{"id":1932905,"date":"2023-05-18T01:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T05:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-democratic-senators-are-not-compos-mentis-the-press-is-only-paying-attention-to-one\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T01:52:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T05:52:38","slug":"two-democratic-senators-are-not-compos-mentis-the-press-is-only-paying-attention-to-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-democratic-senators-are-not-compos-mentis-the-press-is-only-paying-attention-to-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Dem Senators Unstable, Media Focused on One."},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftwo-democratic-senators-are-not-compos-mentis-the-press-is-only-paying-attention-to-one%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=1932905&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--><h2>Feinstein and Fetterman: A Tale of Two Democrats<\/h2>\n<h3>Crucial Votes, Severe Impairment<\/h3>\n<p>Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) and John Fetterman (D, Pa.) have both returned to the Senate after prolonged medical absences. Both have provided crucial votes for the chamber&#8217;s narrow Democratic majority. However, both have struggled to carry on basic conversations due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-democratic-senators-are-not-compos-mentis-the-press-is-only-paying-attention-to-one\/\" title=\"Two Dem Senators Unstable, Media Focused on One.\">apparently severe mental impairment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Unequal Coverage<\/h3>\n<p>Despite their similar circumstances, the corporate press has covered Feinstein and Fetterman very differently. Feinstein has been a media zero, while Fetterman has gotten the hero treatment.<\/p>\n<h3>Replaceability<\/h3>\n<p>What explains the gap? Well, it just so happens that only one of them is easily replaceable.<\/p>\n<h3>Feinstein&#8217;s Return<\/h3>\n<p>Feinstein, 89, was wheeled back into the Senate last week following a three-month convalescence from shingles in California. She has faced a barrage of headlines about her senility, her holdup of the Democratic agenda, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-sixth-woman-accuses-n-y-gov-cuomo-of-sexual-harassment\/\" title=\"Report: Sixth woman accuses N.Y. Gov. Cuomo of sexual harassment\">growing calls<\/a> within the party for her to resign.<\/p>\n<h3>Fetterman&#8217;s Return<\/h3>\n<p>Fetterman, 53, resumed his duties in mid-April fresh off two months of in-patient treatment at Walter Reed Hospital for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happiest-depressed-person-blues-clues-host-steve-burns-said-he-struggled-with-mental-health-during-filming\/\" title=\"\u2018Happiest Depressed Person\u2019: \u2018Blues Clues\u2019 Host Steve Burns Said He Struggled With Mental Health During Filming\">severe clinical depression<\/a> in the aftermath of a stroke. Unedited footage of him on the job has been hard to watch. But media have nonetheless declared him &#8220;ready to work,&#8221; and at least one reporter went so far as to clean up his borderline incoherent remarks.<\/p>\n<h3>Contrasting Reporting<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a side-by-side look at some of the contrasting reporting on the Democrat duo, broken down by news outlet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Slate:<\/strong> The senator seems not to remember being absent from the Capitol.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Washington Post:<\/strong> Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who at 89 is the oldest member of the Senate, had been absent since February after she was hospitalized with shingles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>BuzzFeed News:<\/strong> Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, 89, has been away from the Senate since February.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Associated Press:<\/strong> Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u2019s monthslong absence from the Senate has become a vexing problem for Democrats who want to confirm President Joe Biden\u2019s nominees to the federal courts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CBS News:<\/strong> Will she or won&#8217;t she be back? That&#8217;s the question swirling around the Capitol as lawmakers ponder 89-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein&#8217;s potential return this month amid questions about her health.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CNN:<\/strong> &#8220;How&#8217;d that work out for Roe v. Wade?&#8221; CNN&#8217;s @jaketapper presses Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) about Democrats not pushing retirement for former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, drawing a parallel to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Forbes:<\/strong> Sen. Dianne Feinstein is set to return to the Senate floor on Wednesday after a nearly three-month hiatus due to health issues, her spokesperson said Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-cuomo-blames-health-care-workers-for-nursing-home-deaths\/\" title=\"Gov. Cuomo blames health care workers for nursing home deaths\">amid growing calls<\/a> for her resignation from within the party.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rolling Stone:<\/strong> Dianne Feinstein&#8217;s health struggles \u2014 and the problems they pose for representative democracy \u2014 go back farther than the public knew.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roll Call:<\/strong> Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to Congress this week after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plight-of-the-pioneers\/\" title=\"Plight of the Pioneers\">months-long absence<\/a> from illness, but it was not fully clear Thursday morning if she would make it to a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Hill:<\/strong> JUST IN: Ocasio-Cortez calls for Feinstein to resign.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Support for Fetterman<\/h3>\n<p>Democrats have thrown their support behind Fetterman following his revelation about his depression, calling it &#8220;a sign of strength.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Replaceability Part 2<\/h3>\n<p>Feinstein and Fetterman represent states with Democratic governors, who would temporarily appoint another Democrat to replace them if necessary. But only one of their states is safely &#8220;blue&#8221; and governed by Gavin Newsom (D.).<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has stated that if Feinstein retires, he will nominate a black woman to replace her in the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>senators returned to the Senate after medical absences, they have struggled with severe mental impairment, making it difficult to carry on basic conversations. 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