When Trump condemned the media, it was a threat to democracy. When Biden does it? Meh.

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What happened to presidents attacking the press being a fascist threat to our democracy?

When President Donald Trump was in office, he frequently criticized the media. He frequently pointed out the media’s lies, hypocrisy, and left-wing, agenda-driven news coverage — and they hated him for it. Between assertions of “fake news” and claims of their agenda-driven reporting being the “enemy of the state,” many on the Left lambasted Trump’s criticisms as a threat to democracy.

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