Biden’s January 6th speech is bigger than the ‘horserace’. Can the media say that? | Margaret Sullivan

The president's speech this Saturday will be about the future of democracy - yet the press seems reluctant to make that clear

When Joe Biden talks on Saturday about US democracy on the brink, there's no doubt that it will be a campaign speech. Maybe the most important one of his life.

But the speech will be more than that. It's intended as a warning and a red alert, delivered on the anniversary of the violent January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist