Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Missing the point on the Axios 'Old Yeller' article

The lesson we should glean from this Axios propaganda piece is that they are selling Joe as a capable leader who is at the top of his game.

  Jonathan Schlackman- American Thinker   "On July 10th, Axios published an article titled ”Old Yeller: Biden's Private Fury”, where they talk about how Biden is quite the old curmudgeon behind the scenes at the Oval Office. Dutifully like clockwork, all the conservative sites pounced (the Left love that word) on the juicy details of an old man who, while whispering in public, lets his true personality out in his private surroundings. And of course, the conservative comments section was on fire with people relishing what a nasty character this befuddled old man really was behind the scenes, and how the Left is getting suckered into thinking otherwise. Conservatives interpreted the article as a takedown of the president. But I believe something else was afoot here, an entirely different agenda in writing this article then most conservatives think.

"Between all the pronouncements in the piece, like “Biden has such a quick-trigger temper that some aides try to avoid meeting alone with him. Some take a colleague, almost as a shield against a solo blast,” what Axios was really trying to impart to their readers was that Biden is a man in control; a man who knows bs when he hears it and has no patience for it. That if you are unlucky enough to have a one-on-one with this oh-so-capable man, you better have the answers he’s looking for, or watch out!

"In essence, this was a flattering propaganda piece designed to make Joe look like he’s the bossman, the mover and shaker of the White House, and just forget what your lying eyes tell you. He’s not, in truth, the doddering, old demented ice cream eater-in-chief you see on TV or social media. He’s Dark Brandon!" . . .

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