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Which popular media outlets are actively doing that? Because all I see is sane-washing his bullshit.
All of them? Are you seriously trying to tell me that the NYT or MSNBC US politics page are in any pro Trump? These outlets stopped being neutral and both siding things since the 2016 election.
You seriously going to claim the coverage of Biden's mental acuity and Trump's have been in any way whatsoever even-handed? Fucking seriously?? MSM drives narratives, and when a dem has any slip whatsoever it's front page for days, whereas Trump spews insane nonsense daily and is clearly not mentally fit, but there is none of the bulldog-like insistence by the MSM to question his fitness for office, despite so, sooo much more evidence showing his complete lack of it.
Yes, there is. The big media outlets have been harping about how Trump has been a deranged moron for a decade now. Seriously, what alternate reality do you live in? The media has actually relatively positive of Biden. Them covering his mental decline is an exception, not the rule.
I caught a few minutes of MSNBC's coverage of Trump's military parade. They sounded like they had guns to their heads, trying to pretend like it was fun and normal.
We have to separate two distinct things. News media operates two different kinds of content. They have the news, and this is where they actual report the events as they are in professional manner, and they editorials and opinion segments, where they express their slant either themselves or by the guests they bring on. The former is probably what you saw, but if you go look at the latter, MSNBC is most definitely not pro-Trump's military parade.
Here's a few examples:
I served my country. Trump’s military parade was horrifying for a specific reason. It’s not simply because he’s showing off the hardware.
The ‘No Kings’ mass mobilization debunks Trump’s biggest myth
Republicans struggle to defend Trump’s military parade as tanks prepare to roll in D.C.
I'm telling you they sane wash his bullshit.
Where every Democrat president has to tiptoe and be perfect.
This is a reflection on the support bases of each party, not the media.
The American left is notorious for purity testing, gatekeeping, and infighting. They will criticize each other and be outright nasty to each other over everything. The more left you move, the more true this is. For whatever reason, the American left deems anything that doesn't 100% align with their views to be either right wing, frauds, or traitors. Because of this, Democratic politicians have to walk around eggshells and try to appear perfect in order to try and appease everybody to secure votes.
The American right doesn't have this issue. They don't give a shit about anything. They don't care if you're senile, a felon, corrupt, unqualified, a grifter, a former Democrat, or full of shit. As long as you tell them Democrats are bad, this country is the best ever and its under attack, and that conservatism can fix it all, they will love you and adopt you no questions asked.