{"id":177320,"date":"2021-02-26T15:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T20:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=177320"},"modified":"2021-02-26T15:59:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T20:59:14","slug":"3-times-biden-and-trump-did-the-same-thing-and-the-media-reaction-was-totally-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-times-biden-and-trump-did-the-same-thing-and-the-media-reaction-was-totally-different\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Times Biden And Trump Did The Same Thing\u2026 And The Media Reaction Was Totally Different"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F3-times-biden-and-trump-did-the-same-thing-and-the-media-reaction-was-totally-different%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=177320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1277459618-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>It is a widely understood fact that media coverage of the Trump administration was, to say the least, massively critical. While some of this was justified as a result of objective reporting, a large portion \u2014 if not a majority \u2014 was the result of hyper-partisanship within the legacy media with the apparent goal of undermining the Republican president in preparation for the 2020 election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nothing demonstrates this shameless partisanship more than the legacy media\u2019s reaction to events that are almost entirely identical, with the one difference being the political affiliation of the man in the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here are three examples of Trump and Biden doing \u2014 effectively \u2014 the same thing but with vastly different media coverage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>During Trump\u2019s presidency, two missile strikes were approved against Syria. In 2017, Shayrat Airbase was targeted in response to the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack days earlier. In 2018, the United States \u2014 alongside the United Kingdom and France \u2014 carried out a series of missile strikes against Syrian government sites in response to the Douma chemical attack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/07\/world\/middleeast\/syria-attack-trump.html\"><span>New York Times<\/span><\/a> <span>responded to the 2017 strike with \u201cActing on Instinct, Trump Upends His Own Foreign Policy.\u201d After the 2018 strikes, the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/worldviews\/wp\/2018\/04\/16\/the-many-things-trump-didnt-accomplish-in-the-latest-syria-strike\/\"><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/a> <span>published a piece titled \u201cThe many things Trump didn\u2019t accomplish in the latest Syria strike.\u201d The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2018\/04\/13\/trump-strike-syria-analysis-president-britain-france\/515507002\/\"><span>USA Today<\/span><\/a> <span>went with \u201cAnalysis: Trump\u2019s strike on Syria has fire and fury \u2014 but not the element of surprise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the first military action taken under President Biden, the United States carried out an<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-56205056\"><span>air strike<\/span><\/a> <span>against Iran-backed militias in Syria. The strike came after \u201ca civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on US targets,\u201d with the Pentagon saying that the strike was launched \u201cat President Biden\u2019s direction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/26\/world\/middleeast\/biden-syria-iran.html\"><span>New York Times<\/span><\/a> <span>reported on the strike with a piece titled, \u201cWith Strikes in Syria, Biden Confronts Iran\u2019s Militant Network,\u201d adding \u201cUsing a carefully calibrated approach, the president hopes to restrain Iran\u2019s regional militia allies without undercutting efforts to reach a new nuclear deal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/25\/politics\/us-iraq-iran\/index.html\"><span>CNN<\/span><\/a> <span>reported \u201cUS carries out air strikes in Syria targeting Iranian backed militias.\u201d The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/biden-administration-conducts-strike-on-iranian-linked-fighters-in-syria\/2021\/02\/25\/7ff2447e-77ca-11eb-ae66-8b9e3c6918a1_story.html\"><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/a> <span>went with \u201cBiden administration conducts strike on Iranian-linked fighters in Syria,\u201d which included that the Biden administration was \u201csignaling its intent to use targeted military action to push back against violence tied to Tehran.\u201d<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2021\/02\/26\/syria-bombing-biden-airstrikes-mark-test-us-role-worlds-police\/6831034002\/\"><span>USA Today<\/span><\/a> <span>had \u201cBiden\u2019s Syria airstrikes first test of role as world\u2019s police.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Border Control and Illegal Immigration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>In the first days of Biden\u2019s presidency, it was announced that his administration would be reopening migrant facilities \u2014 specifically for children \u2014 at the border between the United States and Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/immigrant-children-camp-texas-biden\/2021\/02\/22\/05dfd58c-7533-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html\"><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/a> <span>reported \u201cFirst migrant facility for children opens under Biden.\u201d<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/biden-trump-era-migrant-child-facility-1cf05763-b8a1-49a5-bb57-6362420a8067.html\"><span>Axios<\/span><\/a> <span>went with \u201cBiden administration reopens Trump-era facility for migrant children.\u201d<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/us-reopens-texas-surge-facility-hold-immigrant-teenagers-76054376https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/us-reopens-texas-surge-facility-hold-immigrant-teenagers-76054376\"><span>ABC News<\/span><\/a> <span>said \u201cUS reopens Texas surge facility to hold immigrant teenagers.\u201d\u00a0 CNN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/24\/politics\/immigration-mexico-tent-camp\/index.html\">headline<\/a> read \u201c<\/span>Biden administration will begin to admit migrants held in tent camp near the US-Mexico border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Compare these muted and emotionless headlines to the coverage of the Trump administration\u2019s policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CNN reported on the policies, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/06\/20\/politics\/donald-trump-immigration-politics\/index.html\">headlines<\/a> like \u201cTrump makes political gamble with immigrant lives,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/05\/29\/politics\/donald-trump-immigration-separated-children\">and<\/a> \u201cTrump whips up immigration storm over children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/06\/19\/621065383\/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border\"><span>NPR<\/span><\/a> <span>published a piece titled \u201cWhat We Know: Family Separation And \u2018Zero Tolerance\u2019 At The Border.\u201d The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/opinion\/article\/Trump-s-tent-city-for-children-is-a-13016150.php\"><span>San Francisco Chronicle<\/span><\/a> <span>published an opinion piece titled \u201cTrump\u2019s tent city for children is a concentration camp,\u201d and Michelle Goldberg wrote for the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/21\/opinion\/trump-family-separation-melania-jacket.html\"><span>New York Times<\/span><\/a> <span>\u201cThey Really Don\u2019t Care About Migrant Families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>COVID Vaccines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>After Trump promised that an effective COVID-19 vaccine would be delivered before the end of 2020, the legacy media widely rejected this as fantastical nonsense. CNN questioned the safety of \u201crushing\u201d the approval of a vaccine, with pieces<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/09\/01\/health\/eua-coronavirus-vaccine-history\/index.html\"><span>like<\/span><\/a> <span>\u201c<\/span><span>Past vaccine disasters show why rushing a coronavirus vaccine now would be \u2018colossally stupid,\u2019\u201d<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/03\/31\/us\/coronavirus-vaccine-timetable-concerns-experts-invs\/index.html\"><span>and<\/span><\/a> <span>\u201cThe timetable for a coronavirus vaccine is 18 months. Experts say that\u2019s risky.\u201d They even posted a \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/presidential-debate-coverage-fact-check-10-22-20\/h_0c643eadb662d5ed8a84378ad44c0ce6\"><span>fact check<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d of Trump\u2019s claim that the vaccine was ready in late October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Once the vaccine was delivered, the legacy media then moved to undermine and criticize its distribution. CNN reported the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/21\/politics\/biden-covid-vaccination-trump\/index.html\">false claim<\/a> that \u201cBiden inheriting nonexistent coronavirus vaccine distribution plan and must start \u2018from scratch,\u2019 sources say.\u201d The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/17\/world\/trump-vaccine-doses.html\"><span>New York Times<\/span><\/a> <span>published a piece in mid-January titled, \u201cStates are scrambling after the Trump administration\u2019s vaccine promise falls apart.\u201d The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2021\/01\/14\/transition-biden-trump-vaccine\/\"><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/a> <span>pivoted to preemptively defend Biden, saying \u201cExperts warn of vaccine stumbles \u2018out of the gate\u2019 because Trump officials reused to consult with Biden team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With Biden now in the White House, the media narrative has continued to move from an offensive effort against Trump to a defensive effort for Biden. The New York Times celebrated Biden\u2019s \u201caccomplishment,\u201d<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/02\/19\/us\/joe-biden-news\"><span>reporting<\/span><\/a> <span>\u201cBiden Expects to Surpass His Goal of 100 Million Shots in 100 Days,\u201d despite this amounting to one million doses per day, a milestone passed multiple times by the Trump administration. After Biden celebrated 50 million vaccine doses being administered, CNN<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/25\/politics\/biden-vaccines-50-million\/index.html\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a> <span>\u201cBiden marks 50 million vaccine doses but cautions there\u2019s a \u2018long way to go.\u2019\u201d Over 15 million doses were administered by the Trump administration prior to Biden entering office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whether it be the coverage of military action in Syria, the language used to describe migrant detention centers, or manipulating mathematics regarding vaccine distribution, one thing is clear. If the only difference between two almost identical events is political party, the legacy media are capable of producing two completely different headlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><em>@ighaworth<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a widely understood fact that media coverage of the Trump administration was, to say the least, massively critical. 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