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New York Magazine Claims Media Is Biased in Trump’s Favor
MenRec ^ | 10/20/20 | Staff

Posted on 10/20/2020 4:05:09 PM PDT by rustyweiss74

Jonathan Chait, a left-wing writer for New York Magazine, penned a column which argues that President Trump is actually the beneficiary of media biased in his favor.

Chait’s premise is that the President, through his supposed unwillingness or incapability to answer simple questions, has lowered expectations by the media, and they in turn lower their bar for what is acceptable.

“It’s not the media’s fault that Trump continues to incriminate himself and is unable to answer simple questions,” he writes.

“The problem is not that the media holds him to a difficult standard,” claims Chait. “He is held, by necessity, to a more forgiving standard than any modern president.”

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2020election; blogpimp; election2020; jonathanchait; landslide; newyorkmagazine; stolenmaterial; trumplandslide
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What the hell are they smoking?
1 posted on 10/20/2020 4:05:09 PM PDT by rustyweiss74
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To: rustyweiss74

Bizarro World


2 posted on 10/20/2020 4:06:26 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Life is tough, but at least it's short.)
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To: rustyweiss74

Just in: New York Magazine claims Hitler is Biased in Jews’ Favor.


3 posted on 10/20/2020 4:07:22 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: rustyweiss74
Jonathan Chait is all set to be put in a straitjacket and sent to the crazy house by men in long white coats.
4 posted on 10/20/2020 4:08:51 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: rustyweiss74

Dude is drinking the bong water.


5 posted on 10/20/2020 4:09:21 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: rustyweiss74

They are not smoking anything. It is called mental illness.


6 posted on 10/20/2020 4:11:04 PM PDT by falcon99 (qu)
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To: Old Yeller

Always stay on offense. Always.


7 posted on 10/20/2020 4:13:42 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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Was he on zoom????...delusional....


8 posted on 10/20/2020 4:14:37 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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9 posted on 10/20/2020 4:17:28 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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Pity the man. Imagine living inside a brain that thinks this way.


10 posted on 10/20/2020 4:18:32 PM PDT by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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you mean the RAT media that has put out 98% negative stories about Trump... that media???
11 posted on 10/20/2020 4:21:42 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: rustyweiss74
Dem rule #1 - Use Projection in every sentence if positive.

12 posted on 10/20/2020 4:22:08 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Die-ggl,TWT,FCBK,NYT,WPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antf,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP,MSNBC)
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To: rustyweiss74

They’re making their excuse for Trump winning.


13 posted on 10/20/2020 4:31:16 PM PDT by cymbeline
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Chait is describing the way Biden is coddled by the press!!


14 posted on 10/20/2020 4:40:03 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: rustyweiss74

Up is down.


15 posted on 10/20/2020 4:45:40 PM PDT by chuckee
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Crickey! I’d hate to see how they would treat him if the didn’t favor
Him!


16 posted on 10/20/2020 4:52:38 PM PDT by j.havenfarm ( Beginning my 20th year on FR! 2,500+ replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: rustyweiss74

Sometimes people just say crazy chit so they will get noticed.


17 posted on 10/20/2020 4:53:48 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The NYT commits acts of violence with their words.)
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These people are absolute lunatics!


18 posted on 10/20/2020 4:55:26 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: rustyweiss74

Projection


19 posted on 10/20/2020 5:23:23 PM PDT by microgeek42
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To: rustyweiss74

There is a more sophisticated argument to be made, but the writer of the article was way too stupid to make it.

The argument is that “no publicity is bad publicity” and that by attacking Trump 24/7 they have made him a folk hero with ordinary Americans.


20 posted on 10/20/2020 5:52:13 PM PDT by cgbg (Biden n-2020: Criminal enterprise using cokehead as bagman.)
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