that an attack from the right might even help differentiate between good and evil. And a Gym Jordan-type might be more vulnerable to a softer, truer conservative-and not an even crazier one.
“The radical center” is not going to get GOP voters excited during a primary. If a centrist does make it through the primary, they might have a chance with the general electorate.
To be fair, Democrats are likelier to end up dividing over some issues, because Democrats are capable of independent thought. To understand republicans, you need only watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl2iIHRE1ng
You think this is bad? Just wait until Biden's Dem numbers go down a few points. The onslaught of "Is Biden losing the left" and simultaneous (!) "Is Biden losing rank and file Democrats" and "Will Biden's African American support decline next?" pieces will make our blood boil!
Oh, they've been writing the "OMG Biden losing African-Americans" story since long before the election, pointing to polls showing Trump's black support going from 8% to 9%, apparently never having heard of "margin of error."
Right you are. Chuck Todd already said if 1 million people aren't vaccinated in 100 days the Biden presidency has failed. What a ludicrous statement.
I think you meant 100 million people in 100 days which is what Biden set as his goal.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/biden-s-first-task-his-most-crucial-obvious-vaccinate-america-n1254669
I heard that 4 million people were vaccinated over the weekend so we are on track but if there is a problem with supply that doesn’t meant Biden is a failure. Talk about Chuck having a much, much standard of success for Biden than he did for Trump. I don’t remember Chuck calling Trump a failure for never producing his magical health care plan or having a real infrastructure week. I really wish Biden would troll Trump by declaring an Infrastructure Week and actually doing something about it.
yes, typo!
But exactly what to expect from Todd
Yes but he's not the only one!
"Typical Todd". Remember, just a couple of months ago Dems were in "disarray". Yet, they now control all three branches of government.
Ah, Chuck Toady. Predictable.
Yes. I wrote a piece about Biden and the incredible job the administration is doing. It was met with more question than accepting accomplishments are being made. I no longer write about Trump that much and the audience has slowly started to accept this, however most are occupied rightly with what is happening in terms of the impeachment. Journalists and consumers of information alike need to define a new “normal.” Or we are one step away from setting up a Mar a Lago bureau.
good pts. press still obsessed w/ Trump...boy boy, really amaze they ignore his 98% Dem approval
And they will continue to. All of them.
Like a drug that requires a certain amount of time for withdrawal. But once withdrawal is over, one needs to do some serious reflection.
It’s the reflection that I think
Is going to be lacking
The media still hasn’t reflected on all the damage it has done over the years by reporting unfairly on Democrats — for example their treatment of Al Gore:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/10/gore200710
Compared that to the treatment of Bush:
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/general/news/2011/05/26/9654/think-again-the-times-frank-bruni-or-how-to-succeed-in-journalism-without-really-caring-about-issues/
as soon as we all let the press get away with prioritizing entertainment over information, this was inevitable.
Biden supporters aren't a nonstop circus. they're not crowding into steamy restaurants for long dining dates or screaming in grocery clerks' faces because they've been asked to wear a mask. and i have yet to see an "essential worker" flying an 8-foot BIDEN flag from the 40-year-old Datsun that's their only transportation to their $8.70/hour job at Hardee's.
boring. sad. getting a real story is almost like real work. who knew.
I can’t agree more. The media is obsessed with excited voters. They seem to think that the votes of voters that get fired up at rallies count more than votes of people who don’t need to get riled up to do their civic duty. The media is also obsessed with candidates they view as exciting. They would much prefer someone they find entertaining, who is “more fun to have a beer with” rather than someone who has the knowledge, experience and commitment to make our society better.
If my local letters to the editor are anything to go by, R's changing to IND's might be the next big thing for the national press to ignore.
The continued coverage of the Trump voter is infuriating, especially while watching what the Trump voter did to the US capital. Yesterday I read that Richard Haas has changed his party affiliation. He joins 140 thousand such defections and counting. That’s the story. Trump has taken over the once grand old party without so much as a shot fired.
The media has downplayed the story of the tens of thousands of people who have left the Republican Party since January 6th. The numbers are only for the 25 states that make that kind of data easy to access so you know the total is much higher than that. The Party was shrinking before the 6th but the media reports on it as if it represents the largest group of Americans. Or maybe it is just that the media doesn’t see Democrats as real Americans, but an aberration.
The media is also still playing up disagreements among Democrats in Congress, portraying normal bargaining as “splintering” in one article I recently saw. The Mommy Party gets no respect.
Yet here in Ohio the first officially announced candidate for the retiring Rob Portman's seat — the odious Josh "the Empty Suit" Mandel, who was Sherrod Brown's opponent in 2012 — has launched his campaign by promising groveling, undying fealty to Trump, announcing he will go to Washington to "fight for Trump's agenda," a dramatic change from candidates' usual promises to fight for "working people" or "Ohio families." He's literally telling us we don't matter, he won't fight for us. His only "constituent" is an (alleged) corrupt billionaire who has committed an endless series of potential crimes and torn the country apart. Hopefully we Democrats will find a great candidate to run against him — and he may not even win the primary.
Hey Eric — you just swallowed some Trump supporter propaganda! They like to inflate Trump's votes from 74 million to 75 million and deflate Biden's to 80 million. The figure for Biden should be 81,300,000 votes.
It seems completely obvious to me that the subtext of all those "Republicans still like Trump" stories was "...despite the fact that's he's really bad." And reporters kept going back to write those stories because they (or whoever gave them the assignments) kept waiting for Trump's support to collapse as "normal" Americans were supposed to wake up after each new scandal. Once that happened (it was never going to happen), the both sides tension would evaporate and "Trump is awful" would be an objective fact they could use an assumption in their writing while maintaining their treasured neutrality.
Im a reader from germany and I LOVE your newsletter and that you are calling out the beltway press. When I look to the German newspapers some of then are the same. We had endless articles about the forgotten men in the German east who turned right wing to AFD because they were „concerned citizens“.
I had a thought and this is the perfect place to ask about it-The beltway-rati all explain the cowardice of Republicans to stand up to Trump in strictly political terms-if they don't support Trump they'll get primaried (from the right) and those in heavily gerrymandered districts need not worry. My thought is this: Is it not possible for a Republican to primary or be primaried from the CENTER? What am I missing? It seems to me that if a current house/Senate member stands up, shows courage and morality he/she stands a better chance of winning -and that an attack from the right might even help differentiate between good and evil. And a Gym Jordan-type might be more vulnerable to a softer, truer conservative-and not an even crazier one.
“The radical center” is not going to get GOP voters excited during a primary. If a centrist does make it through the primary, they might have a chance with the general electorate.
To be fair, Democrats are likelier to end up dividing over some issues, because Democrats are capable of independent thought. To understand republicans, you need only watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl2iIHRE1ng