Someone should do a story on why there were thousands of “Trump voters back him no matter what” stories when Trump’s approval was low. But there’s virtually no such stories about Biden voters. I think it says something about who our society views as “Real Americans.”
There’s a core of Biden voters who support him no matter what. But journalists and media decision makers are still disproportionately white and thus many can’t relate or see themselves or family members in the Biden-no-matter-what voters like they did in the Trump-no-matter-whats
And so you get a kind of distortion of reality in the coverage where it seemed like there were more Trump voters than there really was, because of the no stop diner coverage. In reality there are more Biden voters than Trump voters, millions more.
So someone should do a piece—and unlikely it could happen for a bunch of reasons—asking the major outlets: “Why did you do 500 Trump diner always backing him stories but won’t do the same for Biden voters?” I think it says something about who is considered a legitimate American
It says something deep. Cuz the most committed Biden no matter what voters are probably older Black folks in barbershops or hair salons or soul food joints right? And how much does the mainstream relate to these people? And think that their opinions matter?
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