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kpete

(72,895 posts) Sun Apr 28, 2024, 08:32 AM Apr 2024

"I'm sincerely not asking you to take sides, but asking you to rise up to the seriousness of the moment." [View all]

The president also struck a serious note, urging the media to stayed focused on the implications of November’s election. “I’m sincerely not asking you to take sides,” he said. “I’m asking you to rise up to the seriousness of the moment. Move past the horse-race numbers and the gotcha moments, and the distractions, the sideshows that have come to dominate and sensationalise our politics and focus on what’s actually at stake.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/28/stormy-weather-biden-skewers-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner

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"I'm sincerely not asking you to take sides, but asking you to rise up to the seriousness of the moment." [View all] kpete Apr 2024 OP

Joe Biden: the adult in the room. marble falls Apr 2024 #1

One of the reasons the traitors hate him NanaCat Apr 2024 #8

If Biden were president when the pandemic hit... Omnipresent Apr 2024 #2

We don't do marketing. CrispyQ Apr 2024 #4

If we can message things like, "GM is alive and Osama Bin Laden is dead", then we can also say... Omnipresent Apr 2024 #7

1 mlion recs! We need compelling "stories" " Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2024 #15

Republicans lie and are terrible at messaging. Look at Trump. Absurd messaging. Republicans betsuni Apr 2024 #16

Democrats are not silent about it NanaCat Apr 2024 #9

The media or those, "talking heads on the networks", aren't the only way to message the American people... Omnipresent Apr 2024 #11

Thank you. Republicans have no messaging except for hate and fear. betsuni Apr 2024 #17

And Sulzberger of the NYT will just keep bashing Biden because of his arrogance over not getting a private interview. Lonestarblue Apr 2024 #3

Even if Trump doesn't torch him personally, he will suffer. CrispyQ Apr 2024 #5

Sulzberger is so bloody stupid NanaCat Apr 2024 #10

NYT pitchbot: Is Biden too old to handle gotcha media onslaught? Voltaire2 Apr 2024 #6

Kick to the frontpage.. TY & Pres Biden Cha Apr 2024 #12

I hope this is not to culturally insensative but. Prairie_Seagull Apr 2024 #13

I dearly love this good and decent man. Maru Kitteh Apr 2024 #14

"So how is this supposed to boost our profits, Joe?" - Corporate Media, Inc. BoRaGard Apr 2024 #18