MSNBC’s host Yamiche Alcindor used her segment to attack Trump for getting the virus and said that it was different from when Biden caught it. Okay. Whatever that means.
“Let’s remember his predecessor took off his mask, even though he was sort of in the period where he could have possibly infected other people,” said Alcindor while discussing Biden’s prognosis on her show.
NBC's @Yamiche Alcindor on Biden testing positive: "Let’s remember his predecessor took off his mask, even though he was sort of in the period where he could have possibly infected other people." pic.twitter.com/IzR89TVV7E
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 21, 2022
That’s funny, though. The media did go AWOL when Trump tweeted something optimistic about the virus.
SUPERCUT!
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 5, 2020
Media lose their shit over Trump's optimistic Covid tweet pic.twitter.com/SmLHHggZlW
On top of that, Biden was seen without a mask in Somerset, Massachusetts during the timeline when we know he likely had the disease.
Biden: "I and so many other people I grew up with have cancer." pic.twitter.com/TUiBZJqbBR
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 20, 2022
Somehow, Democrat politicians spread the disease differently than Republicans.
White House correspondent for Fox News Jacqui Heinrich tweeted out a list of those in contact with the president and said that Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Ed Markey were both on the plane. They are both over the age of 70.
Among those who flew with POTUS on AF1 yesterday: Sen Elizabeth Warren (73) and Sen Ed Markey (76) pic.twitter.com/YWqwPMOn5Q
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) July 21, 2022
Biden also put out a video while mask-less the same morning it was reported that he tested positive for the disease.
An update from me: pic.twitter.com/L2oCR0uUTu
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 21, 2022
We know that the media treated Trump differently during his presidency. They even admitted to that. In October 2017, a Pew Research study found that the media judged Trump much harsher than they did previous presidents.
The only virus that seems to have been caught by the media is the virus of partisanship. They really showed their true colors in their coverage of Biden catching the disease and Trump. Do you watch MSNBC? Let us know in the comments.