This week, Republicans held a Senate hearing on Biden’s incapacity that was boycotted by most Democrats and ignored by broadcast networks, highlighting partisan media coverage patterns.
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Thelegacymediacovercongressionalhearingsbasedontheirusualstandardofnewsworthiness.Thisisit:IftheyarerunbyDemocratsandaremeanttopropelthemtopoliticalpower,theyarepresentedasthemosturgent,sober,andnonpartisannewsoftheday.ButhearingsrunbyRepublicanstodrivehomeaRepublicanargument?Theyoftenwon’tseethelightofaTVstudio.
OnJune18,theSenateJudiciaryCommitteeheldahearingtoinvestigateformerPresidentJoeBiden’sabilitytoserveinofficetowardtheendofhispresidency.Afterhisdisastrousdebateperformance,theDemocratsforcedhimoutofthepresidentialrace,butlefthiminofficedespitehisseemingincapacity.This,somehow,waspurelypartisan,andnotsomethingmostAmericansviewedwithgraveconcern.TheDemocratsmostlyboycottedWednesday’shearing.
Atthetop,Sen.JohnCornyn,R-Texas,proclaimed,“IwillnotethatfewofmyDemocraticcolleaguesareheretoday.Th
