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What if Joe Biden had said this:
"'You didn't pay [NATO country]? You're delinquent?' … 'No I would not protect you, in fact I would encourage [Russia] to do whatever [the hell] they want. You gotta pay.'"
www.bbc.com — Feb 12, 2024
What if Joe Biden had said this:
“ … those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them.’ ”
— John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN.
What if Joe Biden had said this:
“This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the Deep State. We will expel the war mongers from our government. We will drive out the globalists; we will cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists. We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. We will route the fake news media, and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all.”
— Donald Trump used his social media platform to promote a new campaign ad. [Reported by www.msnbc.com ]
What if Joe Biden had said this:
“There is great anger in our Country caused in part by inaccurate, and even fraudulent, reporting of the news,” Trump wrote. “The Fake News Media, the true Enemy of the People, must stop the open & obvious hostility & report the news accurately & fairly. That will do much to put out the flame . . . of Anger and Outrage and we will then be able to bring all sides together in Peace and Harmony. Fake News Must End!”
www.washingtonpost.com
What if Joe Biden had said this:
At a press conference last week with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Trump said “I don’t see why it would be Russia” who interfered in the election, siding with Putin’s denials over the conclusions of U.S. intelligence agencies.
Few Believe Trump’s Walk-Back on Russian Interference, New Poll Finds [Reported by rollcall.com ]
What if Joe Biden had said this:
“And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute,” Mr. Trump said after a presentation from William N. Bryan, an acting under secretary for science at the Department of Homeland Security, detailed the virus’s possible susceptibility to bleach and alcohol.
“One minute,” the president said. “And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it would be interesting to check that.”
[...]
Even the makers of Clorox and Lysol pleaded with Americans not to inject or ingest their products.
www.nytimes.com
What if Joe Biden had said this:
In his [2016] acceptance speech, Trump made this bold claim (bolding is mine):
“I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves. Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.”
www.cnn.com
What if Joe Biden had said this:
"We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country," he told a New Hampshire crowd.
There were other nods to authoritarianism in the speech. Trump praised Hungary's strongman leader: "The head of Hungary – very tough, strong guy – Viktor Orban," Trump told the audience, adding approvingly, "He didn't allow millions of people to invade his country."
www.npr.org
What if Joe Biden had said this:
"As the leader of our party, there is zero chance I will support this horrible open borders betrayal of America," the former president told his supporters. "I'll fight it all the way. A lot of the senators are trying to say, respectfully, they're blaming it on me."
"I say, that's OK," he continued. "Please blame it on me. Please."
[...]
Trump, who has staked his 2024 campaign on immigration [...]
www.businessinsider.com — Jan 28, 2024
What if Joe Biden had said any of these things?
Would the Media just shrug and say: “That’s just Joe being Joe … No Big Deal.”
Would Reporters keep scrolling, looking for the something else more relevant to report?
No way in hell, would they just take a pass on these “gaffes” — if it were anybody but Trump saying them.
But for some odd reason, the Corporate Media content providers have decided, that what-ever outrageous “stuff” that Trump says — just isn’t newsworthy anymore.
Where’s the profit in that? Go figure.
You know what we used to call that kind of one-sided reporting in the old days — in the BT times before Trump — we called such preferential treatment a DOUBLE STANDARD.
Question for News Producers and Chief Editors desperately trying to stay relevant, in this AI-assisted age of Disinformation:
If President Biden rattled on and on about his “Enemies List” and his planned “retribution,”
Would you consider such comments to be “Newsworthy” or not?
Here’s a 2024 Newsflash for the 24/7 News-McNuggets dispensers:
“Fair and balanced” coverage starts with asking: “What if Joe Biden had said that?”
Then reporting accordingly.
Enough with the FREE PASS double standard for Donald “tear-it-down” Trump!
There are some things more dangerous — and therefore newsworthy — than age and the occasional honest misstatement.
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Who would have thunk it. Go figure.
