{"id":2177860,"date":"2024-02-16T08:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/running-cover-for-bidens-senility-is-the-umpteenth-example-of-how-media-interfere-in-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T08:25:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:25:28","slug":"running-cover-for-bidens-senility-is-the-umpteenth-example-of-how-media-interfere-in-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/running-cover-for-bidens-senility-is-the-umpteenth-example-of-how-media-interfere-in-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Interference in Elections: Running Cover for Biden&#8217;s Senility"},"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\">18<\/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%2Frunning-cover-for-bidens-senility-is-the-umpteenth-example-of-how-media-interfere-in-elections%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=2177860&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>Media Cover-Up: Biden&#8217;s Mental Decline Ignored<\/h2>\n<p>In 2020, \u2064corporate media blacked out \u2062coverage of the bombshell Hunter Biden laptop right before the presidential election. After the election,\u200b a survey of Joe Biden \u2064voters in swing states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/rich-noyes\/2020\/11\/24\/special-report-stealing-presidency-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a> that nearly\u2063 half were unaware of the pay-for-play scandal evidenced by the laptop and nearly 1 in 10 said they would have changed their vote if \u2064they had\u200b known about it. That\u2019s \u2063an election-altering percentage of voters.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward \u2063to the present, and \u200d62 percent of voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/bidens-age-fitness-top-list-voters-concerns-poll-finds-rcna137212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">express<\/a> major concerns about Joe Biden&#8217;s mental and physical health for another term. A staggering 89 percent consider\u2063 it\u2064 at least a minor \u200cconcern. Yet, media outlets are urging voters to\u2064 disregard their own observations about Biden&#8217;s suitability for office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1051518568\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ab09bd34f1a29a20e038fffcccf21e0a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ab09bd34f1a29a20e038fffcccf21e0a\"><\/div>\n<p>Even after a special counsel declined to charge \u2062Biden for his apparent crimes relating to classified documents because he deemed the president too senile for a trial, corporate\u200c media \u200bare extending a generous\u2062 double standard to Biden at best and outlandishly\u200d lying for him at worst.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/bidens-memory-issues-draw-attention-neurologists-weigh-rcna138135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited<\/a> &#8220;brain experts&#8221; to assure readers that &#8220;forgetting the\u200d names of acquaintances\u2062 or having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-rooted-in-science-media-wont-judge-bidens-brain-after-throwing-the-dsm-5-at-trump\/\" title=\"Media won't assess Biden's brain scientifically, unlike their approach with Trump and the DSM-5\">difficulty remembering dates<\/a> from \u200dthe past doesn\u2019t affect decision-making\u200d or judgment.&#8221; Then they took things one step further: &#8220;There are cognitive \u200cbenefits that come with\u2063 growing older,&#8221; the paper insisted. &#8220;Mental processes like decision-making and judgment can actually improve with age.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-trump-age-concerns-analysis-verbal-gaffes-66c361880c9365b4d75ee82a8acced1b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">downplayed<\/a> Biden\u2019s apparent case of Alzheimer\u2019s by observing that &#8220;any parent who\u2019s ever called \u200done of their children by the other\u2019s name \u2014 or even \u2064the family pet\u2019s name \u2014 likely could empathize&#8221; with Biden\u2019s clueless verbal fumbles. &#8220;Verbal gaffe or sign of trouble? Mixing\u2063 up\u200c names like Biden \u2064and Trump have done is pretty common,&#8221; the headline insisted.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post got experts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2024\/02\/10\/memory-lapses-brain-biden-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">say<\/a> platitudes like &#8220;An older brain is a\u2064 wiser brain&#8221; and &#8220;We should not be\u200b prejudiced about age,&#8221; as if Biden\u2019s number of years alone\u200c \u2014 and not his repeated, severe symptoms of\u2062 cognitive decline \u2014 are what worry voters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"CFRbVwheclTg3I7Kr5OoNuQZEmWq4a18Adn2kpiHXSBUGM0tJ6Yszfvy\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\uddf5Thread\ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n<p>The media are rushing to defend Biden against allegations that his brain is broken. Perhaps they haven\u2019t \u2063noticed the\u200c president\u2019s mental challenges.<\/p>\n<p>But, boy, did they go after Trump on the same score.\u2063 Do you remember? I do. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FreeBeacon<\/a> \u2935\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iw7GcSb7Vl\">https:\/\/t.co\/iw7GcSb7Vl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden \u200b(@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1757192790407033109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Verbal slips\u200b happen,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/02\/10\/1230591708\/biden-age-special-counsel-report-classified-documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promised<\/a> NPR, suggesting Biden\u2019s slip-ups really aren\u2019t\u2064 a big deal and that they \u200dsimply feed &#8220;into an existing narrative&#8221; perpetuated by\u200b pouncing Republicans.\u200d The networks \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1757267033857589266?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trotted out<\/a> Biden\u2019s Democrat allies to say he is &#8220;sharp, he\u2019s focused, he\u2019s bright,&#8221; he\u2019s &#8220;on top of his game,&#8221; and he &#8220;knows what\u2019s going on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC\u2019s Rachel Maddow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/msnbc-hosts-defend-biden-accuse-special-counsel-sneaking-ageism-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggested<\/a> Biden\u2019s fitness for the presidency is evidenced by the fact that &#8220;he rides a\u200b bike!&#8221; \u2014 even though when Biden\u2062 tried to ride a bike across a crosswalk in summer 2022, he ended up taking an embarrassing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/18\/us\/politics\/biden-falls-bike-rehoboth-beach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Age may just be\u200d a number, but it\u2019s not just about Biden\u2019s age. Anyone who has observed him can tell that the current president is frail, often spatially and mentally confused,\u200b prone to the impatient outbursts of\u200b an elderly man who \u2062has trouble communicating, and carefully controlled by handlers who do their best to keep his flailing public appearances scripted and limited. And while, at four years Biden\u2019s junior, Donald Trump isn\u2019t that much\u2062 younger, voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2023\/11\/06\/us\/trump-biden-times-siena-poll-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">see<\/a> vastly different \u200bpictures of energy, wit, and even physical strength in the two men.<\/p>\n<p>But media outlets \u2064are nevertheless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/08\/politics\/biden-age-concerns-analysis\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">determined<\/a> to &#8220;both sides&#8221; Biden\u2019s senility problems. Voters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/10\/us\/politics\/biden-trump-aging.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggest<\/a> the media, are so dumb they only \u200dsee Biden\u2019s \u2064mental decline as worse than Trump\u2019s because the Republican hides behind things like hair dye\u2062 and a fake tan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-398e55b45f2d982e1c2d49fb15e9518f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-398e55b45f2d982e1c2d49fb15e9518f\"><\/div>\n<p>Those same \u200coutlets, you may recall, published articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/11\/opinion\/letters\/trump-mental.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declaring<\/a> that Trump was &#8220;Mentally Unfit, No Exam Needed&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/think\/opinion\/donald-trump-s-mental-health-becoming-dangerous-medical-experts-weigh-ncna827251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and<\/a> \u200b&#8221;has shown marked signs of\u2064 impairment and psychological disability&#8221; that are &#8220;a danger to us all.&#8221; The New York Times was not writing cautionary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/09\/health\/biden-memory-doj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headlines<\/a> like &#8220;Memory \u200cLoss Requires\u200b Careful Diagnosis, Scientists Say&#8221; when Democrats threatened to use the 25th Amendment against Trump over concerns about his &#8220;mental\u2063 fitness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Any Republican expecting fair and balanced treatment from such \u200boutlets should get back in his time machine and head \u200cback\u200c to never, but the double standard isn\u2019t just a display of political favoritism. It\u2019s an\u200c example of how corporate media outlets work to control the dialogue about candidates, and therefore, how (or whether) you are informed as a \u200cvoter. It\u2019s a truth universally acknowledged in legacy newsrooms at this point that the old standards of \u2064&#8221;objectivity&#8221; don\u2019t apply in \u200cthe face of someone as problematic as Trump \u2014\u200d and they will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/magazine\/2022\/10\/12\/margaret-sullivan-how-media-should-cover-trump-next-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tell you so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2064 will do just about anything to keep you from voting for the scary orange\u2063 man,\u200b up to pushing a concocted hoax <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/18\/spygate-101-a-primer-on-the-russia-collusion-hoaxs-years-long-plot-to-take-down-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smearing<\/a> him as a compromised asset \u200cin cahoots with Russia. Telling you to disbelieve your lying eyes about Biden\u2019s cerebral dehydration? That\u2019s the propaganda junior leagues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4448cfa1d8ae6be7a07688b8cf7705d9 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4448cfa1d8ae6be7a07688b8cf7705d9\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u200b does the media&#8217;s cover-up of Biden&#8217;s mental \u200bdecline impact their credibility and trustworthiness among the American people<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ng\/donald-trump-psychiatrists-psychoastershop-what-calls-say-his-mental-ncna825796&#8243; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;\u200b rel=&#8221;noreferrer noopener&#8221;>(NBC News)<\/a>.\u200d They relied\u200d on \u2064the opinions of mental health professionals who had never personally examined \u200bTrump to declare him mentally unstable and unfit \u200bfor office. Yet, when it\u200c comes to Biden, these same\u200c outlets\u200b dismiss concerns about his mental decline\u200d and accuse those who raise them of \u2064engaging in baseless conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p>The media&#8217;s \u200dbias and selective coverage are clear. They have actively worked to cover up Biden&#8217;s mental \u2064decline and protect him from scrutiny. They are complicit in misleading the \u200dpublic and denying voters \u200bthe right \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">make informed decisions<\/a> about the leader of their country.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2062is \u200cthe duty of the media to \u200chold those in power accountable and provide unbiased reporting. Yet, they have failed\u2064 in their responsibility\u200d to\u200b the American people. By ignoring\u2062 or downplaying Biden&#8217;s mental \u2064decline, they have shown a lack of journalistic integrity and\u2063 become nothing\u200d more than \u2064propaganda machines \u200cfor the political establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Voters deserve transparency and honesty. They have the right to know the truth about their elected officials and make informed\u200b choices based on that knowledge. The media&#8217;s\u2063 cover-up of Biden&#8217;s mental decline is a betrayal of this trust and a disservice to the democratic process.<\/p>\n<p>If the media continues to ignore or\u2062 dismiss concerns about \u200bBiden&#8217;s mental health, they risk further eroding their already dwindling credibility. The American\u2063 people\u2062 are not blind,\u200c and they\u2062 can see through the media&#8217;s attempts to \u2064manipulate the narrative and protect their favored candidate.<\/p>\n<h2>In Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>The media&#8217;s cover-up of Joe Biden&#8217;s mental decline is a blatant disregard for journalistic integrity and a betrayal of the American people. By ignoring or downplaying concerns about Biden&#8217;s fitness for\u2062 office, the media\u200d is misleading voters and denying them the right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-air-fryer-is-spying-on-you-warns-ted-cruz-in-introducing-bipartisan-smart-tech-consumer-privacy-bill\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz warns: Your air fryer spies on you! Introducing a privacy bill to protect consumers from smart tech.\">make informed\u2063 decisions<\/a>. \u200cThis selective coverage is a disservice to the democratic process \u200dand undermines trust in the media. Voters deserve transparency and honesty, and\u2063 it \u200cis \u2063the \u2063media&#8217;s duty to provide unbiased reporting. It is time for \u2062the media to hold Biden accountable and address the\u2062 legitimate \u2063concerns about\u200d his mental and\u2064 physical health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, corporate media ignored the Hunter Biden laptop scandal before the election. A post-election survey revealed that almost half of Joe Biden voters in swing states were unaware of the pay-for-play scandal. 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