🚨🚨 Biden, Trump have one big thing beyond old age in common: They duck difficult questioning by reporters, with historic stubbornness. -> Biden has refused interviews to White House reporters for The New York Times, The Washington Post or The Wall Street Journal. But he sat down twice with friendly comedian Jason Bateman and his podcast pals on "SmartLess." axios.com/2024/04/20/bid…
@JimVandeHei It’s you, Jim. You’re the problem. It’s YOU. We know you love your traditional journalism narrative bullshit but many of us are over it. Biden will gain nothing from talking with you. The fact that you think Biden & Trump are the same in any way says everything.
@JimVandeHei Biden knows where to find the voters he needs. Podcasts attract a younger audience than legacy media. Besides the publications mentioned barely mention Biden’s accomplishments and try and normalize trump. Why on earth would he give them an opportunity to do more of that.
Now let's do what many media outlets have in common -- historic incompetence, complicity, normalization, click bait etc, lack of covering him adequately, covering him unfairly etc... The media landscape has changed.. as long as he gets out there, he doesn't owe you or the horrible times etc.. anything...
@JimVandeHei Because grading it as a collective, the DC press sector performs terribly and does NOT: —prioritize helping the public focus on *actions* of greatest relevance —help audit the outcomes of public governance —Amplify positive outcomes or GIVE CREDIT —stop using false equivalencies
@JimVandeHei I am gonna go with because it's true? And he's not here to reprint press releases?
@JimVandeHei oh stop with your relentless "bothsidesism"
@JimVandeHei Political journalism today is this: “Mr. President, here’s a shit sandwich. Eat it.” And if the president says no, then you say he’s uncooperative and trying to hide. He’s not playing your game of “heads you win, tails I lose,” and you’re all trying to punish him for it.
@JimVandeHei This post is a prime example why. You can't help yourself but imply that there is even one scintilla of things in common between these two folk. We owe you for the 'lesser than...' folk and the non-voters. ~5 Major Biden/Harris bills passed, follow up on that. Do your job.
@JimVandeHei Becuase traditional journalism will NOT acknowledge that Trump has been a CAREER CROOK his entire 'career' and he is a narcissist and traitor. He is NOT A NORMAL CANDIDATE - TRUMP IS A FASCIST & TRAITOR.