Will the New York Times apologize if the Rolex belonged to Beau?

[Nevilledog]

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It appears that the Rolex that Joe Biden wore to the inauguration used to belong to Beau. If this is true, the Biden family deserves a major apology from the New York Times.
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[SlogginThroughIt]

1. I am sorry why can't Joe wear a fucking Rolex?

JFC trump had a god damned fucking gold plated shitter and we are talking about Joe’s Rolex????

[still_one]

2. Exactly

[A Brand New World]

3. I know! It's not like he took a vow of poverty!

He has been a successful, wage-earning person his whole life. If he wants to buy a Rolex, he can!!!!

[MustLoveBeagles]

7. Ikr?

This was so stupid. Shame on the NY Times.

[renate]

31. Here's the key question: was anyone harmed by the wearing of this watch?

Any contractors unpaid? Any taxes cheated on? Any emoluments laws ignored?

No? Oh, okay. So it’s none of anybody’s business. Got it.

[uponit7771]

36. +1, Fuckin starting to despise the NYT

[Karadeniz]

4. If so, they should apologize for not having all the facts and for being petty.

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. I think we all know the answer to that question

This shouldn't have even been an issue.

[wnylib]

20. Sounds like tan suit territory to me.

[MustLoveBeagles]

48. +1

[DonaldsRump]

6. President Biden DOES NOT need to apologize to anyone

I cannot believe we're even discussing this. This is more ridiculous than BHO's "tan suit scandal"...at the very minimum, they are equally ridiculous.

PLEASE ALL DUers: do whatever you can via social media to nip this and all the other BS in the bud.

[Niagara]

17. That's not what said at all.

I think that you misread the OP. The OP stated if true that the Biden family was owed an apology from the NYT.



Joe Biden needs an apology anyways because he shouldn't be ridiculed from owning a Rolex watch to begin with.

[DonaldsRump]

22. I misread nothing. If you think this is even worth discussing, that was precisely my point. Nt

[Wawannabe]

45. Whoa dude

NYT is the asshat here! They had a SHITTY article on Joe and the watch was the topic.

Now comes to light that maybe the watch belonged to his son who died.

If true, the NYT does owe all of us an apology. Especially Joe Biden.

Your comments are nonsensical - IT IS worth discussing because they have tried to portray Joe in a bad light and as an elitist. The watch was used to paint an elitist story of the newly elected President.

They WILL owe him an apology if the watch belonged to Beau.

[DonaldsRump]

47. Whoa, Dude. Do you really care if the NYT is going to apologize? That's nonsensical.

This is a trivial issue that is not even an issue.

There are FAR more important things to be going after the Rs (and indirectly the MSM) than a watch.

This is as important as the ding-dong who asked the question at Jen Psaki's presser about whether President Biden will veto Trump's color scheme for Air Force 1. Or whether President Biden's Peloton is a national security issue. These are idiotic "issues" on their face and in substance.

No one will apologize, and it doesn't matter one iota if they do. The only way to deal with absurdities such as this is to ignore and go for the jugular on issues that really matter. IMHO, we can't get sidetracked over stuff like this when our country was nearly at the brink of collapse.

[Hoyt]

8. Who is making an issue of Biden wearing a relatively inexpensive stainless steel Rolex?

Seriously, I’ve missed that BS.

[Native]

40. It was a disgusting opinion piece in the New York Times

[RockRaven]

9. The Biden's deserve an apology from The Fucking New York Times IN EITHER CASE.

This was horse shit regardless of the origin of the watch.

[mr_lebowski]

10. Oh for the love of f***ing GOD ... are you kidding me right now?

It's a Rolex, not a $2M diamond-encrusted Versace ... or whoever makes expensive watches like that lol ...

Fuck the NYT for even mentioning Biden wearing a Rolex, no matter whose it was.

[dchill]

21. A well-reasoned response, mr_lebowski. I concur.

[StarfishSaver]

11. They need to apologize for writing a story about Joe Biden's damned watch. No matter whose it was

[Cha]

13. Yes, the Petty, Hard UP

for Important News, NYT does.

[liberalhistorian]

25. I'm trying to recall all of their articles

on Ivanka's five thousand dollar dresses and Melanoma's purses that cost 75 grand, but for some reason I just can't seem to remember them. Could it be that, oh yeah, they don't exist??

[StarfishSaver]

26. I missed all of those, too.

[renate]

32. There were real Trump scandals to report on then

Now this is the best they can do? A legitimately purchased watch? Hmmm. Interesting. Maybe elections really do have consequences.

[Native]

41. My thoughts exactly.

[regnaD kciN]

12. WHY...? (A rant from a watch enthusiast)

First of all, that's NOT the same watch. 46's Rolex is a blue-faced DateJust; that watch has a black face, and different markers.

Second, WHO THE FUCK CARES if Biden has a Rolex? So did Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan, and even Trump. And Joe's model, although not inexpensive, is one of the lower-cost Rolexes around. It isn't like he has a solid-gold "President" Day-Date (as JFK, LBJ, and 45 had), nor a multiple-five-figure model like the Daytona. (In case you can't tell, I'm a watch geek, although my budget leans more in the Tissot/Certina/Orient range, so these distinctions are important to me. If I really wanted to, and was willing to take a few thousand out of my 401K, I could buy a watch just like Joe's Rolex without worrying about it putting my future comfort at risk; I certainly couldn't do the same with the other models I mentioned.)

Finally, it's already known that Joe is a watch collector. Aside from the Rolex, he also owns a couple of Omegas (a Seamaster diver watch, and the Speedmaster chrono, the model that became the first watch worn on the moon). Between those and the Rolex, that's a very solid three-watch collection that fills all the gaps (everyday, diver, and chrono) while still being affordable for a man in his position. It's not like Trump's collection, in which the Rolex was the "cheap" watch compared to his Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin, two models I expect he preferred because they were gold, uber-expensive, and therefore status symbols...since I'm yet to be convinced that Donnie can tell time.

What we're seeing here is the same old political double-standard, where Republican politicians can have solid-gold everything (including toilets) and nobody thinks they're excessive, but, by God, Democrats have to live like they buy everything at K-Mart, or they're "hypocrites."

[Laha]

29. I'm not a watch nerd

But that was still a very interesting post. I didn't even know people paid attention to what watches the president(or really anyone else) wore.

[renate]

33. Don't you have a gold toilet?

I thought that was super normal middle-class stuff. I’d be super embarrassed if our toilets weren’t gold. Eww.

[ms liberty]

39. Great post. Informative. Thanks!

[Vivienne235729]

14. NO!!! It doesn't matter!!! Joe can wear 50 rolexes on both arms as he wishes!

And it is PERFECTLY OK. I really HATE whatever the hell this is supposed to be or do. It needs to fucking go away bc it is petty and ridiculous. Hell, we should all pool together and get him a Rolex and put an ad in the WAPO telling NYT to go suck it.

[uponit7771]

37. This !!!

[Aussie105]

15. You can't be serious!

Really?

You are joking me!

NYT, get a grip!

But if that's all you got, keep it up.

[gldstwmn]

16. It shouldn't be a thing in the

first place.

[cwydro]

18. I must have missed this whole story.

Joe has a Rolex, and this is a thing somehow?

[Turin_C3PO]

46. NYT

had an opinion piece that made it seem like Biden is some out of touch elitist for wearing a Rolex. Although, to be fair, I haven’t read the article and am going by second hand accounts of the piece.

[ShazzieB]

19. Yeah, really.

WTAF is wrong with the NY Times anyway? As Joe himself would say, come on, man!

[Jirel]

23. They should apologize, regardless.

In 4 years of Dump’s excesses, nobody has taken issue with any of it. Not his tacky gold-plated penthouse, and not his gross entertainments and ego-pieces at Mar-a-Lago and elsewhere. What, should we expect to hear about Biden wearing a tan suit, next?

[orleans]

24. haven't heard of this until now

googled new york times rolex

ugh

[IcyPeas]

27. What did ivanka's dresses cost?

And malaria too.

[Jarqui]

28. The country deserves a major apology from the NYT

We're confronting some very serious problems.

The guy that just left the White House probably stole the equivalent value of a Rolex watch every hour he was in the White House.

Let's keep our eye on the ball and not go down the rabbit hole of wackiness like FOX News, Newsmax and OANN

[royable]

30. Hour??? minute. 10 seconds. Drowning in grift. n/t

[Thekaspervote]

34. It is absolutely true..it did belong to his son Beau. All the same it shouldn't matter

What a stupid ignoramus thing! Are there no famines? Are there no ppl dying of corona virus? Are kids and parents still separated at the border?

NYT...you are pathetic...print the real news FFS!!

[stopdiggin]

35. It was in the 'Fashion' section

I think this is the part where they talk about couture and red carpet appearances? Not my normal fair (and nothing I'm going to get all worked up about either).

The piece also includes this --

- snip- "To be fair, none of Mr. Biden’s watches scream “luxury,” at least to watch connoisseurs who are acclimated to the thin air of Swiss watch prices.

His Rolex Datejust, for example, is considered an undisputed classic, but in another sense, almost could be regarded as entry level for a brand with head-turners that quickly climb into the five-figures."

I'm not sure anybody is owed anything here. If you thought this was a real "hit piece" on the president -- better buckle up for some heavy seas. This is pretty mild stuff. (and pretty sure that was also the intent)

[Hav]

44. If that's the case, thanks for introducing some common sense

Context and tone matters and one shouldn't mirror the kind of overreactions that Trumpers did to attack everything that isn't a puff piece.

[SheltieLover]

38. So, the NYT is fine with dump owning & refusing to divest from hotels & resorts

& Joe's Rolex is a problem?

Fuck them!

[honest.abe]

42. The article in question seems more about history of Presidential watch choice..

than a hit piece on Biden.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/fashion/mens-style/is-that-a-rolex-on-bidens-wrist.amp.html

Much ado about nothing IMO.

[Takket]

43. The should apologize because the take is trash

Regardless of where it came from. This is the exact same bullshit as Obama’s tan suit we had to put up with for eight fucking years of right wing media stirring up some pointless culture war crap. They do it to make sure we are arguing over nonsense and not actual things we should be paying attention to like improved covid response and real relief coming to those in need.