This week’s Liberal Media Scream shows how desperate some in the media are for President Joe Biden to get “credit” for his efforts at a time when polls show that 62% do not believe the Democrat has accomplished much.
The top cheerleader is NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell who said on Meet the Press that the president isn’t getting the thanks he deserves.
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“He’s not getting credit for the economy, and should be,” she told host Chuck Todd.
From Sunday’s Meet the Press on NBC:
ANDREA MITCHELL: And he’s not getting credit for the economy, and should be. Look at it, you know, I think the danger of recession is receding. It’s not altogether gone. We see a big jobs market. It’s a problem for Jay Powell [chairman of the Federal Reserve] because now they do have to keep tightening. But, you know, wage growth is moderating.
CHUCK TODD: I tell you, people don’t–
MITCHELL: Layoffs are only in a few sectors, they’re not universal.
TODD: There’s no doubt–
AMY WALTER: Manufacturing is building.
TODD: –but people still feel like this economy’s just not–
MITCHELL: That’s right, because inflation’s stable.
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TODD: It still feels wobbly.
CORNELL BELCHER: Mid-summer, mid-summer – let’s, let’s check in on that.
TODD: That’s fair.
Brent Baker, vice president of research and publications for the Media Research Center, explains our weekly pick: “How nice it must be to be a Democratic president so you have leading members of the Washington press corps spinning talking points in your favor, days before your big speech, about how you ‘should be’ getting more credit. Mitchell’s contentions about Biden’s record are better suited for someone from the White House press office than someone who is supposed to be a dispassionate journalist.”
Rating: THREE out of FIVE SCREAMS.
