Thread by @DrewHolden360

Few topics create as much hypocrisy as executive use of power.

Quick🧵comparing how the press has covered Biden’s vaccine mandate announcement vs. Trump’s threat to override governors on houses of worship.

Spot the difference? ⤵️

Back in May 2020, President Trump said he would override governors who wouldn’t allow houses of worship to open. Yesterday, President Biden said he would do the same about governors who wouldn’t enforce a vaccine mandate.

Can you spot the difference in how @CNN covered it?

Honestly, this could’ve been a thread just dedicated to @CNN.

Can you spot a difference in tone when it comes to who supports each approach?

Definitely not rooting for a side here, right, @CNN?

This presented without comment.

But it wasn’t just CNN

Here’s @AP, a supposedly neutral wire service, in how they frame each president’s decision, both of which quickly drew legal challenges.

If these were written by a Dem comms team, what would be changed?

I continue to find it interesting where media outlets feel compelled to point out a potential lack of authority vs. when they don’t. @abcnews

Will we get a “Biden seizes” headline, @washingtonpost? Or are those only for Republicans?

Again, you’ve got headlines from corporate media outlets that read like Biden press releases. That’s bad.

I fear that, at the current rate, I’ll have to do a full thread on this one on Monday.

But to repeat myself for the 6201052nd time: overstepping government authority should not go from bad to good just because your team did it.