This makes me furious. Excellent piece, Don.

Meanwhile on cable news, a study published this week by Media Matters found that in the week after Biden announced he would seek a second term, CNN, Fox, and MSNBC talked about his age in negative terms 588 times, while mentioning the age of Donald Trump, only three years younger than Biden, 72 times.
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This makes me furious. Excellent piece, Don.
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