All About the Semantics

 I am not writing about politics, not directly anyway. There will always be the Right and the Left, and that's an integral part of the game, a rancorous game, but let's leave it at that.

   I will restict my remarks here to the conveyors  of what we like  to consider the impartial reports  from the media and purported allies who have bowed down and sold out to the forces of big brotherism combined with personal greed and ambition. 

  As stated, "I have come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." Let's not try to compare two debaters who performed in completely different methodologies. The reporters and observers seem to have arrived at one of the most popular assessments ever realized, in the form of condemning Biden's input. It even seems as if  a number of the conclusions drawn were formulated prior to the debate. Ready, set, go. The proverbial snowball gathers steam as it careens down the slope to its final resting place amongst popular, albeit spoonfed, opinion. Inundating the public with the "If it bleeds it leads" mantra may be news-pimping, but it sells. Concentrate on a single theme, the more sensational and easier to define the better.

 Today I read an article by one of the formerly onboard Media purge  refer to "Biden's shaky debate performance." This is honestly the first time I recall seeing or hearing any descriptor  but the Disastrous debate. And here is my point:

   I have spent many years as an editor, item, report and article writer, and reviewer of essays and applications and communications and submissions at the high school, college and professional levels. I humbly say I had high efficiency and success ratings for my efforts.

 I watched/ listened to the presidential  debate. It is true I didn't pay rapt attention so may have missed something. My overall impression was one of finding it rather boring. Yes, Biden's voice was weak and raspy, but aside from a "name-flub" or two, I would not have rated his performance anywhere near a disaster. If I were to assign a letter grade, probably a "C." Or maybe C-

But his opponent is hereby warned not to rest on his debate laurels, flawed as they were. Now that Biden is out of the picture, the media (specific and wholesale) jackals are on a single-minded pursuit of the fresh blood that they previously overlooked. Left wing, Right wing, mainstream, or specialty, they all recognize the importance of presenting a single issue to their audiences---the more gruesome the better.