The Kewl Kids Are Bored – Digby's Hullabaloo

If you think any of the last 48 hours of relentlessly negative coverage came out of nowhere, *six months* after Biden was sworn in, reporters were complaining about how boring it was to cover him. @juliaioffe laid it all out there, it's not like they were hiding their contempt. pic.twitter.com/BP7IcYHGd2
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) February 11, 2024

Yes, of course. The excitement over the Hur Report was palpable.

Similar to the phrase "dogged by questions," where a thing the press keeps asking about is transformed into that thing the candidate cannot ignore. Agency shifts. For example: "Clinton dogged by nagging email questions," a headline from Politico in 2016. https://t.co/yIDgHZEilx https://t.co/gTG8P98PS1
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) February 11, 2024

And then there’s this:

New York Times: Is Joe Biden too old?

Also New York Times: Is Donald Trump too macho, good at dancing, charming, dynamic, and dare we say….debonair? pic.twitter.com/PIVB0x64FX
— Rob Flaherty (@Rob_Flaherty) February 11, 2024

The kewl kidz are very upset that anyone would suggest they aren’t doing their jobs well:

By the way:

On 9/20/1939, NYT published an article about Hitler's charming home; tomato garden; love of chocolate, gooseberry pie & afternoon naps.

This was 9 mos after Kristallnacht, 6 yrs after the Dachau Nazi concentration camp opened, 12 days before he invaded Poland & started WWII. pic.twitter.com/4aJotYivbk
— 𝔅𝔬 𝔊𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔯 🌎 (@Bo_Gardiner) February 11, 2024

This is how you do it: