A little slower, a little softer, a little harder of hearing, a little more tentative in his walk. Read what it’s like for Biden, an octogenarian, to be president. It’s not the easy answer you might think. w/ @peterbakernyt @katierogers @KannoYoungs nytimes.com/2023/06/04/us/…
@shearm @katierogers @peterbakernyt @KannoYoungs Why should it take four people to write an article for NYT front page 🧐😕🧐
@shearm @katierogers @peterbakernyt @KannoYoungs this is a good times story—that took four people to report and write. just sayin’. @VanityFair 5.8.23 vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/p…
@shearm @ToluseO @peterbakernyt @katierogers @KannoYoungs Read Peter Baker? Nah.
@shearm @ToluseO @peterbakernyt @katierogers @KannoYoungs Via @AndrewJBates46: Shot: “Even Speaker Kevin McCarthy testified that Mr. Biden had been ‘very professional, very smart, very tough’” Chaser: In office, “aides said privately that Mr. Trump had trouble processing information and distinguishing fact from fiction.”
@shearm @ToluseO @peterbakernyt @katierogers @KannoYoungs As the media promotes ageism for a chance to get the fireworks n’ ratings that will come with another MAGA president (Trump, etc) they forget that counsels of elders is a human tradition. One can burn their house to stay warm for a short while then be exposed until the end.
@shearm @dsupervilleap @peterbakernyt @katierogers @KannoYoungs It's not as if Biden's age hasn't been covered many times since he took office, but curiously, @nytimes chose to do this piece on the heels of the debt limit crisis, which he's gotten high marks for from pundits and the press.
@shearm @dsupervilleap @peterbakernyt @katierogers @KannoYoungs I count eight pieces in the @NYT (not including this one) about Biden's age since the beginning of 2023, most accentuating the negative.
@shearm @peterbakernyt @katierogers @KannoYoungs A 3,400-word opus on the issue of Biden’s age that doesn’t mention the question of succession should he die in office? I know that when I commented online on a previous piece, you didn’t allow the comment to appear, and this feature doesn’t allow comments. My banned comment
@shearm @peterbakernyt @katierogers @KannoYoungs the first female and Asian president.