After lowering the bar for Walker in 1st debate, mainstream media ignores his absence from the 2nd

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After mainstream outlets put their thumb on the scale and praised Walker's first debate performance, most of them ignored the fact that he ditched the second one. Me, at @mmfa
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After lowering the bar for Walker in first debate, mainstream media ignores his absence from the...
10:53 AM · Oct 17, 2022

https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/after-lowering-bar-walker-first-debate-mainstream-media-ignores-his-absence-second

Mainstream media outlets largely ignored Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s absence from a Sunday evening debate, after many journalists had celebrated an earlier performance by arguing Walker exceeded their low expectations.

The New York Times wrote about the second debate in a short piece as part of a running live blog about the midterms, rather than devoting a unique story to the topic. Politico devoted just a single paragraph to Walker’s absence in their widely read morning edition of Playbook, which also linked to the AP’s reporting for further reading. As of publication, it does not appear that Axios covered the second debate at all. The Washington Post didn’t offer original coverage, instead reprinting The Associated Press’ write-up. Both papers used the same headline, noting that Walker skipped the debate almost as an afterthought.

The Sunday debate was the state’s second between incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock and Walker, following an initial debate the previous Friday. Mainstream coverage of that debate largely praised Walker for clearing the low bar he had set for himself, allowing his campaign to control the narrative and launder an objectively weak performance into a relative victory.

New York Times national political correspondent Trip Gabriel epitomized this impulse in a widely mocked tweet, arguing that in “clearing the low bar he set for himself,” Walker “did what he set out to do.” (Gabriel also has not tweeted about Walker’s absence in the second debate.)

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[live love laugh]

1. Main stream media or Republican Owned Media?

Main stream media or Republican Owned Media?

Why does MSM have a Republican bias?

[Solly Mack]

2. It's gotten to the point where being merely adequate is now considered elitist.

If it ain't homegrown ignorance, it's "woke".

[brooklynite]

3. I respect MM, but in this case they're incorrect:

ATLANTA — Herschel Walker was not onstage on Sunday night for Georgia’s second U.S. Senate debate. But he was one of its main topics anyway.

Senator Raphael Warnock, the incumbent and a Democrat, excoriated his Republican opponent, Mr. Walker, who chose not to attend the debate, arguing that Mr. Walker’s history of domestic violence, lies about his past and refusal to participate in the forum made him unqualified for office.

Throughout the hourlong matchup in Atlanta, Mr. Warnock stepped out of character, opting for direct attack lines over the thinly veiled criticisms he has leveled at Mr. Walker for most of the campaign. He answered panelists’ questions with a mix of policy points and full-throated rebukes of Mr. Walker’s claims about his personal life, business prowess and academic record. He described Mr. Walker’s “well-documented history of violence” in reference to reports about Mr. Walker’s domestic violence against his ex-wife, Cindy Grossman, calling them “disturbing.”

The Senate race’s lesser-known contender, the Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver, did participate in the debate, bringing up policy points like supporting L.G.B.T.Q. rights and keeping the government out of health care and energy investments. He found common ground with Mr. Warnock as both hammered their opponent for his absence from the debate stage.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/us/politics/warnock-georgia-senate-debate.html

Georgia Sen. Warnock blasts Walker as no-show to planned debate

video: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/scott-georgia-sen-warnock-blasts-walker-show-planned-91616682

ATLANTA — Libertarian Chase Oliver isn’t going to win Georgia’s pivotal U.S. Senate race. But the 37-year-old Atlanta businessman could help determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate over the final two years of President Joe Biden’s term.
Oliver is the third name on the ballot in the marquee matchup between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.

In most states, that make would Oliver an afterthought. But Georgia law requires an outright majority to win statewide office. With polls suggesting a tight contest between Warnock and Walker, it may not take a considerable share of the vote for Oliver to force a runoff, potentially repeating the 2020 scenario when Georgia’s two runoffs helped Democrats secure narrow control on Capitol Hill.
“I don’t have any interest in partisan bickering. I owe no allegiance to either party. I only owe allegiance to you, the voter,” Oliver said Sunday night on an Atlanta debate stage, as he urged Georgia voters to “send a message” to the two major parties by denying both Warnock and Walker a first-round victory.

The Atlanta Press Club debate was likely Oliver’s lone opportunity in the spotlight. He shared the stage with Warnock. An empty podium stood between them to represent Walker, who declined the Press Club’s invitation.

Warnock, the 53-year-old senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church who won the seat in a 2021 special election, and Walker, a 60-year-old businessman and former football star, met in their only scheduled one-on-one debate Friday in Savannah. Oliver was not included in that debate because he did not meet organizers’ polling threshold.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/warnock-walker-are-dealt-a-libertarian-wild-card-in-georgia/2022/10/16/0f92cbdc-4d74-11ed-ada8-04e6e6bf8b19_story.html

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. M$M tilted for traitortrump in 2016

1 example from March, 2016: $2 Billion Worth of Free Media for Donald Trump - The New York Times

Close horse races mean more profits for tv.

[magicarpet]

5. If you brush your teeth more than once a month,... you are "woke" about dental issues,...

..... if you have more than three teeth in your mouth you are a coastal elitist liberal who likely has an education beyond your GED.