Really, NBC? "Biden confuses Taylor Swift with Britney Spears in remarks on his 81st birthday"

[Army Brat]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-confuses-taylor-swift-britney-spears-remarks-81st-birthday-rcna125998

I'd easily confuse those two as would half the country. And then the "81st birthday" remark??

Let Fox cover this crap.

[maxsolomon]

1. I'm so angry at NBC

that I'm going to cancel my NYT subscription. Again.

[Basic LA]

27. LOL! I see what you did there!

[Cha]

44. Yes I know you're a big NYT fan. That doesn't mean

people can't rant about the shit they see on MSM when it calls out Pres Biden and NOT fucking Traitor for Worse Shit..

Or did I read that wrong?

[Charging Triceratops]

2. Meanwhile ...

Lester Holt confuses his head with his ass every night at 6:30.

[Rebl2]

12. Haven't watched him since Biden became president

[hlthe2b]

3. All the MSM seem to have adopted a "Mean Girl" strategy

If all they hear is from RWers then they will continue to do this kind of crap. He/She who screams most loudly (and all that entails), it would appear is true.

[sarcasmo]

11. It's the same thing mainstream $Greedia$ did with Hilary Clinton.4

[maxrandb]

19. Our media has simply become stenographers for the right

It's mostly just potato chips for the brain nowadays.

Oh, did I forget the "e" at the end of potato?

[Think. Again.]

4. Why would anyone...

...expect an adult, let alone a very busy leader of the free world, to know anything about teen-idol pop stars?

[obamanut2012]

6. Taylor SWift is not a "teen-idol pop star"

Britney really isn't, either, but Swift absolutely isn't.

[Think. Again.]

20. Oh, maybe I'm mistaking them....

...for the pop stars that the teens gush over with the same names.

[chouchou]

51. I was thinking the same thing.

I don't know any intelligent adults that listen to that Pablum.

[Elessar Zappa]

62. Taylor Swift is an artist.

She can sing and her songwriting is amazing. It’s clear that you have bothered listening to her. People of all ages fill her concerts, that’s why her latest tour will be biggest money making music tour of all time. She’s not a teen pop idol.

[Think. Again.]

67. I mean no disrepect...

... obviously she has a huge following of people who love her talent.

[RandomNumbers]

22. I am continually amused by the Kelce-Swift saga in the sports world

But couldn't pick Taylor Swift out of a line up unless Travis were hanging on her.

That's probably just me though.

[TreasonousBastard]

49. It's not just you. I think of her as "another hot...

blonde singer" and couldn't pick her out of a lineup.

(Dolly Parton is the only one I could, but she works harder for it.)

[Mossfern]

48. Some of us don't pay attention to that stuff.

I'm usually clueless about celebrities.

[paleotn]

58. Who? I've heard the name....

but couldn't tell you one freaking song she ever sang. Sorry, but pop is just that. Pop. She ain't no Mick Jager...yet. Of course, I remember a time when Mick was considered "pop".

Seriously, though. Many of us haven't kept track of such things in 40 freaking years. I assume Biden is one of us. So what?! That silly, pop culture BS.

[LiberalFighter]

7. I'm 69 and have trouble remembering any of the names of pop stars, rock and roll, country, etc.

It was easier when I was in my twenties. There were fewer musicians.

[TheRealNorth]

26. Exactly

I wouldn't know anything about Country music artists.

Of course, then the MSM would rail about how he was "out of touch".

[LiberalFighter]

37. Personally, I think many of the older songs are better than now.

[TheRealNorth]

38. For example, I never thought of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" as being a Country song....

And it was a song on my playlist before the Luke Combs version, and i think the original is still better IMO (Combs' version isn't bad, just prefer the original)

[Rebl2]

69. Like the

original better too. Combs version not bad, but unfortunately that’s all they play now.

[madinmaryland]

39. I'm 62 and still remember when I was was young and Keith Richards was still 79.

[paleotn]

59. Keith is immortal.

Or the drugs have somehow embalmed him alive.

[Mr.Bill]

54. Same here.

I can however, name every member of the Dave Clark Five.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

73. For some reason, when I was a kid

"Bits and Pieces" used to scare me-think it was that banging drum. And probably the record was scratched, which added distortion (My brother or sister had the single).

[Rebl2]

13. Exactly

[TheProle]

14. Ask his speechwriters

It's petty to report on it, but it was also an unforced error.

[questionseverything]

36. Because he has grandchildren lol

[brooklynite]

66. In which case, don't try to work in the cultural references?

[Think. Again.]

68. I would say there are quite a few...

...cultural references that Biden could make that might be more ...believable... coming from him.

[louis-t]

5. And the orange menace thought he was in Sioux Falls, SD

when he was in Sioux City, IA. Compare.

[inthewind21]

9. And

that got covered ALL over the place.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Have to wonder if Kyla Guilfoil is related to anyone stupid.

[Ocelot II]

10. I do that all the time. I can't tell them apart

and couldn't pick either of them out of a lineup. That's probably true of just about anybody over 25.

[Rebl2]

15. I am

in KCMO and I definitely know the difference between the two. All it is on the radio or news stations is Taylor going to be at the Chiefs game? Not last night.

[TwilightZone]

23. A lot of people who watch TV could probably pick out Taylor Swift

Commercials in which she appears play on a near-constant basis.

Or anyone who watches NFL football. Anytime the Chiefs play and she's in attendance, they show her about fifty times.

She appeals to way more than the under-25 crowd. That's why her current tour is going to gross more than two billion dollars, just in the US. Billion, with a "b". For one tour.

A lot of the comments in this thread fit under the "I don't know her, so that means no one else does, either" variety.

[Ocelot II]

25. No, the comments mean that *it wouldn't be abnormal* not to know her,

especially if you are older or don't watch a lot of TV.

[questionseverything]

40. Taylor made big news when she gave her crew 55 million bucks in bonuses

She also reminds young people to register and vote


Poor brittney is older, not working and kinda struggling with her new found freedom (since her father doesn’t have a control over her)

But it’s not the end of the world either

[Rebl2]

47. She Wasn't there last

night. Doing concert somewhere out of this country and hemisphere. Hear about her all the time here in KC. Oh by the way Travis. Quit dropping the FB.

[questionseverything]

41. If you live under a rock maybe or don't have grandkids

[Ocelot II]

42. I do not live under a rock, but I don't watch a lot of network tv

and I have no grandchildren. But somehow I manage to lead a fulfilling life without being able to identify Britney Spears or Taylor Swift on sight, and I'll bet I'm not alone in that regard.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

16. I mean, it's not a good look.

If you are going to talk about one of them, you should probably know who you are going to talk about. And the "I wouldn't know the two apart" comes from people who aren't the President talking to the whole nation.

[gab13by13]

17. Yeah but,

he didn't confuse his wife with E. Jean Carroll.

[badhair77]

21. Excellent point

[keithbvadu2]

28. Trump confusing the woman he had been married to and slept with to another woman.

[Sogo]

65. You win the thread!

LOL!!

[Kingofalldems]

18. And you posted it here.

[totodeinhere]

24. I get confused over which celebrity is who all the time.

And so what. President Biden has much more important items on his plate such as world peace and the attempts by fascists to take over our country and destroy our democracy. Geez. I just wish they would lay off from Joe Biden. His mental acuity and sharpness is second to none no matter what age.

[patphil]

29. I'm 77, and I have no idea what songs they sing; barely know which is which.

I can understand why Biden has trouble identifying them correctly. I mean, he's got a lot of things on his mind. Pop music probably isn't one of them.

[Irish_Dem]

30. I can't name one song Taylor Swift has sung.

I know what she looks like and is a singer, but that is all.
Oh she dates some guy who is a football player, no idea what team.

[bdamomma]

31. Geez,

Why does the media, keep on with age crap. Both are old men, the demented orange blob, and Biden who gives a crap about DEMOCRACY!!!!

[Irish_Dem]

32. 100% guaranteed that recognition of young pop stars is not part of dementia risk assessment

for older people.

Because everyone would flunk the test.

[Silent Type]

33. Definitely could happen to me. I do know Swift is a good Democrat. If you are trying to capture youth vote,

probably better to get it right, though.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

34. "And then the '81st birthday' remark??"

And then the "81st birthday" remark??

Because it was?

Did you happen to see the threads at DU about that?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=archives&date=2022x11x20

Happy Birthday President Biden

Joe Biden celebrates his 80th birthday

Biden eating coconut birthday cake:

[GoCubsGo]

35. Ehrmegherrrdddd!!! He confused two older, blonde pop stars!

SMGDH. Most people his age probably don't know who either of them are in the first place. Meanwhile, not a peep from them when Dementia J. Trump thinks he's in South Dakota, when he's actually in Iowa...

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

43. Sheesh, I'm 20 years younger

And I'd be arsed if I could name either of them at all if they passed me on the street.

[Basic LA]

45. Will Mick Jagger retire from the Beatles?

And my favorite Star Trek character is Chewbacca.
(Sorry, just having fun with this.)

[Polybius]

46. Half the country would confuse Britney Spears and Taylor Swift?

[Carlitos Brigante]

50. When he refers to the CEO of NBC as "Mike NBC" or some dumb shit

like that. Let me know. I'll be all ears.

[Mad_Machine76]

52. A National Crisis

[walkingman]

53. Funny - like anyone really cares...

[BaronChocula]

55. Speaking of NBC News

I watched Andrea Mitchell last Friday as she had to pause to gather her thoughts in a story on Biden's age. I tuned in today and she was still gathering.

[Beartracks]

56. Where are the brain-fart-leading headlines from Trump's self-serving rallies?

[paleotn]

57. Who? Taylor who?

Sorry, I probably couldn't pick either out in a line up. After all, no decent music has been made since 1979.

[Celerity]

64. Hopefully this was just you having a laugh:

After all, no decent music has been made since 1979.

If you honestly think that, well, just wow.

[paleotn]

70. It's a joke. Geeezz.

Well, sort of. Actually, I'd extend that deadline to about 1989 but only in certain genres that began in the 70's. We all do it. It's neurological. Some of us soften as get older but I never did. I'm an early 60's guy who still cranks Deep Purple and Van Halen to about 150 decibels. While some newer music is interesting, it can't compare in my mind to what I grew up with. I'd assume folks who are in their 20's think my music is horrible or at least outdated.. I thought the same of my parent's musical tastes.

https://slate.com/technology/2014/08/musical-nostalgia-the-psychology-and-neuroscience-for-song-preference-and-the-reminiscence-bump.html

https://sites.bu.edu/ombs/2013/12/06/neuroplasticity-of-music/

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

71. People are still making good music

The problem is that the industry has become so Balkanized that it takes more effort to find it.

I think you'd be surprised at how much really good music still gets made.

[OAITW r.2.0]

60. Sometimes I confuse ABC with NBC. But I always know when I've accidentally clicked on Fox.

Bullshit detector always goes off.

[elias7]

61. Biden has been the most effective president. If he doesn't survive, we get Kamala....

What’s the problem?

[videohead5]

63. And Trump thinks that

He is running against Obama and that Jeb Bush got us into Iraq.

[rockfordfile]

72. this is lame. besides both are terrible teen boppers.

The same for rap or some country music.