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  Fuck Salon for saying this.  There is absolutely a fair comparison.  Comparisons don’t mean things are the same.  It means aspects of things are the same.  I wouldn’t use “like” or “as” to describe twins, because comparisons aren’t needed for things that are clearly identical.
  This do not HAVE to be the same in order to draw comparisons and telling readers not to be annoyed or skeptical of Biden for this is disingenuous and hypocritical. 
  The system clearly needs to be fixed.  Who knows how bad this was under Obama, Bush, Clinton, Carter, Reagan, etc. not to mention the thousands of politicians who probably have classified documents who haven’t been in charge of the executive branch before.
context: Trump broke journalism.
  Well, neoliberal capitalism broke journalism. But Trump exposed the rupture. >
  
  When ratings are the end goal, pushing false equivalencies like this is only natural. >
  
  When there’s no requirement and little consequence to the telling the truth why worry about it. >
  
  Propaganda going overtime on this story... >
  
  Biden pulled over for speeding, “well let me have the ticket and we’ll be on our way.” Trump pulled over for speeding, “they’ll never take me alive!” >
  
  "This is (D)ifferent, Biden has already handed over all the documents!" -reddit after each semi-daily new discovery by authorities >
  
  Ah, misrepresenting the facts I see. It was biden's team who is finding and returning the documents as they find them. It's almost like...they found some, and decided to do a comprehensive sweep over everything to ensure that everything gets returned. >
  
  “It’s okay to steal as long as you put it back when the media finds out you didn’t pay for it.” 
  Literally all I’m hearing. >
  
  This isn't theft, it was a few documents out of many thousands of thousands of documents that got misplaced, this kind of thing happens and they're doing their best to rectify the issue. Trump wouldn't return them even after being asked.. multiple times. Your theft analogy is dumb. >
  
  Also trump shipped them out of the White House and had means and motive to distribute them for personal gain. He also STILL has classified material. Not apples to apples even a little. >
  
  The media isn't falling into a trap, they're willing participants in the scam. >
  
  Worse than that, their knee-jerk reactions are the sole reason the Right creates these fake scandals. They know the "papers" will write it up as if they had been told to directly by Rupert Murdoch or Vladimir Putin's chef. >
  
  Bush Jr. and Obama almost certainly have docs laying around somewhere unknowingly. The issue with Trump is that he was deliberately stealing these from NARA. >
  
  The Ex-presidents get a government staff, and Archives staff and a Library staff. Likely everything that Bush or Obama had was taken to safe locations, except for a limited amount of personal stuff.
  Ex Vice Presidents are largely on their own. >
  
  That doesn't account for the classified documents he had that were dated to his senator days. >
  
  What a lousy article. The first four paragraphs are a pointless personal story just wasting space for no purpose. Then the article doesn't list a single example of a media outlet equivocating the two cases. The only evidence provided is an anecdote from one of their own columnists. Also I dislike this comment:
  
  some leading Democrats are choosing to advance the narrative about the classified documents, undermining their own president. 
  
  No, they're worried Biden's mistakes are going to hurt the party's chances in 2024. That's a rightful concern. Just because he's a Dem president doesn't mean the party has to back him all the time. An investigation is at least justified. Also it's rather strange how they link to another Salon article as an example of "leading Democrats." So Salon is just arguing with itself? >
  
  Yeah Salon.com is garbage. Yet somehow their articles always end up on here >
  
  That's because it usually advances the narratives we ant to hear >
  
  Yes - the circumstances are different...  
  But there are valid concerns about the processes and protocols of our institutions - how rules are ignored for power and favors - as well as a general disregard for these programs being shown by... everyone when its convenient.  
  These documents are controlled - to varying degrees - for a reason. If X person has some and they shouldn't, get em back and stop it from happening more. If they have them from GOD DAMNED TEN YEARS AGO we have serious issues with our information and document management processes.  
  I'm - personally - just really tired that America can't seem to do anything remotely close to well or right anymore. Its always someone else's fault, there's never any idea or solutions, and - don't worry - it's not a big deal anyhow.  
  If we're talking the risk of purposeful malfeasance of course the odds are way higher with Trump. But... oh... I'd say its probably just time to fix this shit and make sure it can't happen anymore and - most importantly - stop giving passes to politicians for crimes that would land you or I in jail regardless of how much we "oopsied" it. >
  
  Bingo >
  
  You know it shouldn't be a lure.  The media should be doing the reporting in the proper context and not as a false equivalence.   What they are doing is hyping it up as if this was bigger than taking 350 docs and lying about returning them. >
  
  I’m already over it.
  A special counsel was added, and I will trust their judges >
  
  I agree that we should leave this in the hands of special counsel but that’s not a guarantee that things will be handled correctly,  both republicans and democrats in high positions have been given passes for actions that technically constitute criminal behavior in the past. 
  My concern is that if things come back scot-free then we’re going to hear a lot of outrage from the GOP over “hypocrisy” about Trump.  It doesn’t have to be the same to galvanize them. >
  
  Yo ur e worried about Republicans hypocritically crying foul?
  Bad news for you… >
  
  I don’t care if they do it.  I care if they’re given a reason to on a silver platter. >
  
  You care what the people protecting Lying “George Santos” have to say?
  Can’t be me. >
  
  I understand where you’re coming from but I can’t argue against an argument I haven’t heard yet.  That’s why I want to know. A condemnation or an attempt at justification. >
  
  I don’t think there is going to be a justification for what POTUS did - the report will come back saying “Joe was bad, but did the right thing in the end, not lied to us and forced us to get a warrant. >
  
  There was no "trap."
  Media put the context in the articles, typically closer to the end. They did so knowing that many many people won't read beyond the headlines.
  The GQP-backing media talked about it with no context for the purpose of their target audience.
  Any talk with context to those who need to hear it fell on deaf ears.
  And the thing is - it is all business as usual. The systems are DESIGNED to give false equivalences and even bias the GQP.
  It is good to point out the false equivalence in the headlines, but it still fails to recognize how this is all by design rather than some clever play. >
  
  If you read between the lines, in the end this benefits Biden and the Democratic party line in '24, in that it brings Trump back from oblivion. 
  If Trump survives to the primaries, then the Democrats win against him in '24. He doesn't have a prayer of winning a third election, he already lost the previous two (popular vote) and lost the GOP every consecutive midterm since he entered politics.
  The media false equivalency was predictable, and it effectively neuters the documents issue for Trump -- which keeps Trump alive long enough to drag down the Republicans in '24 -- and that's why this is happening. They don't want Trump cratering too early.
  The Democrats have planted this nothingburger scandal knowing how the media would cover it, and knowing how it would benefit their erstwhile preferred opponent, Donald J. Trump. >
  
  This post isn't aging well.....
  News breaking as we speak as of 7:30pm, the DOJ searched Bidens home and found a 4th batch of documents.
  Of course, no ones using the language of 'Raided Bidens home', but nonethelss.... >
  
  I feel like its not really working though, I see so few people outside the hardcore morons eating it up. Its being overshadowed by this endless george santos circus. >
  
  Establishment media trying really hard to tell you not to believe the obvious. Lol >
  
  When our side does it then its all good. >
  
  You guys are blind if you don’t see that the powers at be, the same ones who got this guy in, now want him out. >
  
  In general, the National archive needs to do it’s job of identifying who still has files checked out. 
  I wouldn’t be surprised at this point if you search  all former Congress people’s homes and found something their system seems to be such a mess