I see quite a bit of worry about how the mainstream media doesn’t cover Trump and Biden the same way. Biden makes mistakes in the way he speaks and its breathlessly covered for weeks. For months Trump made the same mistakes and barely a story. Why?

The news covered Trump’s mistakes and stumbles in 2016 and well into 2017. At some point, the newness stopped, so it was no longer news. Biden experienced gaffes in 2020, which were covered, but he also didn’t seek to daily drown the news with them and when he did appear in events, he was prepared and made few of them. When he makes gaffes, they are fresh enough, that people take notice. It’s new, so it’s news.

Trump? Everyone knows he used Nancy Pelosi when he meant Nikki Haley. He does that kind of thing. In. Every. Five. Minutes. Of. Giving. A. Speech. The news barely covered it because it’s not new.

Everyone knows he talks bullshit. The news barely covers it because it’s not new.

It’s not new, so it’s not news.