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WaPo Columnist Explains Why the Media Is to Blame for Biden's Downfall
PJ Media ^ | 19 July 2022 | Rick Moran

Posted on 07/19/2022 6:04:56 PM PDT by Rummyfan

To hear Washington Post columnist Perry Bacon tell it, Joe Biden’s low approval ratings aren’t due to his ludicrous policies, his failed leadership, or his cockamamie worldview.

Joe Biden isn’t very popular because of the way the mainstream media is covering him.

The lack of self-awareness notwithstanding, Bacon blames the media because its “flawed coverage model of politics and government is bad for more than just Biden — it results in a distorted national discourse that weakens our democracy. The media needs to find a different way to cover Washington.”

Get that? Biden’s unpopularity is a structural problem with the media that has nothing to do with politics or policy.

It all started during the withdrawal fiasco from Afghanistan.

Biden’s poll numbers plunged, closely tracking the media hysteria. As The Post’s Dana Milbank wrote in December, data analysis showed a marked increase in negativity in media coverage of Biden that started last August. After the withdrawal, the media lumped other events into its “Biden is struggling” narrative: infighting among Democrats over the party’s agenda, Democrats’ weak performances in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races, rising inflation, and the surge of the delta and omicron variants. Biden’s role in these issues was often exaggerated — there are many causes of inflation besides Biden’s policies; presidents can’t stop the emergence of coronavirus variants. This anti-Biden coverage pattern remains in place.

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To: Rummyfan

This is a broken record. I recall some commentators whining the media was treating 0 worse than W.


21 posted on 07/19/2022 7:06:00 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Rummyfan

Bacon’s brain must be cooked to extracrispy because he ignores the fact that nature has a way of controlling dementia. Report say he is being pumped up with drugs to keep him literate, but just barely.


22 posted on 07/19/2022 7:16:26 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: Rummyfan

“Joe Biden isn’t very popular because of the way the mainstream media is covering him.”

This is absolutely right. They are telling the truth. And liberals like Joe can’t have that happen as they are a screwup when it all comes down to it.

wy69


23 posted on 07/19/2022 7:59:30 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: Rummyfan

The fake media hasn’t done enough to prop up their buddy 🤪


24 posted on 07/19/2022 8:10:11 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Rummyfan

All one has to do is look at the way the Lame STream Media treated President Trump.

THAT WHOLE IDEA FALLS APART QUICKER THAN A COMMENT FROM ADAM SCHIFF.


25 posted on 07/19/2022 8:26:28 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Rummyfan

The press getting beat up from both sides. Good.


26 posted on 07/19/2022 9:00:39 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Rummyfan

In other words, even though the media is falling all over itself while heaping slobbering praise on Biden, they should be heaping even more slobbering praise on the creepy old bastard.


27 posted on 07/19/2022 9:50:48 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: Still Thinking
People don't just not like Pedo Joe they despise him. Those 81 million votes aren't helping him today.
28 posted on 07/19/2022 10:02:43 PM PDT by Rdct29 (Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

If this is the best self assessment they can provide; they are either liars or buffoons. Or both.


29 posted on 07/20/2022 1:14:24 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Rummyfan

And once again, the media wonders why they’re breaking records for being untrustworthy


30 posted on 07/20/2022 3:11:16 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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