In the battle for democracy in the US, Dutch @nrc asks: "Which 70+ year old will come across as the fittest?"
Lots of media stories still framing this as a normal democratic contest between candidates with opposing views. "Jolly interesting, let's see how this race develops."
Dutch public TV news, just now, on Trump ignoring/denying and preparing to overrule vaccine approval rules, and Biden confirming those:
"As everything, the vaccine has become a political plaything." Sounds nicely symmetrical.
I haven't seen the "debate"; it was during our night. But I gather Trump showed his ugly self, which at least provides clarity.
Good there were questions on climate change. Not seriously answered by Trump ("cleanest air, cleanest water blah blah"), but that's also clear then.
Dutch @volkskrant, nicely 'neutral': the debate descended into chaos. volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achterg…
And a clear assessment of such statements:
And here's @nrc today: "Debate 1: mainly a lot of shouting". No idea who caused the chaos of course. 'Both sides' at its worst.
A bright spot in this media misery: clear language from the @nytimes.
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