This week’s Liberal Media Scream shows just how far the Washington press corps will go to look past President Joe Biden’s often embarrassing mistakes.
Instead of raising questions about the president’s mental state after he called out for a dead lawmaker at a “major” speech last week, the media have been bending over backward to describe it as a sweet tribute, though a bit misplaced.
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The incident was revived as Chuck Todd hosted his Meet the Press and interviewed Democratic spokeswoman Symone Sanders-Townsend.
Todd on Sunday dismissed the importance of Biden embarrassingly calling out to the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN), seemingly unaware she was killed in a car crash more than a month earlier.
“People make mistakes and you try to go from there,” Todd agreed after Sanders-Townsend defended Biden and his press secretary’s fumbled excuse for her boss.
From the roundtable on Sunday’s Meet the Press:
CHUCK TODD: Jackie Walorski died in a car accident in — I believe it was in August. She was a big part of this hunger [conference], and so that’s how this moment came about. Symone, how would you have handled that situation?
SYMONE SANDERS-TOWNSEND: Look, Karine Jean-Pierre has a very tough job. I think she goes out there every single day, and a number of people could not do what she does every single day. Look, I think it’s very clear that the president had a slip of the tongue, obviously. And I’m sure he is extremely apologetic to the family of the congresswoman if he caused them any more trauma or agony.
No one — I mean, I think everyone understands that the president, unfortunately, uniquely understands how the family is feeling. And I’m sure he made that very clear to them when he came to the White House on Friday. Just acknowledge he had a slip of the tongue, move on, it’s unfortunate — again, life is here. He understands and empathizes. I think that’s what’s most important here. And I think Karine did try to do that.
TODD: People make mistakes and you try to go from there.
SANDERS-TOWNSEND: Yeah, yeah, we have all done it before.
TODD: Fair enough.
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Brent Baker, vice president of research and publications for the Media Research Center, explains our weekly pick: “President Biden makes an embarrassing fumble which suggests he’s become more forgetful as he approaches 80 years old, but instead of examining the implications of such a level of confusion in a president, Todd is eager to excuse and dismiss its relevance. Not quite the same approach the Washington press corps displayed when questions arose about the cognitive ability of Presidents Reagan or Trump.”
Rating: FOUR out of FIVE SCREAMS.
