The Media Is Not Ready to Defend Democracy
Joe Biden gave a midterm election speech about the GOP’s ongoing threat to democracy, and political reporters just could not cope.
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Joe Biden gave a midterm election speech about the GOP’s ongoing threat to democracy, and political reporters just could not cope.
Thanks to President Biden’s seemingly endless vacations, Wednesday marked the first White House press briefing in 15 days and, not surprisingly, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s succinctness didn’t improve. Worst yet, it came as President Biden announced he would forgive $10,000 to $20,000 in student loans for millions of Americans. Sure enough, Fox’s Peter Doocy and Real Clear Politics’s Philip Wegmann were locked and loaded.
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