1. Yesterday Trump gave a briefing where he offered good wishes to a woman who allegedly helped run one of the most horrifying child rape networks in history. The general response of the mainstream media was to applaud his sobriety & new tone of seriousness.
2. You think I jest but here's a good set of clips from the Daily Show covering a broad swath of mainstream reaction to a briefing where Trump repeatedly talked about the "China virus" https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1285727792143822848
3. Some more thoughts on how both sides journalism plus institutional deference to presidency leads mainstream media to repeatedly judge Trump on a curve and ignore the actual words he says. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/media-grading-trump-curve/
When Will the Media Stop Grading Trump on a Curve?

The claim that Trump has adopted a somber new tone is only plausible if we completely ignore what he is actually saying.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/media-grading-trump-curve/
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