President Joe Biden is officially eliminated from the election contention

[coxchantal8]

We all heard that President Joe Biden is no longer running for President. It was a great 4-year run as a president. It was a historic day.

 

[KeithE4]

He wasn't eliminated. He quit, like LBJ in 1968.

As far as TV coverage went, Fox and NBC were airing regular programming when I turned it on at 1:30 PM PT. ABC covered the story until 2, and CBS stayed with it until 3.

 

[TheBigA]

This is a story that was initiated on social media. No radio or TV announcement. No press conference. No video. No opportunity to do actual journalism with the person involved. People are asking about radio & TV coverage, but to be honest, the subject of the story completely bypassed traditional media. A lot of TV channels are doing ''live breaking news coverage,'' but there's really nothing to cover.

I see a lot of posts here about the future of radio, but what does it say about traditional media when the President of the United States chooses social media as the only way of announcing a major decision?

 

[NYAZSporty]

He wasn't eliminated. He quit, like LBJ in 1968.

As far as TV coverage went, Fox and NBC were airing regular programming when I turned it on at 1:30 PM PT. ABC covered the story until 2, and CBS stayed with it until 3.

Here in Phoenix, KPNX (NBC) since leaving the Brickyard 400, before it actually ended wanting to get ET/CT straight to news, has been covering the local aspect of the Biden news with Jonathan McCall & political analyst Brahm Resnik as well as local politicians coming on. KPHO (CBS) & KNXV (ABC) took a break since their network's coverage ended, but are now showing the primetime live specials that are airing, makes sense especially for CBS with the 2nd half of Face The Nation scheduled to air at 4:30. And of course, they're doing this while there's a Dust Storm warning in effect for the area!!

 

[PTBoardOp93]

I see a lot of posts here about the future of radio, but what does it say about traditional media when the President of the United States chooses social media as the only way of announcing a major decision?

Not just the President of the United States.
You may recall Buckingham Palace announced the death of Her Majesty the Queen first on Twitter. The Beeb wasn't far behind, but they were behind.

 

[tbolt909]

This is a story that was initiated on social media. No radio or TV announcement. No press conference. No video. No opportunity to do actual journalism with the person involved. People are asking about radio & TV coverage, but to be honest, the subject of the story completely bypassed traditional media. A lot of TV channels are doing ''live breaking news coverage,'' but there's really nothing to cover.

I see a lot of posts here about the future of radio, but what does it say about traditional media when the President of the United States chooses social media as the only way of announcing a major decision?

Nevertheless, there is plenty to cover. It's obviously a major story. Biden has chosen not to seek another term as President. The pundits will unpack the whys and wherefores for several months.

Unfortunately, the days of Walter Cronkite are long gone.
What we have now is quite inferior...

 

[Mark Roberts]

I see a lot of posts here about the future of radio, but what does it say about traditional media when the President of the United States chooses social media as the only way of announcing a major decision?

It means the concept of "free media" - as in getting coverage gratis in return for giving up some control over the message - is less relevant and needs to be deployed less often. It hasn't disappeared altogether, because the traditional media still have the patina of added credibility, though even that isn't a widely held perception any more.

There is a logistical consideration in this case: the man is getting over Covid. So it's not like he should be having a news conference in an indoor space anyway.

If I were a cynical person, heaven forbid, I would also say this was a great way for Biden to annoy the star reporters of the traditional media (especially print), some of whom had appeared to be campaigning to have him off the ticket, who then suddenly found that they had to give up their Sunday to cover the story. Moreover, the decision came after the Sunday morning talk shows, thus meaning more work in rounding up the talking heads. (Not to be confused with the Tom-Tom Club and Wordy Rappinghood.) Biden's relations with the traditional media have been rockier than some people realize, dating back to his first presidential campaign and the accusations that he engaged in plagiarism. And now, he bypassed all that. Even if Twitter/X is less relevant than it was before Musk started Musking around with it, it still seems to be pretty powerful.

It will be interesting to see if the traditional media start asking whether Trump is too old to be president again. I'm already seeing that question on the socials.

 

[tbolt909]

The title of this thread is ridiculous. It sounds like "Biden was eliminated from NFL playoff contention". The President has chosen not to seek a second term. Lyndon Johnson did this in 1968. The circumstances were different, but this is similar.

Now might be a good time for the media to suggest that no one over age 70 should be eligible to run for President...

 

[gr8oldies]

This is a story that was initiated on social media. No radio or TV announcement. No press conference. No video. No opportunity to do actual journalism with the person involved. People are asking about radio & TV coverage, but to be honest, the subject of the story completely bypassed traditional media. A lot of TV channels are doing ''live breaking news coverage,'' but there's really nothing to cover.

I see a lot of posts here about the future of radio, but what does it say about traditional media when the President of the United States chooses social media as the only way of announcing a major decision?

Interesting point. I also thought about News/Talkers running reruns of syndicated programming that was all suddenly outdated.

 

[Mark Roberts]

The title of this thread is ridiculous. It sounds like "Biden was eliminated from NFL playoff contention". The President has chosen not to seek a second term. Lyndon Johnson did this in 1968. The circumstances were different, but this is similar.

An interesting parallel that I saw on one of the mainstream sites (possibly Politico) was in regard to Tom Eagleton's exit from the Democratic ticket as VP (George McGovern was the presidential candidate) in 1972. That was announced on July 31, even later in the campaign than Biden's decision. (LBJ made his announcement in January 1968, kicking off a turbulent year, to say the least.) The only good thing to come out of the Eagleton controversy over his medical treatment for depression was that Missouri ended up with an excellent senator for another 14 years. Then he retired, and was a regular political commentator on KSDK(TV) in St. Louis.

 

[KeithE4]

Now might be a good time for the media to suggest that no one over age 70 should be eligible to run for President...

That would require a Constitutional amendment. No way would 2/3 of both houses of Congress agree to it. Nor would 38 states agree to ratify it.

 

[Mark Roberts]

Interesting point. I also thought about News/Talkers running reruns of syndicated programming that was all suddenly outdated.

I didn't even bother to listen to the ones in Denver. It all would have been secondhand material anyway, and the ideological perspectives of the stations here range from R to R.

 

[NYAZSporty]

Here in Phoenix, KPNX (NBC) since leaving the Brickyard 400, before it actually ended wanting to get ET/CT straight to news, has been covering the local aspect of the Biden news with Jonathan McCall & political analyst Brahm Resnik as well as local politicians coming on. KPHO (CBS) & KNXV (ABC) took a break since their network's coverage ended, but are now showing the primetime live specials that are airing, makes sense especially for CBS with the 2nd half of Face The Nation scheduled to air at 4:30. And of course, they're doing this while there's a Dust Storm warning in effect for the area!!

KPHO after airing the one-hour primetime CBS Special Report aired only the first half of the special one hour CBS Evening News opting to air local news at 5:30. And ICYW, out West, they are showing 60 Minutes, although assuming the episodes this time of year, despite calling it on listings as "New", it's just a recycling of past stories being shown.

 

[TVCOOL]

That was strange for Biden to announce he isn't running in the election on a Sunday afternoon where most people wouldn't pay attention. Maybe if said announcement was during a weekday maybe more people would've known about it.

 

[tbolt909]

That would require a Constitutional amendment. No way would 2/3 of both houses of Congress agree to it. Nor would 38 states agree to ratify it.

Of course it won't happen. We already know why.

One thing that many media organizations fail to acknowledge is that Polls ARE NOT Votes. People can lie to pollsters or not participate. We are in dangerous times because we already saw what happened in 2020. It's quite grim because we know that one side will never accept election results if it doesn't go their way...

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Yes for the TV Apps I got a notification on Youtube via the major Networks breaking news feed. I got this and live updates from Ap and Reuters over who the candidates for Democrat VP is going to be named in rumors as in this list. Expect the national press to surround multiple state capitals given that the preliminary list for VP candidate includes governors. The California one I am familiar with given that its the home state of the VP and lots of the national press will put lots of attention on Newsom given that he is an ally of the VP going back to the time Newsom was mayor of San Francisco and VP Harris was the San Francisco DA in the 2000's.

 

[gr8oldies]

Talk radio will be lit tomorrow.....not neccesarily in a good way

 

[PTBoardOp93]

The California one I am familiar with given that its the home state of the VP and lots of the national press will put lots of attention on Newsom given that he is an ally of the VP going back to the time Newsom was mayor of San Francisco and VP Harris was the San Francisco DA in the 2000's.

Newsom is not eligible, presuming it is Harris at the top of the ticket. The Constitution states in the 12th Amendment that the President and VP cannot represent the same state. VP Harris currently represents California, and Gov. Newsom is obviously the sitting governor of California.

Theoretically one could establish legal residence somewhere other than California before the date that the electoral college meets in December, but that's unnecessary if they just nominate ... anyone else.

 

[Larry]

Was interesting, when a friend texted me the news I put in the various network news streaming services, ABC News Now was showing this morning’s This Week while showing on approx 1/3 of the screen breaking news text that Biden had dropped out (while the discussion being shown from the morning show clearly predated the announcement)

 

[coxchantal8]

Yes for the TV Apps I got a notification on Youtube via the major Networks breaking news feed. I got this and live updates from Ap and Reuters over who the candidates for Democrat VP is going to be named in rumors as in this list. Expect the national press to surround multiple state capitals given that the preliminary list for VP candidate includes governors. The California one I am familiar with given that its the home state of the VP and lots of the national press will put lots of attention on Newsom given that he is an ally of the VP going back to the time Newsom was mayor of San Francisco and VP Harris was the San Francisco DA in the 2000's.

Michigan governor might be the favor to win the VP nomination.