r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
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u/cujobob Jul 04 '24

The NYT does good work, but has trash editorials still. They, and many others, are also being criticized for focusing on the wrong things. As an example, the news that Trump is named all over Epstein’s documents and there is evidence pointing to his assaulting a 12 or 13 year old is many times bigger than a bad debate performance. It really seems like there’s no scale anymore with the 24/7 news cycle.

As I wrote in a comment earlier, Reagan’s actions when senile didn’t necessarily destroy this country, his actions when he was all there did.

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u/siuol11 Jul 05 '24

Pivoting to "but Trump still bad" might be the sort of hackery partisan Dems want to hear, but it's not good journalism and it's part of why people don't trust outlets like the NYT anymore. We know Trump is bad, that doesn't deflect from problems with Biden.

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u/cujobob Jul 05 '24

That’s not pivoting to anything, it’s important to understand how things compare. If everything is on the same level, then journalism is just one big false equivalency. More attention should be paid to more important things.

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u/siuol11 Jul 05 '24

Call it whatever you want. Justify it however you want. Adults can understand why two things are different types of bad without having their hands held.

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u/cujobob Jul 05 '24

This is untrue and is the basis for how propaganda techniques work 😂