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The respondent criticizes how media coverage of Trump and his allies sometimes backfired, inadvertently boosting his support. The intense focus on scrutinizing Trump’s actions, especially allegations of misconduct, was argued to have helped him politically by polarizing the public and highlighting perceived media bias.
An illustrative example involves allegations against President Biden concerning the use of an auto pen for routine presidency correspondence. The respondent suggests that the media’s portrayal of this as a scandal was misleading and hypocritical—writing as if it were a major controversy when, in reality, it was routine and non-issue.