> "seems to have completely abandoned any belief in science and civilized discussion and just spouts whatever appeals most to their base."

You could make the same case that "the other side" does same with all the recent attacks on academia, scientists, & celebrities regarding science around genetics, gender, etc

Would that 'science' happen to be the very productive discussion of reminding transgenders of their birth sex every day a la Ben Shapiro?

My comment tried to be clear that I'm not talking about political agitators, please don't make a straw man to detract from main point.

Congratulations, you don't even live here and you've been enlisted to take sides. This is the power of American media. Division is profitable, so we capitalize off of it and drive wedges further and further between people who actually aren't much different.

Are the GOP obstructionist creeps? Yes. But the DNC are only slightly better. Both parties are wings of the Capitalist Imperialist Party, who will stop at nothing to hand control of the country over to banks and corporate interests while creating false divisions over fringe social issues to distract everyone.

"Democracy" at its finest.

The media indeed. It was them who told the GOP to try to put a woman who could not name a single supreme court case one step away from the presidency in 2008. The party of personal responsibility is not personally responsible for being seen as complete insane in sensible countries.

Next time you are flabbergasted upon reading a headline, or seeing an 8 second excerpt - take a moment and view the entire source material. Be it the press briefing, speech, or document. What is often revealed is that the bulk of the content is uneventful and the moment in question is either the result of an unusual sentence structure/pauses, a poorly expressed idea that was revised or clarified in later sentences, or an ad-libbed paraphrase/metaphor/idiom that made more sense considering the surrounding context.

As you see how many flabbergasting moments are not quite as portrayed or are outright constructed, you will understand why articles like the OP are relevant. Selective gotcha reporting is the game, and it is detracting from reporting on the actual policies and failures of the administration.

For example, here is a fact check on the "drink bleach to cure Corona" rumor that you mentioned:

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/11/joe-biden/...