The mainstream media is slightly shifting its position on Kennedy, away from smug condescension towards a begrudging that he’s starting to enjoy significant public support. From Mark Crispin Miller at theburningplatform.com:
Two pieces, out today, signal a revised position on that candidate—and, inadvertently, affirm his honesty, and the intelligence and common sense of many in this country
As “Joe Biden” keeps on falling down, along with his poll numbers, “our free press” is, apparently, revising its position on the Kennedy campaign. Since April 19, when he announced that he was running, until this week, the US press unanimously jeered it as a crackpot “long shot bid” to oust good old “Joe Biden” from the Oval Office. That smugness seems now to be giving way to an uneasy recognition—and admission—that Kennedy’s campaign may not be such a “long shot” after all.
I base this assessment on two fretful pieces that came out this morning, in The Hill and on Yahoo! News (in both of which I’ve bolded the most telling bits):
RFK Jr.’s rising profile sparks Democratic jitters
by Hanna Trudo
June 7, 2023
Democrats are growing concerned that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s profile is rising just as President Biden embarks on a challenging campaign to keep the White House out of Republican control.
