In the past, I, too, have regularly been annoyed by media coverage of “gaffes,” not least Biden’s. What does that have to do with Russia’s war in Ukraine? ICYMI: Mali banned two French broadcasters. Biden is 100% correct,” Dean Obeidallah wrote in a CNN op-ed. Lionel Barber, the former editor of the Financial Times, called for some media “perspective,” characterizing Biden’s remark as a “one-day story” whereas “Putin’s barbaric, unprovoked war against Ukraine goes on and on” Terrell Jermaine Starr, a high-profile US journalist who is covering the war from the ground, argued that “the only people who give a damn about what Biden said are media snobs who are out of touch with most people who aren’t in their comfortable cafes and aren’t ducking bombs.” Others argued simply that what Biden said about Putin not remaining in power was true. This framing, and the broader media furor around Biden’s apparently off-the-cuff comment, seemed to irk a variety of Biden allies, outside observers, and media critics, who variously argued, among other things, that Biden knew exactly what he was doing (even if some of his aides didn’t like it) that he clearly wasn’t actually advocating regime change as a matter of US policy that his remarks pale in comparison with Trump’s past “gaffes,” not that the media ever used that word to describe them that it’s hypocritical for the media to call for Biden to take a tougher stance toward Putin then chide him for doing so and that the focus on the last nine words overshadowed the highly consequential substance of Biden’s speech, which was about the global battle between democracy and autocracy. ![]() Another word, one commonly associated with Biden over the years, has recurred in coverage, too: the notion that he had just committed a “gaffe.” Biden’s apparent call for regime change has since dominated coverage of his speech despite the insistence of blindsided administration officials-and, as of yesterday, Biden himself-that regime change is not US policy. The issue is pretty straightforward: Vladimir Putin is threatening an invasion and will do it if he thinks he can get away with it at the least, he’ll try to get the West to bribe him by promising him much of what he wants without any fighting.“Nine unscripted words.” Those three words ( or similar) were scripted by multiple major news outlets over the weekend to refer to a statement that President Biden made about Vladimir Putin-“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power”-at the end of a major speech about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. His answers on Ukraine were particularly confused. But earlier, he’d insisted he’s done more than any other president in history. Then there was his “confession” at the end that he “forgot” he’s president, not a senator, as implicit explanation for his disastrous first year. President Biden did not offer a clear answer on whether he would execute sanctions on Russia. Yet minutes later, he warned those same (Democratic!) senators that their supposedly infamous position will stick with them all the rest of their days. Yet he couldn’t remember what he said last week, insisting he hadn’t compared opponents of end-running the Senate filibuster rules to pass the nationalize-election-law bill to Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis. ![]() He’s fighting old wars in his head, or maybe he’s just confused about the modern world. On that note, he kept walking down memory lane, reminiscing about how “in my day” cable news was like that, the Republican Party was like this, and so on. Plus, he repeated his bizarre “whisper shout” gimmick to emphasize certain points - when what it actually emphasizes is his age. ![]() If President Biden’s press conference Wednesday was supposed to inspire confidence, it failed - horribly.Įven though he spent most of it clearly calling on reporters from a list of “safe” questioners provided by his staff, he stumbled and bumbled and all too often made no sense at all. Mike Pence promises to fire FBI Director Chris Wray, blasts ‘puppet master’ Soros in Post interview Donald Trump still has ‘vice’ grip on GOP voters - but high-ranking Republicans fear he’s not the right candidateįetterman garbles words, wears hoodie and baggy shorts during event with Biden in Philadelphiaīiden excuses China’s spy balloon flight as Blinken visits Beijing
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