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barbaraann

(9,163 posts)
Tue May 31, 2022, 10:09 AM May 2022

What does the MSM do when Pres Biden is doing a great job while facing major obstacles and crises?

Well, they blame HIM for the obstacles and crises that he did not create without mentioning any accomplishments!!! They paint him as befuddled and upset, accuse him of poor management, and try to convey that the only actions he takes in the face of obstacles and crises are to criticize and shuffle staff. They even manage to blame him for Uvalde because he has not gotten gun control through Congress while Republican deserve the entire blame and are not even mentioned!

NBC News - Inside a Biden White House adrift
Amid a rolling series of calamities and sinking approval ratings, the president’s feeling lately is that he just can’t catch a break — and that angst is rippling through his party.
By Carol E. Lee, Peter Nicholas, Kristen Welker and Courtney Kube

WASHINGTON — Faced with a worsening political predicament, President Joe Biden is pressing aides for a more compelling message and a sharper strategy while bristling at how they’ve tried to stifle the plain-speaking persona that has long been one of his most potent assets.
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Crises have piled up in ways that have at times made the Biden White House look flat-footed: record inflation, high gas prices, a rise in Covid case numbers — and now a Texas school massacre that is one more horrific reminder that he has been unable to get Congress to pass legislation to curb gun violence. Democratic leaders are at a loss about how he can revive his prospects by November, when midterm elections may cost his party control of Congress.
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Speculation is churning that Biden could shake up the West Wing staff, although that’s not about to happen right away. Multiple people close to the White House said they’ve heard that chief of staff Ron Klain will depart at some point after the midterms, and one has heard him discuss leaving.
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An assumption baked into Biden’s candidacy was that he would preside over a smoothly running administration by dint of his decades of experience in public office. Yet there are signs of managerial breakdowns that have angered both him and his party.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-white-house-adrift-rcna30121

There's not a word about Biden's accomplishments, vicious Republican obstructionism, Supreme Court undermining, SEDITION in plain view from many citizens and even elected officials, a return to morality and lawfulness after four years on the road to fascism. The people with their names on this insidious smearpiece should not call themselves reporters or journalists.

Here are some of President Biden's accomplishments:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/19/fast-facts-record-firsts-in-president-bidens-first-year/

Democracy simply cannot work without real journalism.

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What does the MSM do when Pres Biden is doing a great job while facing major obstacles and crises? (Original Post) barbaraann May 2022 OP
Trump did one thing well. Baitball Blogger May 2022 #1
Sadly, that's all true. barbaraann May 2022 #2
i no longer watch MSM...i watch local news and weather and stay away from msm samnsara May 2022 #3

Baitball Blogger

(46,757 posts)
1. Trump did one thing well.
Tue May 31, 2022, 11:08 AM
May 2022

He was in front of the cameras every day controlling the narrative. Even the Pinnochio ratings didn’t faze him. And I’m guessing that Foxnews loyalty made a difference. They have a war machine in place. We don’t.

barbaraann

(9,163 posts)
2. Sadly, that's all true.
Tue May 31, 2022, 11:21 AM
May 2022

Conmen have to keep up the show so the marks don't figure out they're being suckered.

Also, Trump and the R's constantly dominating the media smothered much of the important news that should have been covered. The MSM even covered empty podiums before a Trump speech ad nauseum.

samnsara

(17,635 posts)
3. i no longer watch MSM...i watch local news and weather and stay away from msm
Tue May 31, 2022, 11:47 AM
May 2022

..i didnt even know Rachael was gone. went from msm allll day long to Classic Tv and Julia Child. I have DU and Smart News which will give me headlines but thats all i need. The rest is blah blah. I dont believe the polls.....

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