{"id":2305517,"date":"2024-07-22T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T19:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-nbc-insider-says-biden-as-great-as-washington-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T15:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T19:44:36","slug":"nbc-insider-praises-biden-compares-him-to-washington-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-insider-praises-biden-compares-him-to-washington-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC insider praises Biden, compares him to Washington &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fnbc-insider-praises-biden-compares-him-to-washington-washington-examiner-2%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=2305517&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--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the \u200crecent \u2064praise of President Joe \u2062Biden by a \u2062former Newsweek reporter and \u200bNBC News contributor, \u2064Jonathan\u200c Alter. Alter\u200d compared\u2062 Biden to George Washington and Roman statesman Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, known for leaving his position of\u200c power\u200d to return to\u2063 farming. Alter believes Biden&#8217;s \u2063decision to leave \u2064power will overshadow any\u200b negative circumstances, comparing it to historical figures who relinquished power for the \u200cgreater good. This praise of Biden&#8217;s legacy was discussed during an interview on NBC\u2063 News NOW.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liberal Media Scream: NBC insider says Biden as &lsquo;great&rsquo; as Washington<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1708660\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>This week&rsquo;s Liberal Media Scream features the race among Washington journalists to erase their coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3093677\/inside-decision-confusion-bidens-dramatic-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Joe Biden<\/a> as a senile loser and raise him to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/2865039\/no-biden-is-not-14th-best-president-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sainthood status.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The best example came from a former <em>Newsweek<\/em> reporter and NBC News contributor who not only compared Biden to former President George Washington but also to the Roman statesman Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, considered the figure of virtue for leaving his position of power to return to farming.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I also was thinking of Joe Biden&rsquo;s legacy,&rdquo; Jonathan Alter said. &ldquo;He will be remembered as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/so-much-for-bringing-dogs-back-to-the-white-house\/\" title=\"So Much For Bringing Dogs Back To The White House\">great president<\/a>. He will be mentioned in the same sentence as George Washington. Why? Because selflessly leaving power, and the circumstances of him clinging to it in the last three weeks will be forgotten, the basic decision to leave power, which started with Cincinnatus in 439 B.C.,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"History Will Remember Biden &lsquo;In Same Sentence&rsquo; as George Washington\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oOTI6VBJJpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>From Monday&rsquo;s Morning News NOW on the NBC News NOW streaming channel:<\/p>\n<p><strong>CO-ANCHOR JOE FRYER:<\/strong> <em>You <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/s-d-smith-tells-exciting-childrens-stories-illuminated-by-classic-virtues\/\" title=\"S.D. Smith Tells Exciting Children\u2019s Stories, Illuminated By Classic Virtues\">love history<\/a> so much. What was going through your mind yesterday when this decision came down? How do you rank this in the 21st century as far as important stories?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>JONATHAN ALTER:<\/strong> <em>Extremely important, extremely unusual in American politics. The last time it happened was in 1968 when incumbent President Lyndon Johnson stepped away.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I also was thinking of Joe Biden&rsquo;s legacy. He will be remembered as a great president. He will be mentioned in the same sentence as George Washington. Why? Because selflessly leaving power, and the circumstances of him clinging to it in the last three weeks will be forgotten, the basic decision to leave power, which started with Cincinnatus in 439 B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And then George Washington picks up from Cincinnatus. The city, of course, is named for this. Why Cincinnatus? Why is he still so well known? Because this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-insider-praises-biden-compares-him-to-washington-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"NBC insider praises Biden, compares him to Washington - Washington Examiner\">selfless act &#038;mdash<\/a>; of leaving power, which in human history is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-evidence-of-white-supremacist-leanings-presented-in-kyle-rittenhouse-trial\/\" title=\"No Evidence of &#039;White Supremacist&#039; Leanings Presented in Kyle Rittenhouse Trial\">extremely rare thing<\/a> to do &mdash; elevates you. And in combination with a record of genuine achievement, it will put Joe Biden in very, very good stead in terms of history.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.org\/staff\/brent-baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brent Baker<\/a>, vice president of research and publications for the Media Research Center, explains our weekly pick: &ldquo;What&rsquo;s next? Comparing Biden to Jesus? Only a matter of time, I suspect, at least in the world of MSNBC and NBC News. Apparently, Alter is so enthralled with Biden that he can&rsquo;t see a difference between the widely admired George Washington, who rejected the public groundswell urging him to become the king, and the unpopular Biden who only stepped away when faced with the near certainty of an embarrassing defeat bringing down him and much of his party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rating:<\/span> <em><strong>FIVE<\/strong> out of <strong>FIVE SCREAMS.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1708660\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1708660\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Liberal Media Scream this week highlights the efforts of Washington journalists to elevate President Joe Biden to a saintly status, erasing their previous coverage of him as a senile loser. A former Newsweek reporter and NBC News contributor compared Biden to George Washington and the Roman statesman Cincinnatus, praising his decision to leave power. Jonathan Alter believes Biden will be remembered as a great president, despite recent controversies. This comparison has been criticized as excessive and unwarranted, with some suggesting that Biden&#8217;s actions do not warrant such high praise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2305518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Biden-Great-Washington-scaled-1024x741.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,11362,7471,4086],"class_list":["post-2305517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-insider","tag-nbc","tag-washington"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Biden-Great-Washington-scaled-1024x741.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}