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bighairymke: The writer gets it.
No, she most clearly does not “get it.”
McArdle writes: “If Trump had slipped as visibly and publicly as President Biden, it’s possible we would have covered that more aggressively.”
Trump has slipped visibly and publicly repeatedly but while the media amplifies every Biden gaffe, they ignore every Trump gaffe.
Trump called president Biden, “Obama,” on multiple occasions. The media ignored it.
Trump called his wife, Melania, “Mercedes.” The media ignored it.
Trump identified E Jean Carroll, his rape victim -- who he said wasn't his type -- with his ex-wife, Marla Maples. The media ignored it.
Trump repeatedly called Nancy Pelosi “Nikki Haley.”
Trump looked Tim Cook in the eye and called him "Tim Apple."
Trump constantly refers to fictional cannibal Hannibal as if he was a real person, worries about being electrocuted by a lithium-driven boat engine or eaten by a shark, has claimed windmills cause cancer, wondered why we couldn't drop a nuclear bomb on a hurricane, suggesting ingesting bleach to cure Covid-19, claimed the Americans captured the airports over 100 years before airplanes existed, called for “termination” of the Constitution in a Truth Social post -- the New York Times put it on Page 13 -- and on and on and on.
While the substance of president Biden's press conference last night was solid -- even if you disagree with him, Biden gave the kind thoughtful, substantive answers that Trump is incapable of providing -- the media will only focus on, and amplify, his verbal gaffes.
While nearly every economist in America predicted a recession during the Biden years, the Biden administration instead fashioned the strongest economy in the free world.
But the media sharks cannot be stopped. The chum is in the water.
Doug Balloon of The New York Times Pitchbot, not Megan McArdle, is right in his satire:
Opinion | I side with Biden on abortion, Social Security, the environment, gun control, federal judges, and international alliances. I side with Trump on debate performance and golf skills. November's election will be the hardest decision of my life.
I also saw this fitting summary:
Biden: Here's a 20 minute analysis of complex statecraft in the middle east.
Trump: I've never heard of NATO.
Media: Clearly Biden isn't fit.
So it goes.
