You can’t make this up. The Associated Press ran a story and headline trying to minimize Joe Biden’s obvious cognitive decline. They couldn’t go full fiction, since we all saw what we saw.
Instead, AP wrote a now classic headline: Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful:
President Joe Biden’s conduct behind closed doors, in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and in meetings around the world is described in the same dual way by those who regularly see him in action.He is often sharp and focused. But he also has moments, particularly later in the evening, when his thoughts seem jumbled and he trails off mid-sentence or seems confused. Sometimes he doesn’t grasp the finer points of policy details. He occasionally forgets people’s names, stares blankly and moves slowly around the room.Biden’s occasional struggles with focus may not be unusual for someone his age. But at 81 years old and seeking another four years in the White House, the moments when he’s off his game have taken on a fresh resonance following his disastrous debate performance against Republican Donald Trump. The president appeared pale, gave nonsensical answers, stared blankly and lost his train of thought.
The body of the article practically screams out for invoking the 25th Amendment because a president fading in and out is a national security threat, but that headline is reminiscent of CNN’s “fiery, but mostly peaceful” chyron during the BLM riots in Kenosha, WI, after the Jacob Blake shooting.
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