{"id":2018288,"date":"2023-08-31T15:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-moves-its-goal-posts-on-senility-from-trashing-trumps-age-to-defending-bidens-decline\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T15:45:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:45:32","slug":"npr-moves-its-goal-posts-on-senility-from-trashing-trumps-age-to-defending-bidens-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-moves-its-goal-posts-on-senility-from-trashing-trumps-age-to-defending-bidens-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR shifts focus from criticizing Trump&#8217;s age to defending Biden&#8217;s decline."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnpr-moves-its-goal-posts-on-senility-from-trashing-trumps-age-to-defending-bidens-decline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>President Joe \u2064Biden&#8217;s Decline: A\u2063 Cause for Concern<\/h2>\n<p>President\u2064 Joe Biden is in severe decline, evidenced by his numerous public falls\u2062 and repeated inability to coherently communicate.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 Democrat\u2019s public displays \u200cof clumsiness \u200dhave left the White House scrambling to cover up his physical and mental incompetencies. Corporate media like NPR, which is known for giving its preferred political\u2064 candidate a boost in\u2064 the 2020 election cycle, are all too happy \u2062to join \u200cin the \u200cfun just in \u200ctime for the 2024 election \u200ccycle.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/08\/31\/1196803354\/biden-air-force-one-short-stairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> from NPR published on\u200b Thursday attempted \u200bto \u2064explain\u200d Biden\u2019s permanent switch from the 18-foot\u2064 staircase traditionally used by presidents boarding Air Force One \u2062to a \u2064smaller set of \u2064steps. The outlet noticed the\u200b change began around the same time Biden fell during his commencement speech at the Air Force Academy\u2062 in June.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Questionable Precautions or Bad Optics?<\/h3>\n<p>NPR\u2064 tried to reassure Americans that their commander in chief, who has suffered several notable spills \u200cin recent months, forgets certain\u2063 people have died, and speaks in lies sprinkled with gibberish, is just taking normal precautions to avoid\u2063 \u201cbad optics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing the safer \u2062stairs is common sense, \u200csays an aging expert,\u201d one of the article\u2019s subheads suggested.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recent presidents mostly used the tall stairs \u2064to enter the iconic aircraft.<\/li>\n<li>Biden&#8217;s \u2064use of short stairs is defended as a procedural decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWhen Biden is asked about\u200d his \u200cage, he often\u2064 says, \u200b\u2018Watch me.&#8217;\u201d Last week, while he was on vacation, he twice went to\u200c pilates and spin classes \u2064at a fitness studio called Pelodog. And then \u2064he boarded Air Force One to return to Washington, using the short stairs,\u201d NPR\u2064 states.<\/p>\n<p>The author even quoted Obama adviser David Axelrod, who said he \u201cisn\u2019t convinced voters will care\u2062 about this,\u201d in an attempt to beef up its case for Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Americans aren\u2019t\u200d buying it. An <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-age-poll-trump-2024-620e0a5cfa0039a6448f607c17c7f23e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press poll<\/a> conducted in early August \u200bfound that 69 \u200dpercent of Democrats and 89 percent of Republicans believe Biden\u2019s age is affecting his ability \u200cto govern. Overall, 77 percent of American adults asserted that the current president is too old to be effective for \u200cfour more years.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Biden\u2019s White House doesn\u2019t even buy Axelrod\u2019s hogwash which is \u200dwhy, \u2064after Americans circulated memes poking fun at the \u200cpresident\u2019s\u200b propensity for plunging shortly\u2062 into his term, the executive \u200bbranch blamed the collapse\u200c on the wind.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking of wind, NPR\u2064 also tried to reduce the stigma about Biden\u2019s short stair stint by \u200cnoting\u200c that Trump also \u2063used them, allegedly \u2062because \u201chis\u200d hair would get messed up\u201d on the big steps.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200bisn\u2019t the first \u2062time NPR or a corporate media outlet defended Biden\u2019s clear decline. \u2062Even\u2063 before\u2063 he was president,\u2064 the propaganda\u2064 press went to bat for Biden\u2019s blunders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Details \u2062Are Irrelevant\u2019:\u200c Biden Says \u2062Verbal Slip-Ups Don\u2019t Undermine His\u200c Judgment,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/09\/02\/756872790\/details-are-irrelevant-biden-says-verbal-slip-ups-don-t-undermine-his-judgment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2017 NPR\u200d article<\/a> headline states.<\/p>\n<p>Thus lies the double \u200dstandard long held by corporate media\u200c on \u200cage and mental\u2063 and \u200dphysical \u200ddeficiency in presidents.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before that, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/02\/17\/514583390\/as-our-leaders-live-longer-calls-for-presidential-dementia-testing-grow-louder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">February 2017<\/a>, NPR suggested Trump should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-white-house-doc-says-incoherent-biden-not-fit-for-president-during-russia-ukraine-crisis\/\" title=\"Obama\u2019s White House Doc Says Incoherent Biden Not Fit for President During Russia-Ukraine Crisis\">undergo cognitive testing<\/a>\u2064 because Alzheimer\u2019s runs in his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 70, Trump is the\u200b oldest American president to ever take office. Couple his age with a family history of dementia \u2014 his father Fred developed Alzheimer\u2019s disease in his 80s \u2014 \u2062and one could argue that the \u2062question of baseline cognitive testing for the U.S. head of\u2062 state has taken on new relevance,\u201d the article\u2019s author \u200cwrote.<\/p>\n<p>The trend of trashing Trump over his age and physical and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-to-save-his-family-one-former-u-s-combat-interpreter-makes-dire-return-to-a-fallen-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Desperate To Save His Family, One Former U.S. Combat Interpreter Makes Dire Return To A Fallen Afghanistan\">mental state continued<\/a> well into his presidency despite the \u2062fact that\u2063 he had not experienced\u200c any \u200csignificant public \u200bdisplays of ineptitude. NPR was one of the outlets that gleefully \u200creported that Yale psychiatry professor Dr. Bandy X. Lee briefed some\u200b members of Congress about Trump\u2019s \u201cmental fitness\u2064 for office, \u200cpointing to his\u2062 unpredictable Twitter\u200b feed, among other indicators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even though he slurred \u200cand stumbled his way into\u200b the White House, corporate media took Biden\u2019s promise \u2064that he\u2063 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-moves-its-goal-posts-on-senility-from-trashing-trumps-age-to-defending-bidens-decline\/\" title=\"NPR shifts focus from criticizing Trump's age to defending Biden's decline.\">receiving consistent cognitive decline\u2064 testing<\/a> as fact. When Biden refused to take a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rachel-maddow-is-losing-it-promotes-insane-new-conspiracy-about-what-trump-will-do-if-elected\/\" title=\"Rachel Maddow's latest conspiracy theory suggests that Trump will engage in outrageous actions if re-elected.\">cognitive\u2062 test<\/a> on the 2020 campaign trail, the press hardly \u2064uttered a word. One ABC\u200d reporter \u200bwent so far as to claim that criticism aimed at Biden\u2019s decline is Russian propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, on the other hand, faced questions and \u200cdoubts from corporate media \u200boutlets like NPR when he declared in 2020 that he \u201caced\u201d his most recent cognitive test. Their speculation on Trump\u2019s competency \u200bfueled Democrat-led discussions on using the \u206225th Amendment to force a transfer of power if Trump died or was ever deemed incapacitated.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was never the mental and physical liability NPR and other \u200coutlets tried to \u2062lead Americans to believe. Biden, whom media like NPR bend over \u2062backward to vindicate,\u200b is a liability. Biden\u2019s mental and physical decline has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-ig-to-review-afghan-refugee-screening-process\/\" title=\"Pentagon IG To Review Afghan Refugee Screening Process\">threatened national security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s declining health is evident through frequent falls and incoherent communication. The White House is struggling to conceal his physical and mental shortcomings, while media outlets like NPR, known for favoring certain candidates, attempt to boost his image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2018289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}