‘Unlikely feel-good moment’? Democracy no longer in peril when a president insults a journo, NY Times reports
http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/01/29/unlikely-feel-good-moment-democracy-no-longer-in-peril-when-a-president-insults-a-journo-ny-times-reports/
Early this week Fox News reporter Peter Doocy annoyed President Biden with a question about inflation and its possible effect on the Democrats in the November midterm elections. As a matter of fact, the question annoyed Biden so much that he called Doocy a “stupid son of a b*tch.”
Everybody knows that if Trump snapped at a reporter they’d write an entire book about how it’s a threat to democracy and the First Amendment (as a matter of fact, CNN’s Jim Acosta did just that). Now, however, a Democrat is in the White House and the rules have apparently changed:
The New York Times ~ The spectacle of President Biden lobbing an unintentionally amplified expletive at a reporter from Fox News turned out to be one of the most unlikely feel-good moments of his time in office, our media correspondent writes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/business/biden-peter-doocy-fox-news.html
The media couldn’t be more predictable if they tried.
(((Aaron Walker))) ~ When Trump insults a reporter, it’s a threat to democracy. When Biden does it, it’s a feel good moment.
Many in the replies who would have otherwise said that the very fabric of our nation is being destroyed if Trump said that to Jim Acosta are instead cheering for Biden. The “rules” have changed for some reason.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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