{"id":2019016,"date":"2023-09-01T05:15:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T09:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-how-the-media-covered-fettermans-stroke-vs-mcconnells-freeze\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T05:18:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T09:18:30","slug":"watch-how-the-media-covered-fettermans-stroke-vs-mcconnells-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-how-the-media-covered-fettermans-stroke-vs-mcconnells-freeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Media&#8217;s Bias: Contrasting Coverage of Fetterman&#8217;s Stroke and McConnell&#8217;s &#8216;Freeze&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwatch-how-the-media-covered-fettermans-stroke-vs-mcconnells-freeze%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=2019016&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--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"WATCH: How the Media Covered Fetterman's Stroke vs. McConnell's 'Freeze'\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/all-cars-are-bad-pete-buttigiegs-equity-advisers-want-you-to-stop-driving\" data-post-url id=\"print-1789677\">\n<div>\n<h2>Media Bias: McConnell vs. Fetterman<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Mitch McConnell&#8217;s \u200b(R., Ky.) 30-second senior moment during a\u2063 press gaggle on\u2063 Wednesday has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-how-the-media-covered-fettermans-stroke-vs-mcconnells-freeze\/\" title=\"Media's Bias: Contrasting Coverage of Fetterman's Stroke and McConnell's 'Freeze'\">drawn intense media scrutiny\u2014including numerous<\/a> think pieces \u200con how old\u2062 is too old for public service.<\/p>\n<p>It was\u200d a different \u2063story after\u200b Democratic \u2064Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/25\/us\/politics\/fetterman-oz-debate-senate-pa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">struggled<\/a> \u200dto complete a coherent sentence for a full hour during his\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-might-skip-network-tv-presidential-debates-in-2024-top-republican-says\/\" title=\"RNC Might Skip Network TV Presidential Debates In 2024, Top Republican Says\">election debate<\/a> last year against GOP opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then:<\/strong> Fetterman&#8217;s hard-to-watch debate performance in October was widely covered as a triumph for disability rights, and concerns about his evident impairment\u2062 were dismissed as \u2062&#8221;ableism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fetterman debate reaction reveals stigma disabled candidates face <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OMup8sbOwn\">https:\/\/t.co\/OMup8sbOwn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robyn Powell (@RobynMPowell) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobynMPowell\/status\/1586467092823359488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;One in four Americans has a disability, but disabled politicians are rarely on the national debate stage. \u2063That made John Fetterman\u2019s appearance a powerful moment, but public reactions were painful.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gAUfjC9LxB\">https:\/\/t.co\/gAUfjC9LxB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anti-Racism \u2063Daily (@antiracismdaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antiracismdaily\/status\/1587093628891062274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Recovering from a stoke can be devastating, and depression is \u200dcommon, as I learned from speaking with stroke survivors after John Fetterman&#8217;s debate with Dr. Oz last fall:\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B5szpm0Ms3\">https:\/\/t.co\/B5szpm0Ms3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin \u200cRyan (@benryanwriter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benryanwriter\/status\/1629526330478936065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/fetterman-people-magazine-interview\/\">according \u200dto<\/a> Fetterman, the debate debacle triggered the freshman senator&#8217;s hospitalization for depression a\u200d few months later,\u200d the mainstream media had new reason to celebrate him.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fetterman Speaks Incoherently After Media Said He's 'Ready To Work'\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7gLpHNzwaF0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now:<\/strong> Following McConnell&#8217;s &#8220;freeze&#8221; moment, &#8220;ableism&#8221; has been \u200dnotably absent from the discourse. Instead, the news has been full of words like &#8220;alarming,&#8221; &#8220;embarrassing,&#8221; and &#8220;retirement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senator Mitch McConnell experienced another alarming freeze-up at \u200ba\u2064 news\u2062 conference on Wednesday in Covington, Kentucky,\u200d the \u2063second such episode caught on camera in recent \u200dweeks. \u2063The episode intensified questions about his future in the Senate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q05DVdCWjO\">https:\/\/t.co\/q05DVdCWjO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4fXBhhABy2\">pic.twitter.com\/4fXBhhABy2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dThe New York\u2063 Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1696980633111703891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;For a proud senator who has dominated the chamber for many years, the\u2062 momentary \u2062loss of lucidity is embarrassing at the very least, and could become an increasing political problem,&#8221; writes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StCollinson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StCollinson<\/a> | Analysis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z83uskFvgr\">https:\/\/t.co\/z83uskFvgr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1697179945473036744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Following his \u2063second on-camera \u2062freeze, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is faced with \u2063the question of\u2062 how old is too old\u2064 to serve, which has been simmering in the Senate and the \u200bpresidential race all year.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9hZK5OuQ7W\">https:\/\/t.co\/9hZK5OuQ7W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1697266197010772079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gerth: Is it time for Sen. \u200cMitch McConnell to\u2064 step aside? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ke167RB4kk\">https:\/\/t.co\/ke167RB4kk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Courier Journal (@courierjournal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/courierjournal\/status\/1697269770867892617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Double standard:<\/strong> <em>Politico Playbook<\/em> suggested on \u2062Thursday\u2014under the headline &#8220;Mitch McConnell\u2019s \u2063untenable\u2063 silence&#8221;\u2014that McConnell\u200d warrants more scrutiny than the likes of \u2062Fetterman or Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/31\/dianne-feinstein-trust-dispute-00112420\">Dianne Feinstein<\/a> (D., Calif.) because he is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">party leader<\/a>. But that doesn&#8217;t explain \u2064much of the coverage of President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ageist attacks against President \u200bBiden reinforce outdated stereotypes\u2014and hurt younger people, too <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I81kaN922B\">https:\/\/t.co\/I81kaN922B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TIME (@TIME) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME\/status\/1380045693746831360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mitch McConnell&#8217;s recent 30-second lapse during a press event has sparked media attention, prompting discussions on age and public service. Similarly, Democratic Sen. 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