Crash Course: Joe Biden v. Vladimir Putin: This week's dismal propaganda war had no winners

Biden's press conference — let's be honest! — was a disaster. 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Vladimir Putin: This week's dismal propaganda war had no winners From Andrew O'Hehir: It’s both unfair and unreasonable, no doubt, to draw a direct comparison between the two presidents’ media events, which took place in dramatically different circumstances and for different reasons. But politics, whether global or national, has nothing to do with what is fair or reasonable and everything to do with appearance and perception. If Putin was the winner of this week’s propaganda battle, that was largely by default. As usual, Biden’s performance both demanded and deserved our compassion and empathy, even as we devoutly wished he were someone else, or somewhere else. 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Let's hope so From Bob Hennelly: Low-wealth voters are left out of our deliberations and sit on the sidelines, their disengagement reinforced by voter suppression, and campaign consultants use their MIA status to justify the pursuit of that white suburban voter they feel more comfortable with anyway. Like so much Beltway wisdom that failed to flag the rise of Donald Trump and the Insurrection, it is seriously flawed and informed by racism, classicism, and condescension as well as by a corporate media looking to capture eyeballs that can afford a Viking cruise. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnrI1YP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvOXcwNmU0cWpxci8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTVmd3Fmb3ltZTQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZclYCMplp2Pgm1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). 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