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In reply to the discussion: I miss the boring old man who just quietly brought our economy back from a dumpster fire without daily drama. [View all]moniss
(8,602 posts)about the media attack on Biden was about his hesitation in speaking. They never stopped for one minute to consider, nor did they want to, that as a man who fought stuttering his entire life that he may, in his later years, take slightly more time in controlling his speech. Not a damned thing to do with cognitive ability or him supposedly "losing it".
But the media was never interested in asking about or highlighting his accomplishments and the immense good being done all across the country and around the world. It was always attack him etc. They attacked, accused and scrutinized Hunter in ways they would never do to Ivanka. In some ways it reminded me of the attack on John Kerry.
Joe Biden had immensely qualified people around him unlike this TV celebrity cabal of morons we see now. The media jumped at the chance to portray him as a doddering, near helpless man who would have to be spoon fed his meals. The media will never own up to its role in the horrible things that have happened to the US and around the world over the last few decades. Ever since the demise of things like the Fairness Doctrine or preventing excessive media consolidation, we have seen a media that is not about the facts or truth but rather what gets clicks, ratings etc. all for the sake of profits.
That drive for every possible aspect of life to be turned into profit generation is the result of unchecked greed with no moral grounding or concept of doing things for the greater good. It may well be fundamental to what destroys this country.