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"Organizations like CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Politico and more are all doing everything they can to act as if Kamala is just as suspicious as Donold.

Every new effort to attack Kamala Harris and Tim Walz is treated with grave seriousness, whilst Donold’s never-ending immorality, criminality, and insanity are immediately swept under the carpet."

#KamalaHarris #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence
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"The assassination attempt? Zero follow-up on the motives of the shooter, or how crazy it is that he was a registered Republican, or how exactly Donold’s ear magically healed within one week without so much as a scar. ...

BURN IN HELL, CORPORATE MEDIA!

THE LORD HAS SPOKEN!

Can I get an amen?"

#KamalaHarris #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence
/3

"While it was just six weeks ago that another presumptive nominee was forced out of the race due to concerns about his advanced age and declining mental acuity, the mainstream media no longer seems all that interested in the other party’s 78-year-old candidate sundowning before our very eyes."

~ Justin Baragona

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #age
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https://zeteo.com/p/trump-media-pass-age-biden

"As has been the case since he first rode down that golden escalator nearly a decade ago, Donald Trump continues to be graded on a curve by our national media."

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #age
/5

Why do journalists ignore Trump's mental decline when it's so obvious to the rest of us? Paul Waldman's answer:

"They think Trump acts crazy, but they have decided it’s all an act, and that’s as far as they need to probe. …

Yet for the last couple of years, they were positively obsessed with Joe Biden’s mental acuity."

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #age #MentalDecline
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https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-reporters-wont-talk

“'We have a damaged, delusional, old man who again might get reelected to the presidency of the United States,' Mike Barnicle, who served as a longtime columnist for The Boston Globe and other newspapers, said on Morning Joe early Wednesday."

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #age #MentalDecline
/8

https://newrepublic.com/article/185622/finally-top-journo-erupts-media-ignoring-trumps-mental-state

"Barnicle continued that Trump frequently says 'deranged' things in public that “you wouldn’t repeat” on 'American television' or 'in front of your children.'

'How did we get here?' Barnicle asked. Then he pointed a finger at his media colleagues."

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #age #MentalDecline
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Kevin Kruse rightly skewers New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger's claims that the media's obligation in political campaigns — even when Donald Trump wants to claim the White House — is to remain "fair and balanced" and "neutral."

This despite his own newspaper endorsing Biden in 2020….

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #NewYorkTimes
/10

https://kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/fair-and-balanced

Kruse writes,

"I’d actually welcome an even-handed approach from Sulzberger because under his leadership the coverage in the New York Times has not been evenly balanced at all.

In the early months of 2024, and certainly after his disastrous debate performance in late June, the New York Times was on nothing less than a crusade to highlight the 'age issue' presented by the 81-year-old president’s candidacy,"

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #age #NYTimes
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"taking every single opportunity to call out every stumble or verbal flaw as further proof that he was unfit to run again and to demand that he drop out of the race. …

According to Sulzberger, though, their coverage was merely part of their responsibility to present a 'full, fair and accurate picture” of what was going on with the campaign."

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #age #NewYorkTimes
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"An elderly candidate’s struggles with memory and inability to grasp basic facts was alarming and they had a duty to press the issue, even aggressively.

But that argument collapses under the lightest scrutiny, because we still have an elderly candidate struggling with memory, unable to grasp basic facts. His name is Donald Trump."

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #age
/13

His name is Donald Trump, and how the New York Times has chosen to treat him, his age, his mental decline and unsuitability for office, in contrast to how it's treated Biden, is glaringly different.

"So, no, the New York Times has not been treating both candidates equally.

Despite Sulzberger’s protestations, they’ve had a heavy thumb on the scale all along — it’s just that it’s been for Trump rather than against him."

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #NewYorkTimes
/14

"My blood boiled while I read this man’s [i.e., A.G. Sulzberger's] endless piece on what WE should be doing to protect press freedoms, when HIS own failing newspaper has abandoned the fight by very intentionally refusing to properly cover, and give proper editorial weight to Trump and his revolting party's ongoing attack on the truth, our vote, and our democracy."

~ D. Earl Stephens

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #NewYorkTimes
/15

https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/beyond-words?

"Their despicable lack of reporting and absurd, both-sides bullshit on these critical issues has been absolutely breathtaking. They have literally surrendered wide swaths of their news hole each day in this “quiet war” to include authoritarian talking points, and right-wing conjecture that simply have no place in fact, and serve nobody but the fascist scoundrels who mean our democracy harm."

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #NewYorkTimes
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@mlbellar Clever as ever.

@KathyLK Thank you — an excellent article.