Everything we said in our previous post about Democratic turnout still goes. But we cats continue to be amazed at the media's shortsightedness about what's at stake in politics these days.
Joe Biden, who wanted to be President for 50 years and who clearly loves the job, gave a speech tonight about threats to democracy. It was an important speech, and a good one. But what's the first thing a politico from The New York Times decided to post? "Two topics that didn't make Biden's speech: the economy and inflation...Democracy is clearly what Biden wanted to talk about."
Ya think, NYT politico? Please, let us have your job, because you clearly don't know what you're doing.
Biden is a President who knows it's possible to walk and chew gum at the same time. His administration has been working to solve the issues that are pressing on Americans post-pandemic — like inflation, energy costs, and supply chain problems. (Although please remember that inflation is lower in the US than in most of the rest of the world.) Meanwhile, our democratic system is under serious threat from the Trumpsters. As President, he must address it — especially since that MAGA goon broke into Nancy Pelosi's home and nearly killed Paul Pelosi with a hammer. It would be political malpractice to ignore it.
In short, American political journalism continues to fail us. It just focuses on polling and the horse race, because that's easy, and today's reporters are lazy. It's far more difficult, and challenging, to put one's institutional knowledge — if, indeed, one has any — to work, and provide proper context for the problems the nation faces today. If journalists were able to do that, their coverage would be far more thoughtful and enlightening. But there's not much hope for that in today's world of clicks and likes, is there? We cats HISS.
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