Media Boost Biden as 'Above the Fray'
Tim Graham
Posted: Jan 15, 2021 12:01 AM
Pardon me if I laugh when reporters tout that some politician they like is posing as being "above the fray." This fray is something reporters usually force politicians to confront. If politicians are effortlessly floating above it, reporters are allowing it.
The day House Democrats forced through a very rushed second impeachment of President Donald Trump, a New York Times front-page headline below the fold read, "Biden Stays Above the Fray To Focus on Mounting Crises."
Translation: "Biden Allowed to Pose as Bravely Focusing on the People's Business, With Our Help."
Reporters Michael Shear and Michael Crowley were mere Mike-rophones for the Biden message. Biden "has maintained a studied cool, staying largely removed from the searing debate that culminated on Wednesday with President Trump's impeachment and keeping his focus on battling a deadly pandemic, reviving a faltering economy and lowering the political temperature," they wrote.
He had a "studied cool" as he spent the last week "honing policy proposals and introducing new appointees while delivering a carefully calibrated, above-the-fray message."
That obviously includes The Times' own careful calibration into the Biden PR team.
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