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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill the MSN call for Trump to drop out?
I know it's not like not doing well in a debate but I think it may be called for.

epreic01
(262 posts)Hes not a democrat. We only hold Democrats to high standards in this country.

dem4decades
(12,273 posts)ProfessorGAC
(71,493 posts)The networks' own data & financial showed that there was a modest bump that lasted 4 months in 2016.
They're still doing it, but the bump can't be the reason.
Has to be another agenda. Most likely, highly paid execs digging low tax rates.
Ocelot II
(122,839 posts)and I'm not sure that would be an improvement.
Autumn
(47,246 posts)

I've always said that Trump will never go to jail for anything. I would love to be wrong.
senseandsensibility
(20,803 posts)I'm betting no. And yes, I know they endorsed Harris, but these are two separate matters.
BlueCheeseAgain
(1,983 posts)You can hardly be more anti-Trump than the NYT editorial board (which is separate from the news section), and half of DU thinks they support Trump. I don't get it at all.
Cirsium
(1,692 posts)The NYT editorial board can make anti-Trump noises in an editorial, which costs them nothing and has little effect other than pandering to their liberal readership, and still fall all over themselves to "both sides" the news, which is in practical effect support for Trump.
What NYT does is worse than if they were out and out in the bag for Trump IMO.
Gaytano70
(1,207 posts)They may say how virile and presidental he seemed in the accounts 🙄
Theyll gaslight and and accuse Smith of leading a political witch hunt.
cilla4progress
(26,119 posts)with pence?
mindfulNJ
(2,437 posts)Not gonna happen but it would be entertaining as hell to watch .
Silent Type
(8,196 posts)mindfulNJ
(2,437 posts)but it's the DECENT thing, and until recently the NORMAL thing to do when a public official is found to have broken the law. I know I'm old fashioned.
Silent Type
(8,196 posts)BlueCheeseAgain
(1,983 posts)Everyone who called for Biden to drop out far preferred Biden to Trump. They thought Trump was so unfit and so dangerous that the country needed a stronger candidate than Biden to defeat him.
So yes, they all want Trump to drop out. Do they explicitly run editorials saying he should? Maybe not, because they know there would be no point. That's all.
mindfulNJ
(2,437 posts)I am talking about the media applying the same set of standards to Republicans as they do to Dems. I wasn't making a statement on whether Biden should or shouldn't have dropped out. It's clear that he did the right thing.
BlueCheeseAgain
(1,983 posts)People on DU and elsewhere were saying those people supported Trump. The NYT wants Biden to drop out, so they must be supporting Trump. Basically, all sorts of valid opinions were labeled as pro-Trump and dismissed. A lot of people got banned for sharing them.
Sorry-- I shouldn't have jumped on you like that. But it reminded me of a very frustrating time.
Cirsium
(1,692 posts)The point is that there is a double standard.
I don't think the attacks on Biden by the MSM pundits were motivated by a desire to beat Trump. They would have done it no matter Biden's opponent.
BlueCheeseAgain
(1,983 posts)Maybe you think they were lying. But they were unequivocal about it.
doc03
(37,382 posts)They can't quit Trump he makes ratings.
BannonsLiver
(18,645 posts)LeftInTX
(32,210 posts)mindfulNJ
(2,437 posts)I guess no one got my sarcasm.
Skittles
(161,685 posts)so, NO
MattBaggins
(7,944 posts)If, I repeat, if, diaper donnie wins, Vance will 25 him anyway.
BTW help spread this FUD please
Dave says
(5,014 posts)than I am about Trump. But theyre a package deal.
B.See
(4,364 posts)hacked Trump communications even as we speak? To bad they didn't show Hilary the same courtesy, eh?
'Looks like a coverup': Reporter rips media outlets for sitting on hacked Trump materials - Rawstory
Dave says
(5,014 posts)I expect the NYT to dedicate 2 or 3 paragraphs below the fold.