{"id":2174581,"date":"2024-02-12T18:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T23:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-rooted-in-science-media-wont-judge-bidens-brain-after-throwing-the-dsm-5-at-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T18:55:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T23:55:01","slug":"not-rooted-in-science-media-wont-judge-bidens-brain-after-throwing-the-dsm-5-at-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-rooted-in-science-media-wont-judge-bidens-brain-after-throwing-the-dsm-5-at-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Media won&#8217;t assess Biden&#8217;s brain scientifically, unlike their approach with Trump and the DSM-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fnot-rooted-in-science-media-wont-judge-bidens-brain-after-throwing-the-dsm-5-at-trump%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=2174581&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--><h2>The \u2064Media&#8217;s Changing Narrative on Presidential Memory<\/h2>\n<p>The initial news coverage of last week&#8217;s \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-fbi-official-violated-policy-accepted-dinners-and-black-tie-event-invitations-from-media\/\" title=\"Senior FBI Official Violated Policy, Accepted Dinners And Black-Tie Event Invitations From Media\">special counsel report<\/a>, which described President\u200d Joe Biden \u200cas an &#8220;elderly man\u200c with a poor memory,&#8221; was harsh.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Special counsel report paints scathing picture of Biden&#8217;s memory,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/02\/08\/biden-memory-special-counsel-report-robert-hur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blared<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.\u200c &#8220;Biden mixes up presidents of Mexico and Egypt in speech\u2062 defending memory,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/video\/2024\/feb\/09\/israeli-offensive-on-gaza-over-the-top-says-biden-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a> the <em>Guardian<\/em>. The <em>Atlantic<\/em>&#8216;s Helen Lewis\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2024\/02\/biden-age-special-counsel\/677399\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> Biden should step aside and let Democrats nominate for president someone who is &#8220;able to finish\u2063 a \u2064sentence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/amp\/rcna138123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reprimand<\/a> from the \u200dWhite House, the\u200c media appeared chastened. Pundits <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/178924\/partisan-hit-job-legal-experts-slam-special-counsel-biden-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disparaged<\/a> the special counsel, Robert Hur,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TVNewsNow\/status\/1755851651028590899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> \u2062 Biden&#8217;s critics \u2062of ageism, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2024-02-09\/joe-biden-donald-trump-nikki-haley-election-2024-age\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insisted<\/a> the president&#8217;s elderliness is &#8220;his\u2063 superpower.&#8221; At the same time, experts emerged to explain that it&#8217;s impossible \u200bto assess Biden&#8217;s mental acuity from afar and, anyway, everyone forgets things and Biden&#8217;s critics are ageist.<\/p>\n<p>It was a sharp change from the standard of a few years ago, when the media helped to diagnose then-president Donald Trump with all kinds of disqualifying brain problems. Journalists matched Trump to various entries in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth \u200cEdition,\u2063 neurological disorders, and whatever Hitler had.<\/p>\n<h3>Expert Opinions on Biden&#8217;s Memory<\/h3>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Questions about President Biden&#8217;s\u200d memory touch \u200boff debate about age, \u2064mental fitness,&#8221; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/president-bidens-memory-debate-about-mental-fitness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, Feb. 9:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Massachusetts General Hospital neurologist Bruce Price said\u200c forgetting names is not necessarily a sign of a serious cognitive problem. &#8220;It&#8217;s\u200d probably a sign of being in overwhelm,&#8221; Price said.\u200b &#8220;Don&#8217;t we all have, if you will, an acquired attention deficit disorder, 10 balls in \u200cthe \u2062air at any given moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He co-founded\u2063 a research\u2064 group called the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior. &#8220;There are some benefits to normal aging,&#8221; he said. &#8220;A subset\u2064 of people will have wisdom based upon their experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;What is a typical degree of cognitive ability for a person in their 80s?&#8221; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/09\/health\/cognitive-ability-age\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, Feb. 9:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n[Western University Communications Professor Angela]  Roberts described the report&#8217;s claims as &#8220;very troubling&#8221; and not rooted in science.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not the comments I have\u200c concern with; it&#8217;s the attributing\u200b it to age and what that \u2063does from \u2063an ageist perspective in society,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She also said that \u200ctrouble with word \u2063recall is not \u200bautomatically indicative \u2064of memory\u2062 problems.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Memory Loss Requires Careful Diagnosis, \u2064Scientists Say,&#8221; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/09\/health\/biden-memory-doj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, Feb. 9:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>But while [Hur&#8217;s] report disparaged Mr. Biden&#8217;s mental health, medical experts on Friday noted that its judgments were not based on science and that its methods bore no resemblance to those that doctors use to assess possible cognitive impairment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;How your memory really\u200d works, and how it changes as you age,&#8221; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2024\/02\/10\/memory-lapses-brain-biden-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, Feb. 10:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Experts agree. Memory, no \u200bmatter what your age, is fallible and malleable. Our brain\u200b processes incalculable amounts of information at \u200ba given time, and there&#8217;s simply not \u200droom for all of it to \u200cbe stored.\u200c And surprisingly, the act of forgetting is an important aspect of memory.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Verbal gaffe or sign of trouble? Mixing up names like Biden and Trump have \u2063done is pretty common,&#8221; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-trump-age-concerns-analysis-verbal-gaffes-66c361880c9365b4d75ee82a8acced1b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, Feb. 10:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Any parent who&#8217;s ever called one of their children by the other&#8217;s name\u2014or even the family pet&#8217;s name\u2014likely could empathize when President Joe Biden mixed up \u2063the names of French\u200b leaders Macron and Mitterrand. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Health experts caution that neither verbal gaffes nor a lawyer&#8217;s opinions can reveal whether someone is having cognitive trouble. That takes\u200b medical testing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;As Biden&#8217;s memory issues draw \u200cattention, neurologists weigh in,&#8221; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/bidens-memory-issues-draw-attention-neurologists-weigh-rcna138135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC \u2063News<\/a>, Feb. 10:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Forgetting the names of\u200c acquaintances or having difficulty remembering dates from \u200dthe\u2062 past doesn&#8217;t affect decision-making or judgment, brain experts say.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Double Standard: Trump&#8217;s Mental Health<\/h3>\n<p><strong>FLASHBACK: <\/strong>Even before Trump was elected, journalists started lining up experts to explain how his brain was dangerously broken.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Donald Trump: Sociopath?&#8221;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2016\/07\/trump-and-sociopathy\/491966\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Atlantic<\/em><\/a>, July 20, 2016:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The\u2062 stakes are high. Tony Schwartz, the writer of \u2063the best-selling[Trumpautobiography[Trumpautobiography<em>The Art of the Deal<\/em>], said\u200d that he &#8220;genuinely believe[s] that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes, there is an excellent\u200b possibility it will lead \u2062to the end of civilization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Is Trump mentally ill? Or is America? Psychiatrists weigh in,&#8221; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/book-party\/wp\/2017\/09\/22\/is-trump-mentally-ill-or-is-america-psychiatrists-weigh-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, Sept. 22, 2017:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Now, some psychiatrists and other mental-health\u2064 professionals are shedding long-held norms to \u2063argue that Trump&#8217;s condition presents risks to the nation and the world. &#8220;The Dangerous \u2064Case of Donald Trump&#8221; features more than two dozen essays breaking down the president&#8217;s perceived traits, which the contributors find consistent with symptoms of narcissistic personality\u2062 disorder, sociopathy and\u2064 other maladies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;How Anti-Trump Psychiatrists Are\u200b Mobilizing Behind the Twenty-Fifth Amendment,&#8221;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/how-anti-trump-psychiatrists-are-mobilizing-behind-the-twenty-fifth-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New Yorker<\/em><\/a>, Oct. 16, 2017:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The removal of Trump using the Twenty-fifth \u2064Amendment is \u2064the aim of a newly launched social movement\u2062 composed of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/victims-blame-soros-backed-prosecutors-for-crime-wave-in-u-s-cities\/\" title=\"Victims Blame Soros-Backed Prosecutors for Crime Wave in U.S. Cities\">mental-health professionals<\/a>. \u2064The group, called Duty To Warn, claims that Donald Trump &#8220;suffers\u200b from an incurable \u2062malignant narcissism that makes him incapable of carrying out his presidential duties and poses a danger to the nation.&#8221; On Saturday, the organization held coordinated kickoff \u2064events in\u2064 fourteen cities, where mental-health experts spoke\u2064 out about Trump&#8217;s dangerousness and, in several, took to\u200c the\u200b streets in organized funereal marches, complete with drum corps.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Psychiatrists warn Trump becoming more mentally unstable, putting US, world at &#8216;extreme risk,'&#8221;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/12\/01\/psychiatrists-warn-trump-becoming-more-mentally-unstable.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a>, Dec. 1, 2017:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A Yale University psychiatrist is \u200cwarning that President Donald Trump has become increasingly mentally unstable in recent days, imperiling the United States\u200d and\u200b the rest of the [world].<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Is Something\u2063 Neurologically Wrong With Donald Trump?&#8221;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2018\/01\/trump-cog-decline\/548759\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Atlantic<\/em>,<\/a> Jan. 3, 2018:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to brag in a tweet about the size of his &#8220;nuclear \u200cbutton&#8221; compared \u2063with North \u200dKorea&#8217;s was widely condemned as bellicose and reckless. \u200cThe comments are also part of a larger pattern of odd and\u2063 often alarming behavior for\u2062 a \u200cperson in the nation&#8217;s highest office.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Doctors want President Trump&#8217;s head examined,&#8221;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/01\/13\/health\/trump-mental-health-exam\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, Jan. 16, 2018:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Donald Trump is &#8220;in excellent health,&#8221; White House physician, Dr. Ronny Jackson, said following his physical Friday. \u2063But it&#8217;s\u2062 not clear \u2062whether any mental health \u2062tests were conducted, \u2063despite urging from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-sexual-content-assigned-to-texas-students-dissenting-parents-harassed-with-anti-christiandks\/\" title=\"Graphic Sexual Content Assigned To Texas Students; Dissenting Parents Harassed With Anti-Christian\u2026\u2018D**ks\u2019\u00a0\">mental health professionals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Opinion: Trump Is Mentally Unfit, No Exam Needed,&#8221;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/11\/opinion\/letters\/trump-mental.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, Oct. 11, 2019:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>But, as mental health professionals, we\u2064 have felt a duty to address a public health crisis: a mentally\u200b unfit person in charge of the world&#8217;s most powerful military and its nuclear weapons. We have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kayleigh-mcenany-3-phone-calls-changed-my-life-one-from-a-president-one-from-a-doctor-but-this-was-the-most-important\/\" title=\"Kayleigh McEnany: 3 Phone Calls Changed My Life: One From a President, One From a Doctor but This Was the Most Important\">found ample evidence<\/a> of his instability and \u2064grandiosity in \u200bthe president&#8217;s own words and public \u2062statements, \u2064most recently confirmed in his\u200d referring to &#8220;my great and unmatched wisdom,&#8221; coupled with yet another\u200b threat to &#8220;totally destroy and obliterate&#8221; a foreign country.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump&#8217;s now familiar affinity for violence is manifest in\u200d his verbal threats and his incitement to violence at \u2064his rallies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;350 health professionals sign \u200bletter to Congress claiming\u200c Trump&#8217;s \u200dmental health is deteriorating\u200d dangerously amid impeachment proceedings,&#8221;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/psychiatrists-submit-warning-trumps-mental-health-deteriorating-2019-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Business Insider<\/em><\/a>, Dec. 5, 2019:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n[Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee]  told the <em>Independent<\/em> that Trump appeared to be &#8220;doubling and tripling down on \u2062his delusions,&#8221; based\u200b on his &#8220;ramping up his conspiracy theories&#8221; and &#8220;showing a great deal of cruelty and vindictiveness&#8221; \u200din\u2063 his &#8220;accelerated, \u2062repetitive tweets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that they fit the pattern \u200dof delusions rather than \u2064just plain lies,&#8221; \u2063she said. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>She said &#8220;whenever\u200d the Goldwater \u200drule [which states that psychiatrists should not make public statements about the mental health of public figures unless they have personally examined the figures] is mentioned, we should \u200balso refer to the Declaration of Geneva, established by the\u200d World Medical Association 25 years \u200cearlier, which mandates physicians to speak up if \u200cthere are humanitarian reasons to do so. This Declaration was created in response to the experience of Nazism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>FLASH-FORWARD: <\/strong>Notably, even as the media defended Biden&#8217;s mental acuity, the new consensus\u2062 appeared to be that Trump looks sharp by comparison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Biden and Trump are both old. So\u200b why are voters keying in on only one of them?&#8221; \u2063 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/biden-trump-old-voters-age-issue-rcna104316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>, Sept. 15:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Trump is \u200cno spring chicken either. In fact, \u2064he&#8217;s just three years younger than\u200b Biden. But he&#8217;s not facing\u2062 nearly the same scrutiny for his age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trump just comes off \u200das a much younger person,&#8221; said Renee King, a two-time Trump voter in Mondamin, Iowa, who is undecided for 2024. (King declined to give her age.) &#8220;Just the way he speaks, the way he walks. Just everything he does.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Biden&#8217;s Age Is Now Unavoidable,&#8221;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2024\/02\/biden-age-special-counsel\/677399\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Atlantic<\/em><\/a>, \u200dFeb. 8:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s likely Republican opponent, Donald Trump, a mere debutant at 77, is possessed \u200cwith a bronzed,\u200c demonic energy that makes\u200b him seem vigorously alive, even when his \u200cwords make no sense. Joe Biden looks like he is turning into a statue of Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Why the Age\u200d Issue Is Hurting Biden So Much More Than Trump,&#8221;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/10\/us\/politics\/biden-trump-aging.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, Feb. 10:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Trump, by contrast, does not appear \u2062to be suffering the effects of time in\u2063 such visible ways. Mr. Trump\u2063 often dyes his hair and appears unnaturally tan. \u200dHe \u200dis heavyset and tall, and he\u2062 uses his physicality to project strength in front of crowds. When \u200dhe takes the stage at rallies, he basks in adulation for several minutes, dancing to an opening song, and then holds forth in speeches replete with macho rhetoric and \u200cbombast that\u2062 typically last well over\u200d an hour, \u2064a display of stamina.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the potential implications\u200d of the media&#8217;s shifting narrative \u200con presidential mental health?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ked positively youthful\u2062 and mentally \u2064sharp\u2062 compared to the\u200d current president. News outlets such as the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, <em>New York Times<\/em>, and <em>CNN<\/em> \u2064published articles\u200b highlighting Trump&#8217;s mental stability and\u200c fitness during his time in \u200doffice. The shifting narrative surrounding both Biden and Trump&#8217;s mental health\u2064 raises questions about the media&#8217;s role\u2064 in shaping public perception and the potential bias that may \u2062exist in their reporting.<\/p>\n<p>The media&#8217;s initial harsh coverage of Biden&#8217;s memory issues in the aftermath of the special counsel report drew criticism for potentially being\u2062 ageist. Experts, including neurologists \u2062and communication professors, weighed in\u2062 to explain that forgetting names or having trouble with word recall does not necessarily indicate a\u200d serious cognitive problem, especially in older individuals. They emphasized that memory lapses are \u200ccommon and do not impair decision-making or judgment. The media&#8217;s turnaround \u200cafter the White House reprimand, defending Biden&#8217;s mental acuity and criticizing the special counsel, suggests a\u2064 change in narrative driven by external pressure rather than objective reporting.<\/p>\n<p>This\u200c contrasting treatment of Biden&#8217;s memory issues with the media&#8217;s coverage of Trump&#8217;s mental health raises concerns about \u200da double standard. In the\u2062 past, journalists seemingly diagnosed Trump with various mental disorders based on observations of\u2063 his behavior and statements. Psychiatrists and mental health professionals openly questioned Trump&#8217;s \u200dmental stability and called for his\u2062 removal from office using the\u2064 Twenty-fifth Amendment. The media&#8217;s willingness \u2064to entertain such claims and amplify them\u2063 through headlines and articles suggests a\u2064 bias in their reporting.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2064 bias is evident in the language used in articles about Trump, with descriptions \u2063such as &#8220;dangerously \u2062broken,&#8221; &#8220;mentally ill,&#8221; and &#8220;unfit&#8221; prominently featured. The \u200dfocus on Trump&#8217;s mental health and the \u2063numerous experts enlisted to support these claims contributed to a narrative that portrayed him as a threat to the nation and the world. In contrast, the media&#8217;s defense of Biden&#8217;s memory issues followed a more favorable tone, \u2063highlighting the opinions \u2063of medical experts who downplayed the significance of his forgetfulness.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c media&#8217;s changing narrative on presidential memory underscores the importance\u200b of\u200d critical analysis in\u2064 consuming news. \u2063It is crucial to be aware of\u200d potential biases in reporting and to consider the motivations behind certain narratives. As consumers of news, \u2062we should strive for an objective understanding of the facts and be vigilant in questioning the media&#8217;s portrayal of \u200cpublic\u2062 figures, particularly when it comes \u2064to their mental health. Only through a\u200c discerning and informed \u200dapproach can we truly separate fact from\u2063 fiction in the media landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initial coverage of the special counsel report on President Joe Biden&#8217;s memory was critical. Headlines like &#8220;Biden&#8217;s memory portrayed harshly in special counsel report&#8221; from the Washington Post and &#8220;Biden&#8217;s memory questioned after mixing up presidents in speech&#8221; by the Guardian highlighted the report&#8217;s scathing portrayal. 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