<p>When President Donald Trump walked slowly down a ramp at West Point in June 2020, CNN <a href="https://archive.org/details/CNNW_20200615_180000_CNN_Newsroom/start/3422/end/3457">told its viewers</a> that "President Trump is facing some new questions about his health after an unsteady walk down a ramp," the New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/14/us/politics/trump-ramp-water-glass-health.html">proclaimed</a> "Trump’s Halting Walk Down Ramp Raises New Health Questions" and the Washington Post offered headlines <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-tries-to-explain-his-slow-and-unsteady-walk-down-a-ramp-at-west-point/2020/06/14/7d89cdf2-ae43-11ea-856d-5054296735e5_story.html">like</a> "Trump tries to explain his slow and unsteady walk down a ramp at West Point" and "‘Like a baby deer on a frozen pond’: Late-night hosts mock Trump over ‘Ramp-gate’." Fox News <a href="https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/summary/summary?d=iatv&t=summary&k=trump+ramp+-%22ramp+up%22+-%22ramps+up%22&ts=custom&sdt=20200613000000&edt=20200620235959&fs=station%3ACNN&fs=station%3AFOXNEWS&fs=station%3AMSNBC&fdn=raw&svt=zoom&svts=zoom&swvt=zoom&ssc=yes&sshc=yes&swc=yes&stcl=yes&c=1">mentioned</a> it twice in the following days, while CNN and MSNBC both mentioned it six times.</p> <p>In contrast, when Biden stumbled several times on the Air Force One stairs on Friday, American media largely <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9381755/Major-media-outlets-shrug-Bidens-stumbles-AF1-steps.html">ignored</a> the event, even as the foreign press <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9381755/Major-media-outlets-shrug-Bidens-stumbles-AF1-steps.html">covered</a> it. The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/biden-air-force-one.html">dismissed</a> it as "Biden is ‘doing 100 percent fine’ after tripping while boarding Air Force One," The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/544050-biden-100-percent-fine-after-stumble-on-air-force-one-steps-aide-says">offered</a> that "Biden '100 percent' fine after stumble on Air Force One steps, aide says" and the Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-stumbles-climbing-stairs-to-air-force-one/2021/03/19/00bf2ac4-88d1-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html">stated</a> only that "Biden stumbles climbing stairs to Air Force One." On television news, neither CNN nor MSNBC mentioned the incident, while Fox mentioned it <a href="https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/summary/summary?d=iatv&t=summary&k=biden+%22air+force+one%22&ts=custom&sdt=20210319160000&edt=20210320120000&fs=station%3ACNN&fs=station%3AFOXNEWS&fs=station%3AMSNBC&fdn=raw&svt=zoom&svts=zoom&swvt=zoom&ssc=yes&sshc=yes&swc=yes&stcl=yes&c=1">16 times</a>.</p> <p><img class="charticle-photo" src="https://assets.realclear.com/images/53/538345.png" border="0" alt="GDELT Project" title="Biden Air Force One" data-width="2000" data-height="930" /></p>