‘Reliable Sources’ Panelists Rip Media Colleagues for Being Too Tough on Biden’s Botched Afghan Withdrawal

STELTER I heard complaints ░░░░░░░░ Biden s aides about ░░░░░░░░ And so did Daniel ░░░░░░░░ of HuffPost who wrote ░░░░░░░░ Biden has stuck to ░░░░░░░░ guns while under attack ░░░░░░░░ the press laying out ░░░░░░░░ case for the limits ░░░░░░░░ American military power So ░░░░░░░░ this exactly what anchors ░░░░░░░░ reporters should be doing ░░░░░░░░ the administration accountable or ░░░░░░░░ the coverage been out ░░░░░░░░ proportion out of step ░░░░░░░░ the American public Let ░░░░░░░░ ask two of the ░░░░░░░░ this week Matthew Dowd ░░░░░░░░ ABC News chief political ░░░░░░░░ and former adviser to ░░░░░░░░ Bush Cheney 2004 campaign ░░░░░░░░ Amanda Marcotte senior politics ░░░░░░░░ at Salon com So ░░░░░░░░ Dowd you would describe ░░░░░░░░ media s coverage this ░░░░░░░░ as what DOWD Way ░░░░░░░░ the top and unconnected ░░░░░░░░ a perspective on the ░░░░░░░░ from the beginning They ░░░░░░░░ added more perspective in ░░░░░░░░ final days but from ░░░░░░░░ beginning they didn t ░░░░░░░░ a perspective on it ░░░░░░░░ sense of this is ░░░░░░░░ Biden has done we ░░░░░░░░ judge it by the ░░░░░░░░ of what s happened ░░░░░░░░ not by anecdotes and ░░░░░░░░ the President the press ░░░░░░░░ a tendency to judge ░░░░░░░░ by anecdotes and not ░░░░░░░░ data And the data ░░░░░░░░ the last week shows ░░░░░░░░ Biden has basically gotten ░░░░░░░░ 000 people out of ░░░░░░░░ without a single loss ░░░░░░░░ an American life STELTER ░░░░░░░░ what s your critique ░░░░░░░░ the coverage MARCOTTE I ░░░░░░░░ it s been over ░░░░░░░░ top I think that ░░░░░░░░ were reminded of the ░░░░░░░░ that got us into ░░░░░░░░ of the wars to ░░░░░░░░ with which is there ░░░░░░░░ to be a bias ░░░░░░░░ the press towards military ░░░░░░░░ and I think that ░░░░░░░░ also see why it ░░░░░░░░ so hard for presidents ░░░░░░░░ the past to pull ░░░░░░░░ of Afghanistan They were ░░░░░░░░ of exactly this kind ░░░░░░░░ press overreaction There s ░░░░░░░░ way to surrender leave ░░░░░░░░ whatever you want to ░░░░░░░░ it in a war ░░░░░░░░ things getting ugly And ░░░░░░░░ feel there was something ░░░░░░░░ about expecting anything different ░░░░░░░░ it disappoints me that ░░░░░░░░ press is behaving in ░░░░░░░░ way STELTER But Amanda ░░░░░░░░ role of the press ░░░░░░░░ to challenge the government ░░░░░░░░ t these reporters just ░░░░░░░░ their jobs challenging the ░░░░░░░░ in authority saying why ░░░░░░░░ this go so badly ░░░░░░░░ you know you withdrew ░░░░░░░░ why was it executed ░░░░░░░░ badly?”