News Is Gossip

"To obsess about Biden’s age instead of the things his experience has allowed him to accomplish is...a choice to participate in an information operation designed to dehumanize the President & drown out any discussion of his accomplishments." @emptywheel https://t.co/CF1rtWGMbH

— David Dark In The Role Of A Lifetime (@DavidDark) March 4, 2024

I think the simpler analysis is: policy is boring and accomplishments are not news.

Twitter and TeeVee are not long-form fora. Both focus heavily on brevity. You gotta get your soundbite in, and “Joe Biden is old” doesn’t need the explanation that “Joe Biden has accomplished more in three years than any president in recent memory” does.

Besides, the first sounds “objective” while the second sounds like “opinion.” Or you’d have to explain it, and the panel has already moved on. Even on PBS, panels are not for discussion, they are for regurgitating CW. 

Sort of like ew’s analysis: “Tl;dr.”

“I don’t have time for that, bro. I’m sorry that happened to you. Or I’m glad for you.”

Trump shows more of the classic signs of cognitive decline but I just get more of an old guy vibe from Biden.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) March 4, 2024