Biden’s decision to exit 2024 race shows sharp contrast between left and right-wing media coverage | CNN Business

The stark political reality facing President Joe Biden, prompting his unprecedented decision to exit the 2024 race, might look different had he enjoyed the support of a blindly loyal, propagandistic news media.

While Donald Trump has relied on Fox News and an army of MAGA Media loyalists to endlessly shield him from scandal after scandal, Biden had no such defenses in his arsenal when serious questions were raised about his age and mental acuity

Silencing dissent? We would never

Instead, the president — unable to conjure up his own version of reality and successfully disseminate it to the masses

Not for lack of trying

was forced to grapple with the truth and make a stunning 11th hour decision that rocked the country in a political earthquake.

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The entire affair, which played out in just three weeks, punctured a hole in the claim that Trump and the GOP have regularly peddled: that the news media is in the pocket of Biden and the White House. That obviously has not been the case, as exemplified by the hard-hitting coverage the president has been subjected to since his poor showing last month at the CNN debate.

Before that, it was a stutter

In the weeks since, those concerns repeatedly found their way to MSNBC’s air, despite a good chunk of the channel’s viewership making it clear they did not want to hear criticism of Biden.

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In fact, in the end, the news media played a notable role in the unraveling of Biden’s campaign by offering a forum for an uncomfortable stream of questions about his abilities to enter the national discourse.

Had the news media looked the other way and run cover for Biden, he very well may not have felt the need to abandon his bid for a second term in office.