A good in-depth discussion of media bias in political reporting, or why is it that Biden voters are encouraged to understand an empathize with Trump voters but Trump voters are never asked to understand Biden voters?

  • OldFartPhil@lemm.eeOP
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    1 year ago

    I think this is where Biden’s decades of congressional experience shows. He does the same bipartisan dog-and-pony show that Obama did, but Biden has been more effective at actually getting legislation passed.

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      1 year ago

      Experience is more valuable, but less flash than Hope. I Guarantee if we sat through a Bernie Sanders Presidency you’d have supporters upset that he didn’t do anything he said he’d do. These people aren’t elected to be dictator. People need to agree and compromise. It bothers me how like minded the far sides of each party are in the notion that compromise is a dirty word.

    • Mayoman68@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I don’t have any evidence for this but purely speculation on my part: racism can explain a good amount of that. Biden has in the 90s voted for “tough on crime bills”, he is the definition of political establishment, and is a white man from Wilmington. Obama definitely is not textbook underpriveleged but he doesn’t have those points that biden does