More good news for Joe Biden that the media will ignore

| 9:09 am EDT July 13, 2024
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By now we know the drill: on any given day there may be good and bad news for President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects, but the media is only going to focus on the bad news. The media is in a ratings cycle about how Biden is supposedly washed up, and so they’re cherry picking things and twisting things out of context to try to prop up that narrative and solely that narrative. Meanwhile back in the real world, Biden has gotten some more good news over the past 24 hours.

Yesterday’s new NPR poll says that Biden is now two points ahead of Trump. There was also another poll yesterday which had Trump slightly ahead of Biden. But this is the pattern we keep seeing: with the exception of a few laughable outlier polls from untrustworthy outlets like CNN and the New York Times, the rest of the polls keep showing Biden and Trump roughly tied. And yet the media is pretending that Biden is totally hosed and insisting that he drop out because he can’t win. When the race is tied.

Ronald Klain said it best: “With yesterdays press [conference] and this new poll, it’s time to end the freak out and unite behind the Democratic nominee and the only person who has ever beaten Trump.”

Of course the media is still too busy making a huge deal out of it any time one stray Democratic House member calls on Biden to drop out. But again, back in the real world, a headcount reveals that 95% of House Democrats and 98% of Senate Democrats have not called on Biden to step aside. That’s an overwhelming amount of support, after the media just spent the week manufacturing a phony crisis essentially aimed at tricking everyone into calling on Biden to drop out. Bottom line: with the exception of some clueless celebrities, the media’s gambit didn’t work.

So here we are, with Biden looking strong in his public appearances, Trump still mostly in hiding, and a 2024 race that best any serious person can tell is pretty much tied. Now comes the part where we tune out the noise, rally the troops, and pull ahead in the race so we can win it. Support Palmer Report. Click here.

Dear Palmer Report readers, we all understand the difficult era we're heading into. Major media outlets are caving to Trump already. Even the internet itself and publishing platforms may be at risk. But Palmer Report is nonetheless going to lead the fight. We're funding our 2025 operating expenses now, so we can keep publishing no matter what happens. I'm asking you to contribute if you can, because the stakes are just so high. You can donate here.