ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com

well, there is strong evidence that debates don't change much, but hysterical hair-on-fire media panics definitely do, and that's what has been happening for the last several days

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Branden McEuen @bmceuen.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:15 UTC

We are still talking about Biden’s age because the New York Times ran 17 articles about it in February

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Rev. Magdalen @revmagdalen.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 18:53 UTC

Is there any point where you would consider that the man is just actually unwell and it's not that his friends and all the press are turning on him?

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George Pearkes @peark.es [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:56 UTC

Sorry hold on. How did the headline number change versus the last CNN poll?

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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:04 UTC

Does it help that it is July? Is it still true most voters don’t pay attention until after summer?

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Martin P. @martinobeat.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:56 UTC

Seriously, usually a poor debate performance isn't followed by a full-court multi-day, all-hands Claudine-Gaying from the paper of record.

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Ryan Crinnigan @spiritduplicator.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:56 UTC

indeed, everyone blaming the debate means the propaganda machine is working as intended! wild to see it in real time

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McIrwin @mcirwin47.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:02 UTC

I think people are confusing substance of debates (that don’t change anything) with watching a person that appears to be sundowning on live TV. It could’ve been any rally, campaign event, press conference, etc. The fact that it was at a debate is just a coincidence.

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humanbean @dangerpixel.com [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:28 UTC

*last several years

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Sebastian Peitsch @speitsch.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:58 UTC

It’s pretty clear that the press has been working on dismantling Biden for a year straight now He’s clearly sundowning - but who the f*** cares, Trump was golfing 237 days of the year and doing „executive time“ the rest of it while he wasn’t kissing dictator a**

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