I don’t know, more than 100 stories on Biden’s age etc vs how many on either Epstein/Trump or Project 2025 or Trump’s lack of fitness for the presidency? Only one paper called him out in their editorial—the Philly Inquirer. The right has been working the refs (political journalists) for years with that old trope which is not true—along with the war on Christians, the war on Christmas, and every other cultural made-up “war” they have created from whole cloth. Not to mention the language that journos picked up—entitlements, death tax, death panels, etc.”

So no, the coverage isn’t the same and hasn’t been for years. Need I say once again “but her emails?” Or Howard Dean’s “the scream”? JVL kinda missed the boat with that mention yesterday, as well as Kerry’s “effete” wind sailing, and Gore’s “sighs and lies.” Of course they were so hard on W—the guy who gave them all nicknames and who they portrayed as the “kinda guy you’d like to have a beer with.” And let’s not forget Whitewater, once Foster, travelgate (and every other gate), Dukakis in the tank, the “scold” Jimmy Carter and his and the First Lady’s “tacky off the rack style.” The Beltway elite celebrated the return of glamour, money, and style when Reagan came to town.

So I have to disagree about any equivalency here.