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Will Establishment Media Cover Biden as President?
They covered for him to get Trump out of office. Now will they actually start covering him with real reporting?
They covered for him to get Trump out of office. Now will they actually start covering him with real reporting?
Will Establishment Media Cover Biden as President? | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
7 Dec 2020 ~~ By J.T. Young
Having created his presidency, how will establishment media cover President Biden? With the roles so different and so separated, it is easy to forget that establishment media have been instrumental throughout Biden’s three-decade-long presidential quest. In his first two campaigns, establishment media sank Biden by covering him; in his latest, they saved Biden by not covering him. Now with Biden elected, which role will they assume?
The first role establishment media played in Biden campaigns was aggressively direct.
In 1988, during his first campaign, they single-handedly destroyed Biden by revealing a pattern of plagiarism. Initially, revelations showed Biden had lifted portions from a speech by UK Labor politician Neil Kinnock. Then came more: “borrowings” from Hubert Humphrey and Robert Kennedy. Finally, they reported that Biden had failed a Syracuse University law course because he used five pages of a law-review publication without attribution.
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In contrast to their direct role in his first two presidential campaigns, establishment media’s role in Biden’s third presidential campaign has been indirect at best. Instead of essentially covering him to death, this time they effectively did not cover him at all.
In the 2020 campaign, establishment media did not force Biden into any mistakes or awkward encounters. When he blundered, they did not pursue. When they could have destroyed him, following disappointing Iowa and New Hampshire finishes, they held back.
Once Biden had secured the Democrat nomination, establishment media allowed him to retire from scrutiny for six months — despite him being the Democrat nominee and frontrunner. When he finally emerged after accepting formal nomination, they acquiesced to scripted encounters or being relegated to being observers. When encounters did occur, they were notably “soft.”
Now Biden is president-elect. In less than two months he will be president, making him the planet’s most newsworthy person. Will establishment media reestablish a direct role with Biden?
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Competition and demand will dictate coverage, even by establishment media. Coverage will open a window that Biden’s staff and establishment media effectively closed for the last 12 months. And exposure makes the public a participant: Establishment media’s coverage cannot long contradict what the public see.
Finally, it is unclear how much establishment media really care for Biden. They did not particularly in his first two campaigns. This time, his primary attraction for them has been his usefulness in purging Trump. Trump is now gone. Establishment media certainly will not like a continuation of his year-long, arm’s-length campaign treatment of them.
Having covered for Biden, establishment media will have to start covering him, whether they want to or not. It will be interesting to see how much better he fares as president than in his first two presidential campaigns.
Comment:
Surely the Quisling Media, Big Tech and Big Pharma have financed the election of China Joe Biden.
As J.T. Young points out, eventually the exposure to the media can't hide what the public actually sees.
Will the Lame Stream Media allow Biden and his administration arm's-length treatment of them to continue using the excuse of the Chinese Covid Virus excuse, or will they begin exposing Democrats in truthful reporting?