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By Santul Nerkar
This article is part of Media Bubbles, a regular article examining how other news and opinion outlets (big, small, and component) are covering the 2024 presidential election.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘s decision to suspend his presidential crusade and former President Donald J. Trump was, depending on where you were coming from, either with open joy or derision. Conservative sites focused primarily on the potential electoral boon for Trump, while liberal media focused more on Kennedy’s dysfunctional crusade, adding review of several negative stories.
Kennedy announced Friday that he would suspend his presidential campaign in key battleground states, though he intended to remain on the ballot in some states. He hinted that he feared his presence in the race would alienate the electorate from other candidates, even if they were recent. The polls were unclear who could gain advantages from Kennedy.
Conservative sites, more than a dozen of which featured news prominently on their homepages, saw the news as a victory for Mr. Kennedy and through diverting Americans’ attention from this week’s Democratic National Convention.
The liberal media described Mr. Kennedy’s resolution as self-serving and in line with his unpredictable campaign. Several referenced Kennedy’s claim that Trump had offered him a role in Trump’s second administration, which the former president declined to verify on Friday. The sites referred to him with words like “power-hungry” and “transactional. “
Here’s how the news was covered through a variety of media:
Although polls recommend that Kennedy is unlikely to particularly tighten the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump, many conservative commentators have said the resolution could simply change the race. Ben Shapiro, editor of the Daily Wire, said in a live broadcast broadcast after Kennedy suspended his campaign that the announcement, made during a speech in Phoenix, could simply “overshadow” the positive effect of the Democratic National Convention on Mrs. . Harris.
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