Is the Media Failing Us?

That was a rhetorical question. Of course the media is failing us. While they spend all their time breathlessly reporting on a book about Joe Biden’s deteriorating health, they have completely missed the story of Donald Trump’s declining mental state. Like, for instance, this gem from his conversation with the president of the United Arab Emirates today, where he said, “We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down.” Can you imagine if Biden had said this? The press would have had a gurney outside the Oval Office, ready to cart him off to a nice rest home in the country. While the press hyperventilates about whether Biden would have needed a wheel chair in a hypothetical second term that will never be, here in the real world, the United States is sliding further into fascism. There was no one better to discuss all this with than Wajahat Ali. Waj is never afraid to call it out and he’s been around legacy media for years, so he knows how it operates. If you don’t subscribe to his Substack THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali, you should (and if you can afford to be a paid subscriber, you should do that too). Check it out and let me know what you think. Legacy media is afraid to call this out. I’m not. To support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit saltypolitics.substack.com/subscribe