Biden's Race Gaffes Expose Media's Turn from Junkyard Dog to Purse Dog

First, Biden uncorked his anger at being asked about a mental acuity test by suggesting to black CBS reporter Errol Barnett that he should take a drug test to see if he's a "junkie."

Then he told NPR anchor Lulu Garcia-Navarro that unlike the blacks, American Latinos have quite a diversity of thought. Adams said "you would never know from following the news that the former vice president even said something potentially offensive about the black community."

While everything Donald Trump says on racial matters can be wildly played up, Biden is assumed to be a racial liberal in good standing who won this nomination due to black voters who still love Obama. So he was strongly played down:

“Biden draws distinction on Black, Latino political diversity,” reads the headline to the Associated Press’s first and only report on the interview.

Only for a Democrat would a news outlet so willingly bury the lead this deep.

“Biden faces backlash for comparing diversity in African American, Latino communities,” ABC News reported Thursday, choosing inexplicably not to quote anything Biden had said. NBC News similarly downplayed the former vice president’s remarks Thursday with a bland headline that reads, “Biden faces backlash over racial diversity remark.”