For a guy who received more votes than any other presidential candidate in U.S. history, it would seem on the surface that this would be seen internally as bad news for Team Biden.
But this seems to be exactly what they want: a stealth presidency. One that is tightly scripted in taking the protagonist off the stage while maintaining all of the power he has as a "Leader of the Free World" whose party also happens to have control of the House and Senate. Despite the promises we heard at the beginning of this administration that Biden would be the most honest, transparent president we've seen in modern times, the plan appears to be to avoid being the center of attention. Given how poorly this president does when speaking away from a teleprompter, it is understandable why, although it doesn't remotely excuse avoiding accountability and scrutiny.
Overall, during Biden's first 100 days, MSNBC has seen its viewership drop from an average of 1.3 million viewers in the last week of January to 868,000. CNN has plummeted from 1.2 million viewers on average to just 749,000. On the online and print side, it's the same deal, with clicks down significantly at most publications.
So, while relatively few Americans are paying attention, Biden and Congress are looking to pass some of the biggest spending packages in U.S. history in a short period of time.
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