The editorial board at the New York Post is demanding accountability for members of the media who were complicit in the cover-up of Joe Biden’s mental decline. They actually said that these journalists ‘should never live it down.’
It’s a similar message to the one we’ve been hearing from the journalist Mark Halperin, who has repeatedly called this a historic scandal.
Trump recently shared a video showing various Democrats and media figures insisting that Biden was just fine.
This editorial is entirely justified.
From the New York Post:
Journos who joined gaslighting on Biden’s decline should never live it downPresident-elect Donald Trump is forcing the Democratic politicians who spent years lying about President Biden’s senility to take their bitter medicine, but we’re more concerned about the toady media who played along.Trump on Monday posted a video showing clip after cringe-worthy clip of Democratic leaders from Rep. Nancy Pelosi to Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas denying again and again that Biden was mentally and physically deteriorating, claiming he was “sharp,” “on his game,” “focused” and that “his age is an asset.”Every last one deserves scorn, but so do the journalists who not only let these fantastical fibs go unchallenged, but even parroted the lies: Biden was showing no signs of mental decline, they insisted — and it was offensive, ignorant and borderline bigoted to even suggest otherwise.The entire idea that Biden was anything but healthy — virile, even — was treated as a right-wing, tin-foil-hat talking point.The public wasn’t buying it: Back in February, 86% of Americans thought Biden was too old to serve a second term because they had watched his decline happen in real time, and over the course of several years.
Mark Halperin is not letting this go, either. He recently appeared on Newsmax and said that this is going to be a problem for the media until they come clean.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
EMMA RECHENBERG, NEWS NATION: Mark Halperin, political analyst, who’s joined us so much, so often on National Report, and we’re glad to speak with you a final time of the year, Mark. What do you think about this? CBS is finally coming to the realization this was a missed opportunity.MARK HALPERIN: Well, Emma, you’re too young, but shaun isn’t to remember the old V8 ads. I mean, I don’t get it. The press now is, they’re not really acknowledging their role in the cover-up.They’re not acknowledging that the story wasn’t happening on C-SPAN right before everybody’s eyes. And all of a sudden, it’s safe for them to just a little bit say, oh, we kind of missed this story, should have been covered more. I continue to say this is one of the biggest scandals in media history, maybe the biggest in America.And for places like Newsmax, your program, my reporting, I don’t think we deserve a Pulitzer for reporting what we could see publicly. But I do think until the organizations that contributed to the cover-up come clean, they can’t expect to establish any credibility with the broader public.
Watch the clip:
Halperin is right about this but I think he gives the media too much credit. I don’t see how they come back from this without major changes.
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