True bias of USA press is neither left not right but elite centrist. Things loved by elite centrists (forever wars, deficit reduction, anti-inflation policies, "bipartisan compromise") are treated as if they are naturally right and good, rather than debatable policy choices.
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Biden benefitted from centrist bias of press as long as he was seen as alternative to threatening insurgent forces (Sanders) or anti-system demagoguery (Trump). But as Biden pushes against centrist preferences, he's now himself a target.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
and a bias to the cultural left, which is different than this. almost no journalists are religious or socially conservative, but that describes a large minority of the country
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Right, it's a very specific set of beliefs -- hawkish on foreign policy, corporatist on economics, libertarian on social policy -- that has no real political puchase except among elite.
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