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I wouldn't say it's astroturfed when people like Adam Schiff are calling on Biden to step aside. I also wouldn't say it's just about the debate as Biden has met with people in congress to try and persuade them that he's the guy and they've come away less than impressed after those meetings.
That's how astroturfing works though. You create false narrative like everyone thinks that until people join through a bandwagon effect.
I was watching the debate and my takeaway was it was a horrible debate, moderators did a horrible job, trump was energetic but was just rambling (especially in the 2nd half), and completely ignored questions asked. Biden was anemic, made some blunders, but at least made sense.
By your definition pretty much everything could be described as astroturfing. I also don't think it's accurate to describe this as a "false narrative" either, you're into "don't believe your lying eyes" territory.
Not everything, astroturfing is creating a fake grassroot movement. This was purely manufactured by media (including left leaning ones) whose owners fear Biden pro middle class policies. They know that Biden doesn't have anything to lose when implementing them like for example tax increases for people making $400,000+. Other, younger candidates are more likely to be more mendable.
I think you're gaslighting a little. Why try and tell people their impression of Biden's debate performance and NATO press conference isn't genuine and instead is "purely manufactured by media"?
That's just not accurate. I know what I saw.
I know what I saw and was surprised by the media coverage, because that was not my impression. I even remember early polls for example one showing that actually he got a good response among Spanish voters.
It also shows this was manufactured as the media completely ignored (very anticipated, as it supposed to unmask "democratic pedophiles") Epstein files.
It was a disaster, an absolutely terrible performance. I don't know what else to tell you.
If you disagree, that's fine but I'd love to know what constitutes a terrible debate performance in your world if you thought that was OK.
I watched the whole debate. It was very painful to watch. Biden barely could finish sentences and trump lied everytime he opened his mouth. Then they started going off about golfing scores. It completely sucked.