"While it was just six weeks ago that another presumptive nominee was forced out of the race due to concerns about his advanced age and declining mental acuity, the mainstream media no longer seems all that interested in the other party’s 78-year-old candidate sundowning before our very eyes."

~ Justin Baragona

#KamalaHarris #Biden#Trump #media#BothSidesism#FalseEquivalence #age
/4

https://zeteo.com/p/trump-media-pass-age-biden

"As has been the case since he first rode down that golden escalator nearly a decade ago, Donald Trump continues to be graded on a curve by our national media."

#KamalaHarris #Biden#Trump #media#BothSidesism#FalseEquivalence #age
/5

Why do journalists ignore Trump's mental decline when it's so obvious to the rest of us? Paul Waldman's answer:

"They think Trump acts crazy, but they have decided it’s all an act, and that’s as far as they need to probe. …

Yet for the last couple of years, they were positively obsessed with Joe Biden’s mental acuity."

#KamalaHarris #Biden#Trump #media#BothSidesism#FalseEquivalence #age#MentalDecline
/6

https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-reporters-wont-talk

"So it turns out that reporters do not hold a universally applied principle saying that presidents and presidential aspirants should be constantly assessed for their mental capacity. That was just a Biden thing, because reporters create a unique set of criteria to judge each candidate, always claiming that they are applying the same standards to all."

Putting thumbs on scales much?

#KamalaHarris #Biden#Trump #media#BothSidesism#FalseEquivalence #age#MentalDecline
/7

“'We have a damaged, delusional, old man who again might get reelected to the presidency of the United States,' Mike Barnicle, who served as a longtime columnist for The Boston Globe and other newspapers, said on Morning Joe early Wednesday."

#KamalaHarris #Biden#Trump #media#BothSidesism#FalseEquivalence #age#MentalDecline
/8

https://newrepublic.com/article/185622/finally-top-journo-erupts-media-ignoring-trumps-mental-state

"Earlier this week, a JL Partners poll for the Daily Mail showed the number of American voters who have confidence that Trump is able to fully digest national security briefings, maintain attention in meetings and remember the names of world leaders he is talking to – and who have confidence that he will still be alive in four years – has dropped sharply since March."

~ Chris McGreal

#Trump #age#MentalStability#MentalAcuity
/1

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/24/donald-trump-mental-fitness-campaign

"While Biden’s run for re-election was largely sunk by a single disastrous televised debate before a national audience, Trump is ramping up doubts with each chaotic, disjointed speech as he campaigns around the country."

#Trump #age#MentalStability#MentalAcuity
/2

"While rambling discourse and outrageously disprovable claims, interspersed with spite and vitriol, may seem nothing new to many of Trump’s supporters and critics alike, the former president appears to have been driven to new depths by suddenly finding himself running against Kamala Harris a month ago."

#Trump #age#MentalStability#MentalAcuity
/3

"IT MUST BE HARD TO TRANSITION from martyr anointed by God and positioned to win in a blowout to jealous old whiner grumbling about the misunderstood relevance of Hannibal Lecter.

Life came at Donald Trump fast when Sleepy Joe Biden took his name off the Democratic ticket and endorsed Kamala Harris last week."

~ A.B. Stoddard

#KamalaHarris#Trump #age
/25

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-just-had-his-worst-week-ever-vance-harris