In the past few days alone, we learned that editors at USA Today allowed Stacey Abrams, who has spent two years spinning fairy tales about voter suppression, retroactively rewrite her op-ed. CNN ran a news article — not a column — headlined, “How the US went from having one of the worst Covid responses to being a global leader in vaccinations under Biden.” And CBS This Morning asked White House press secretary Jen Psaki to grade herself after Biden’s first 100 days.
Then there is NBC News’ Chuck Todd who explained that “the White House’s strategy for the first 100 days does give us a pretty good window into how they plan to navigate these next political battles.” What are they? “Pursuing popular programs.” “Avoiding unnecessary fights.” “Going big.” “Flooding the zone.”
What would we do without this kind of insight?
In actuality, we don’t know how popular Biden’s initiatives are as the media relay little more than facile caricatures of “infrastructure” and “voting rights” bills, often ignoring the most contentious aspects of the legislation. How many Americans understand what “going big” really means?
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