- You may have noticed something. I used to talk about the president’s dementia pretty regularly, but haven’t in months. That’s because I’ve lost faith. I used to believe the Washington press corps would see the plainly obvious. I no longer believe that. The hypocrisy is too baked in.
- The double standard that prevents political reporters from seeing Donald Trump’s totalitarianism is the same double standard that prevents them from seeing his dementia. He doesn’t make choices. Only Democrats do. He can’t be held responsible for what he says.
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SCOTUS said so.
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The reporters see it but their corporate owners will fire them if they ask the hard questions.
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“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ― Soren Kierkegaard
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They aren't 'preventing' from seeing it. They see it and CHOOSE to ignore it because of their own agenda. And that's the bottom line, the one they crossed a long time ago.
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- Joe Biden tried to get his facts straight, because he believes in speaking truthfully and took seriously his role as an honest broker. He’s old. He’s a stutterer. Old stutterers sometimes mangle what they say. He was held responsible, anyway, and ultimately driven from office.
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I think you are being too kind.
They see it. They know it. They have their marching orders, and they are willing to be complicit.
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Thanks for working on it. We need more reporters like you with the courage to speak the truth. Some day people will say you were right all along.
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This is what happens when the press is owned by oligarchs. Time to take away their companies.
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This is called "Murc's Law". Only the Democrats have agency.
The GOP has no agency, they're like an animal, and the Dems are responsible for how they react to what the GOP does, at least in the media framing.
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