Joe Biden's withdrawal puts the spotlight back on Kamala and the USA's complicated relationship on race and gender

What impacts, if any, does it have on New Zealand?

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Coverage

This morning, US President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the Presidential race. And that is genuinely newsworthy. Thanks for your service, President Biden, and all the best to you and yours.

However, the media in New Zealand, particularly the 1News nightly bulletin, has been breathlessly covering Trump for days now, devoting significant portions of bulletin time to Trump’s speeches and/or Biden’s senility.

Why?

Not ‘why’ as in not understanding there is news and ratings value, but ‘why’ as in, there is much more newsworthy news and angles that are of value and import. There are developments right now that impacts our country’s future significantly, and Kiwis can act and assimilate those - rather than a convicted felon’s speeches, and pictures of his adoring fans over 12,500 km away.

I covered the possible reason here, when I pointed out that corporate media is almost invariably owned and/or directed by corporate billionaires. And for many of them, s…