![]() ![]() “And the media response is more brain-dead game frame coverage of the ‘politics.’” “Biden warned about the genuinely historic threat to American democracy,” Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist who has written for CJR and others, tweeted last night. Too much coverage ended up muddying it-stenographically stacking he-said/she-said reaction quotes, wringing it through the deadening mangle of the midterms horserace, even insinuating a cynical ploy on Biden’s part. In many ways, though, this was the problem. Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology.”) Broadly speaking, the paper’s story was not entirely without merit (there was the historian’s quote, in addition to some other important context) nor did its flaws stand out as particularly egregious when compared with other major outlets’ topline coverage of Biden’s speech. “Not every Republican, not even the majority of Republicans, are maga Republicans. (“I want to be very clear, very clear up front,” he said early in his speech. To be fair, the Times had already noted in its story that Biden explicitly was not doing this. ![]() ICYMI: A Nefarious and Hidden Threat to Journalists Rises Also quoted high up (paragraph ten) was Ronna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee, who called Biden “the divider in chief” and accused him of exhibiting “disgust and hostility towards half the country.” The Times did not point out that the RNC’s official position on January 6 is that it was “legitimate political discourse.” In between, the Times characterized a more general Republican objection to Biden’s speech: that he “was maligning the 74 million people” who voted for Trump in 2020. Quoted much higher up (paragraph eight) was Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House minority leader, who said before Biden’s speech that, actually, Democrats are the ones “dismantling Americans’ democracy.” The Times did not point out that this is false, or that McCarthy was one of 139 House Republicans who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election even after insurrectionists stormed the Capitol on January 6. Sadly, Black’s quote came forty-one paragraphs into a forty-four-paragraph story. “We seem to attack rather than embrace responsibility and accountability.” Not just in terms of the sanctity of the vote or trusting our votes will be counted,” Allida Black, a University of Virginia academic who was among a group of experts to recently brief Biden privately on the state of US democracy, said. I was a Flyers fan before, but then I married a Philly girl.Last night, after President Biden gave a prime-time address in Philadelphia warning that America’s democracy is under threat from extremist Republicans in thrall to Donald Trump, the lead story about the speech in the New York Times quoted a historian who succinctly put it in context. “I am a Philadelphia Flyers fan and I make no bones about it. “I have to tell you I am guilty as charged,” Biden told the Chicago Tribune at the time. This isn’t the first time Biden has made it aware that he is a Flyers fan. Back in 2010, when he was Vice President, he gushed over his love for the NHL team.ĭua Lipa Hangs Out With Toronto Maple Leafs Legend Tie Domi The game Biden was referring to took place on January 8 and saw the Leafs beat the Flyers 6-2. President Joe Biden: not a Maple Leafs guy. They beat the Flyers back in January, that’s why,” he explained before joking, “I married a Philly girl (Jill Biden), if I didn’t say that, I’d be sleeping alone and fellas I like you, but not that much.” The president of the United States then went on to explain why he dislikes the Canadian hockey team. It appears the HOC members felt the same way as they got a good laugh out of Biden’s diss and even gave him a standing ovation. ![]() Mindy Kaling Reacts To Recieving National Medal Of Arts From Joe Biden: ‘Almost Too Much To Take In’ “I have to say, I like your teams except the Leafs.” Baseball, basketball, hockey, listen to this, hockey,” Biden said. President listed sports as one of the ways in which the two countries are connected. While delivering a Parliament speech to members of the House of Commons, the U.S. Joe Biden took a playful jab at the Toronto Maple Leafs during his first official visit to Canada on Friday. President Joe Biden speaks to the Canadian Parliament, Friday, March 24, 2023, in Ottawa, Canada. ![]()
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