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CatWoman

(79,283 posts)
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 03:17 PM Jun 2020

It's time to bury the New York Times' Biden-stuck-in-the-basement narrative

Recent days have brought a wave of good news for Democrat nominee Joe Biden, as he opens up one of the largest leads over an incumbent president in modern American history. Weighted down by his incompetent response to a public health crisis and a heartless reaction to a national outpouring of protest over police injustice, Trump now finds himself trailing by significant margins.

For readers of the New York Times, this development might come as a surprise, since the paper's message this spring has leaned heavily on the idea Biden is struggling. Specifically, the newspaper has been obsessed with portraying Biden as stuck in his Delaware basement during a pandemic, broadcasting out messages, unable to counter the savvy Trump.

Indeed, the message from the Times has been that "perilously passive" Biden is "grappling," "uncertain," "tentative," "cloistered," "stuck at home," and "struggling with basic technical difficulties," while Democrats are "worried" and "perplexed."

The storyline is that Biden became a spectator while Trump was running the campaign show. Today, that narrative has proven to be dead wrong and it ought to be buried.

This is a perfect example of the press firmly clinging to the idea that Democrats are in a constant state of confusion and that Trump and Republicans can easily outmaneuver them. (See: Dems in Disarray.) And preferred media narratives are hard to break.

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nolabear

(41,915 posts)
2. Joe spoke from a communications center in his basement. 45 hid from America in his bunker.
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 03:23 PM
Jun 2020

You decide who to follow.
(That’s what I’d say)

CatWoman

(79,283 posts)
4. it was the republicans who threw a sheet rope down to him during impeachment
Tue Jun 9, 2020, 05:45 PM
Jun 2020

so they deserve everything negative coming their way.

they paved the way for this nightmare.

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