Very troubled by the way the media covered Biden's State Dept. press conference. He gave some thoughtful answers on tough foreign policy issues, but of course his verbal mistakes led the coverage. Worse, the coverage of his answers seemed to distort what he said. He was asked why he no longer viewed himself as a "bridge" to younger polit…
Very troubled by the way the media covered Biden's State Dept. press conference. He gave some thoughtful answers on tough foreign policy issues, but of course his verbal mistakes led the coverage. Worse, the coverage of his answers seemed to distort what he said. He was asked why he no longer viewed himself as a "bridge" to younger political leaders, and he essentially said the times had grown far more dangerous, and he felt someone seasoned like him, who knew all the world's leaders personally, should continue the work he was doing. He also said that he was sure a number of Democrats could beat Trump, but again, that he had the ability and the wisdom to forge bipartisan agreements with Congress. Asked about any regrets over Israel-Hamas, he very clearly articulated his frustration with Israel's war cabinet, and also regretted that the U.S. effort to build a pier to help deliver badly needed aid to Gazans hadn't worked as expected. No one is asking the media to ignore his verbal lapses, but that lapse was in the context of a much longer, more thoughtful press conference. And too many media organizations included one lapse that wasn't part of the press conference -- his inadvertent and fast corrected introduction of President Zelenskyy as President Putin. And really, the Post and NYTimes main story both ran with the lazy "5 Takeaways" headline which really trivialized the press conference.
Very troubled by the way the media covered Biden's State Dept. press conference. He gave some thoughtful answers on tough foreign policy issues, but of course his verbal mistakes led the coverage. Worse, the coverage of his answers seemed to distort what he said. He was asked why he no longer viewed himself as a "bridge" to younger political leaders, and he essentially said the times had grown far more dangerous, and he felt someone seasoned like him, who knew all the world's leaders personally, should continue the work he was doing. He also said that he was sure a number of Democrats could beat Trump, but again, that he had the ability and the wisdom to forge bipartisan agreements with Congress. Asked about any regrets over Israel-Hamas, he very clearly articulated his frustration with Israel's war cabinet, and also regretted that the U.S. effort to build a pier to help deliver badly needed aid to Gazans hadn't worked as expected. No one is asking the media to ignore his verbal lapses, but that lapse was in the context of a much longer, more thoughtful press conference. And too many media organizations included one lapse that wasn't part of the press conference -- his inadvertent and fast corrected introduction of President Zelenskyy as President Putin. And really, the Post and NYTimes main story both ran with the lazy "5 Takeaways" headline which really trivialized the press conference.