Dr. John Warren: The tragedy of mainstream media coverage of the Presidential Debate

Adobe Stock Photo by Dr. John E. Warren First, let it be said that the Black Press of America believes in our democratic process, and believes that the record of President Joe Biden is greater than a bad debate night with Donald Trump. Second, the bigger tragedy was the mainstream media’s effort to make their coverage of last Thursday’s debate a matter of who did the better “sound bites” and not the substance of the issues put before the American people watching the debate. As the Black Press of America, let it be said that we are appalled at the Editorial and News Broadcasts calling for the President to step down. It’s the media’s job to report the news and not initiate an orchestrated campaign to remove the President. Where is the media discussion about the issues, and who said what about them? Where was the major fact checking of all the lies Trump told? The burden didn’t shift to Biden just because he chose not to respond to the issues the media had decided he should have addressed. It was not the job of the media to take the issue of the President’s age or push the issue of...