This is rich. We've already covered CNN asking itself the complicated question, why didn't the mainstream media look into President Joe Biden's mental acuity before the debate? The answer seemed to be that because accusations of Biden slipping came from right-wing media, lefty journalists were "turned off" by the story. CNN's Hadas Gold wrote:
The White House press shop has also been very “aggressive” and “fairly successful” in mitigating coverage of concerns over the president’s age, said another White House reporter who works for a different publication.
“[B]erating reporters who bring them reporting about age concerns, bemoaning that it’s all anyone writes about (clearly, it’s not) and often attacking pieces after they run,” the reporter told CNN. “I think that’s left some folks to conclude that these stories are too painful to report or that they should pick their spots more. It’s clear the age stories that have angered the White House (and the liberal Twittersphere) the most.”
Just two weeks ago, the New York Times ran a piece on how Republicans were using deceptively edited videos to make Biden appear old and frail. Then, a day ago, it published a piece on Biden's "lapses," which have increased according to insiders.
New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn put out a statement Wednesday insisting that the Times had documented Biden's age-related challenges in multiple, industry-leading articles:
New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn today sent out a note to staffers that included these thoughts about the newspaper's role in covering Biden's age: pic.twitter.com/aNnTwUwcvD
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) July 3, 2024
The New York Times literally citied videos of Biden freezing up yesterday, that two weeks ago they called misleading cheap fakes. https://t.co/bU1sP5DCUK
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 3, 2024
Lie
— Matt DeLuca (@MattDeLuca) July 3, 2024
So wait…they’re going to gaslight us about having gaslit us. Got it.
— George K. (@snoozealarm13) July 3, 2024
You mean the same New York Times that was just recently dismissing numerous videos of Biden looking lost as cheap fakes? pic.twitter.com/ssVRjd7RrA
— AdamInHTownTX (Not a Neurologist) (@AdamInHTownTX) July 3, 2024
In case that gets cut off, the full Times headline read, "How Misleading Videos Are Trailing Biden as He Battles Age Doubts."
Before:
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) July 3, 2024
The NY Times called this video a “cheap fake” back in June.
Now:
The NY Times cited it in an article as an example of Biden’s cognitive decline.
pic.twitter.com/4617vEykjP
This isn't true.
— Turbulence Modeling (@eskomobar) July 3, 2024
They have no shame, and they have no decency.
— Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) July 3, 2024
March 2024 pic.twitter.com/6YnBtBrG3X
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) July 3, 2024
Well, this is an absolute load of shit.
— Name cannot be blank (@realchrishynes) July 3, 2024
"Jerry, just remember, it's not a lie ... if you believe it."
— Jon Miltimore (@miltimore79) July 3, 2024
-George Castanza pic.twitter.com/v61IyEhrrO
We'll admit, we remember New York Times readers saying they were all canceling their subscriptions in April of 2023 when the New York Times ran a piece on what an 80-year-old's brain is like. So they did publish at least one generic piece about people Biden's age.
“Fact based reporting” yeah right. The media should never be trusted again.
— Kevin (@rocknrollkd) July 3, 2024
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