Shortly ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union address, the New York Times helped the White House spread the “he’s crushing it” narrative: “The events of the past week have for now pushed to the sidelines the congressional squabbling over President Biden’s domestic agenda, and are already redefining the arc of his presidency.”
The Times is also proving itself to be a tremendous narrative asset to the Biden administration when it comes to high gas prices. How’s this for a “fact-check”?
The primary reason for rising gas prices is the pandemic and its disruptions to global supply and demand. Not President Biden's policies, as Republicans claim. https://t.co/g1gVcpdkNN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 9, 2022
A certain somebody couldn’t have done it any better herself!
Seems Psaki got the keys to the Times’ Twitter acct https://t.co/zKVuFYjq2o
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 10, 2022
Frankly it’s a little surprising that Psaki didn’t clip and copy that article to hand out at today’s briefing.
This is an in-kind political contribution. This is partisan campaign literature https://t.co/kC0lmDTlsb
— Curtis Woodard (@curtinsea) March 10, 2022
Bold stratgey, Cotton. Let's see if the voters buy that BS in November. https://t.co/fQ2Mhg7jzT pic.twitter.com/yvgc1lm97F
— CowboyStomp (@CowboyStomp) March 10, 2022
We’re looking forward to seeing how the voters weigh in when the midterms roll around.
They think you are stupid. https://t.co/w32t8S8tJr
— Some Random Conservatarian (@violacesario_) March 10, 2022
This administration’s strategy is one of hope, which means that they hope everybody’s dumb enough to automatically believe what they say.
Portraying partisan opinions as objective facts. This is why media fact-checking has lost all credibility. https://t.co/KEbr3Zrlwc
— AG🌻 (@AGHamilton29) March 10, 2022
Wait a second, this isn't an opinion piece? Good grief. https://t.co/20jTUzWaBK
— Michael Mead (@michaeldmeadjr) March 10, 2022
Oh, it’s an opinion piece, but the Times just doesn’t present it that way. Instead it’s a super-objective “fact-check.”
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