Lots of sanewashing by the media of Trump's bizarre Town Hall behavior

[FelineOverlord]

Although the Washington Post seems to have gotten it right.

The New York Times and NBC News - disasters!

New York Times Pitchbot
@DougJBalloon
This is way beyond than anything I I am capable of
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Steve Marmel
@Marmel
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9h
Take a knee, New York Times Pitchbot.
You’ll never beat this sanewashing from the actual NY Times:

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz
That thing Trump did last night is not explainable and it is not small. It shows that he’s increasingly detached from reality. Everyone knows if Biden or Harris did that it would be media mayhem. He’s not ok, and you can’t ignore it anymore.

Keith Olbermann
@KeithOlbermann
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2h
Oh yes they can

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Tim Onion
@oneunderscore__
It is jarring reading a 2024 campaign story that is written correctly. This is one of them.

You will be shocked while reading it by how simple it is to cover this guy correctly — through the lens of reality — and how rarely you see articles like this.

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[dalton99a]

1. Sure enough

[durablend]

2. Media is hell-bent to get him across the finish line

Though he's not making it easy.

[JI7]

3. Total opposite of how they treated Biden

[Johnny2X2X]

10. If this had been Biden

All of the networks would have interupted regularly scheduled programming for an emergency broadcast. "America in crisis!!!" This would be getting wall to wall coverage the way 9/11 got non stop coveragve for weeks. Every channel would be covering this dire national emergency.

[Probatim]

4. Trump, having made a strong case for reelection, entertains the crowd with dance moves.

I'm surprised this wasn't the front page of the NYT.

[dalton99a]

7. +1

[Zambero]

8. That would have required him to be sporting DeSantis' Go-Go boots

But since he didn't, it was all "perfectly normal".

[Lonestarblue]

11. The NYT Seems to have schizophrenia with their conflicting political coverage.

The Times has endorsed Harris for President but sane washes Trump and Vance as if they are normal humans. Some of their opinion writers still hammer away at Harris for not being exactly what they want her to be while others push for Trump. On most days, the Trump/Vance articles will far outnumber anything about Harris/Walz.

[MiHale]

5. Thinking he's setting up his criminal defense...

He sees the gauntlet he’s going to have to run after the election. He knows he’s losing. Be crazy, say insane things, do weird stuff, nutso grandpa crazy stuff.

All to get to this…”Sorry, he’s just not mentally capable to stand trial.”

Only my opinion.

[Prairie Gates]

6. The New York Times version is also pure stenography - Cheung put "playlist" on the table

He mentioned Trump's "famous playlist" (as if such a thing existed). The New York Times then dutifully reported on the "playlist," adding that Trump often plays DJ at Mar-a-Lago. This is all complete nonsense. The NYT is completely unbelievable on this one. Like, you can't wrap your head around their atrocious, unethical behavior.

[BattleRow]

14. Trump's theme song should be"I did it MY way"...as he hits the highway.

He will be dancing to a different tune before too long.

[flamingdem]

9. So if they cheat enough and win Vance will take over

At least that's what the tech bros want.

The magats will be sad when tRump is put out to pasture.

[angrychair]

12. I sincerely believe

That TSF could just fart directly into the face of any reporter that ask him a question and they will still call it the best interview they have ever done.
The news media wants him to be president so bad they will literally do and say anything to see it happen.
Chaos and suffering sells more news that peace and prosperity.

[republianmushroom]

13. The medias golden cow becoming a little tarnished.

But still their golden cow and must be protected.

[BonnieJW]

15. "Known for

improvisational departures..."

I wonder how long it took him to come up with that phrase.

[PCIntern]

16. Rather than: Long known

for shitting in his diaper at the most inopportune times.

[Cirsium]

17. Evangelical event

At Evangelical events people in the audience stand with their hands in the air swaying to music for long stretches of time. I think Trump has been intentionally emulating that. As with all things Trump, he first "tests the waters" to see what works on his audience and what he can get away with and then ramps up whatever the particular rhetoric and/or behavior might be.