Pardon me if I laugh when reporters tout that some politician they like is posing as being “above the fray.” This fray is something reporters usually force politicians to confront. If politicians are effortlessly floating above it, reporters are allowing it.
The day House Democrats forced through a very rushed second impeachment of President Donald Trump, a New York Times front-page headline below the fold read, “Biden Stays Above the Fray To Focus on Mounting Crises.”
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