Dear media: Stop giving Republicans the benefit of the doubt

[BidenPresident]

The Republican Party has a reliable — albeit inadvertent — ally in the mainstream media. The latter remain all too anxious to make the authoritarian and often blatantly racist party seem “normal."

The story line was set: Democrats blew it by closing schools; Youngkin was “smart” to pose as a normal Republican. As The New York Times cooed: “Many conservatives see his campaign as providing a template for how to delicately embrace Trumpism in blue states.”

Delicately? Youngkin was always serious about the MAGA camp’s culture wars, as he made abundantly clear on day one of his governorship.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...benefit-doubt/

I think some liberals in the media have covid brain fever. Rubin is absolutely correct. I am truly shocked to see even liberal stalwarts like the Guardian join the bashing of Biden.

[Hawkeye10]

What is doubted?

[BidenPresident]

"No reasonable person could hear this and not conclude he [Trump] is unhinged. And he has been sounding like this for years. Yet the media largely covered the rally as run-of-the-mill politics. One New York Times headline: “Trump Rally Underscores G.O.P. Tension Over How to Win in 2022.” Meanwhile, Politico intoned: “Spread out in a sea of red MAGA hats and T-shirts emblazoned with ‘Trump won,’ the former president’s fans roared in support as he aired complaints about the election and made swipes at the Biden administration.”

[BidenPresident]

What is doubted?

Definition of the benefit of the doubt
: the state of accepting something/someone as honest or deserving of trust even though there are doubts
He might be lying, but we have to give him the benefit of the doubt and accept what he says for now.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...%20the%20doubt

[Hawkeye10]

It sounds like what is dounted is that Republicans are humans in good standing.

[BidenPresident]

It sounds like what is dounted is that Republicans are humans in good standing.

No, that Trump's fascism should not be taken seriously.