Written by Brandon Lee Romo<\/p>\n
On March 6th, The Washington Post published an article titled \u201cBiden stimulus showers money on Americans, sharply cutting poverty in defining move of presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n
In this article, The Washington Post commemorated Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, which passed through the Democrat-controlled House and Senate along party lines. The article was met with immediate criticism as soon as it was posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n
Podcast host Gerry Callahan teased the Washington Post by saying, \u201cHey, check it out. Joe Biden ended poverty…The guy is amazing!\u201d<\/p>\n
Frank J. Fleming, a verified Twitter user and novelist, retweeted the article with the caption, \u201cWhy are you reporting on Biden like a 90s era teen mag would report on Leonardo DiCaprio?\u201d<\/p>\n
Many other verified accounts, including Spike Cohen and Burgess Owens, joined in on the fun by sarcastically commending the apparent $1,400 solution to poverty.<\/p>\n
In just the first two months of a Biden Administration, we can already see the media\u2019s favoritism toward the new President. It appears as if the media now puts all of Biden\u2019s acts and statements on a pedestal. Yet former President Donald Trump was brutally criticized and misrepresented by the media no matter the occasion. Below you can see an example, pointed out by Twitter user Yossi Gestetner.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/YossiGestetner\/status\/1368398765460234243?s=20<\/p>\n
Press conferences are now designed to assist Biden in looking good and the President rarely takes questions from reporters. Whereas when Trump was in office, reporters constantly asked loaded questions such as, \u201cDo you regret lying to the American people?\u201d<\/p>\n
As you can see from the tweet below, the Washington Post was quick to point out what they viewed as a negative provision added by Republicans in the first stimulus bill, but they have not been very vocal about the fact that the majority of what Democrats put in the recently-passed, highly partisan 1.9T stimulus bill is not even related to the pandemic.<\/p>\n
\nOpinion: The GOP just smuggled another awful provision into the big stimulus bill https:\/\/t.co\/kju8xZphDF<\/a><\/p>\n
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n