It's not just that the media is worried that Biden is old...voters are worried too. And it shows up in every poll. Just look at the CBS poll last week, where about 75% of voters don't think Biden has the mental/cognitive fitness to be President.
Yes, Donald Trump is absolutely awful, and he appears more insane than 8 years ago. I wish he'd go away forever. But it's a news story when an 81-year-old goes out and gives the kind of debate performance Biden did, and then does very little press the following week.
It is true, there are many concerns, Molly:) But to your serious point, there has been much greater scrutiny on Biden, and a disproportionate amount of nitpicking. I would say that was true up until the debate when Biden's own mind and body told me a truth I hadn't known before.
The media has report/failed to report and expressed/failed to express opinions reflecting "well, yeah, but that's Trump, everyone knows he's crazy, we don't have to say anything about that." The absence of honest reporting about Trump in the mainstream, however, does not diminish my worries about Biden's health issues that seem to be correlated with age and the stress of the job and a stressful personal life.
In November, it isn't about the media, it is about the soft Dems Tim mentioned, and any other swing/persuadable/double-hater voters in key locations.
Trump is literally insane and his pronouncements are jibberish, meanwhile the media is worried that Biden is old!!!!
It's not just that the media is worried that Biden is old...voters are worried too. And it shows up in every poll. Just look at the CBS poll last week, where about 75% of voters don't think Biden has the mental/cognitive fitness to be President.
Yes, Donald Trump is absolutely awful, and he appears more insane than 8 years ago. I wish he'd go away forever. But it's a news story when an 81-year-old goes out and gives the kind of debate performance Biden did, and then does very little press the following week.
It is true, there are many concerns, Molly:) But to your serious point, there has been much greater scrutiny on Biden, and a disproportionate amount of nitpicking. I would say that was true up until the debate when Biden's own mind and body told me a truth I hadn't known before.
The media has report/failed to report and expressed/failed to express opinions reflecting "well, yeah, but that's Trump, everyone knows he's crazy, we don't have to say anything about that." The absence of honest reporting about Trump in the mainstream, however, does not diminish my worries about Biden's health issues that seem to be correlated with age and the stress of the job and a stressful personal life.
In November, it isn't about the media, it is about the soft Dems Tim mentioned, and any other swing/persuadable/double-hater voters in key locations.