{"id":2328354,"date":"2024-08-21T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-liberal-wapo-has-to-admit-it-bidens-inner-circle-worked-to-conceal-his-decline\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T12:27:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T16:27:29","slug":"even-liberal-wapo-has-to-admit-it-bidens-inner-circle-worked-to-conceal-his-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-liberal-wapo-has-to-admit-it-bidens-inner-circle-worked-to-conceal-his-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Liberal WaPo Has to Admit It: Biden&#8217;s &#8216;Inner Circle Worked to Conceal His Decline&#8217;"},"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\">30<\/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%2Feven-liberal-wapo-has-to-admit-it-bidens-inner-circle-worked-to-conceal-his-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=2328354&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--><p>The article discusses \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-host-says-democrats-admit-off-air-that-biden-is-too-old-to-run-for-second-term\/\" title=\"MSNBC host claims Democrats privately acknowledge Biden&#039;s age unfit for second term.\">recent opinion \u200bpiece<\/a>\u2062 from The Washington Post that reflects an apparent shift in the newspaper\u2019s\u200b tone regarding President Joe Biden. The piece, titled \u201cBiden\u2019s crowning\u200c moment came before \u2063his Monday\u2064 speech,\u201d\u2062 attempts to praise Biden&#8217;s\u200b contributions but includes stark admissions about\u2062 his \u2064declining \u200dcapabilities\u200d and the decision not to seek \u2063re-election. The editorial\u2063 board acknowledges that Biden\u2019s \u2063inner \u2062circle concealed his decline, suggesting he should have stepped back from politics after the \u200bDemocrats&#8217; success in the 2022 midterms. This critique contrasts sharply \u200cwith the paper\u2019s historically\u2063 favorable \u2064stance toward Biden and highlights a growing discontent with both him and Vice\u2063 President Kamala\u2062 Harris, \u200bwhose recent \u200cproposals were also criticized.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-vogue-cover-sparks-concern-over-her-lust-for-power\/\" title=\"Jill Biden Vogue Cover Sparks Concern Over Her &#039;Lust For Power&#039;\">article\u2063 raises questions<\/a>\u2062 about whether The Washington Post is shifting away from its\u200d pro-Biden stance in light \u2063of these \u200ddevelopments, speculating\u2063 that the\u200d publication may \u2064even regard \u200ca potential return of former President\u2064 Donald Trump favorably,\u2063 as it would provide \u2062ample\u200c material for criticism \u2063of conservative policies without implicating \u2062Democratic figures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>This probably isn&rsquo;t a good sign for President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post &mdash; typically viewed as one of the more major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wapo-columnist-storms-off-confronted-evidence-biden-knew-participated-sons-shady-business-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat-friendly<\/a> papers out there &mdash; seems to be having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wikipedia-editors-caught-making-multiple-changes-to-pine-tree-flag-page\/\" title=\"Wikipedia Editors Alter Pine Tree Flag Page Multiple Times\">real-time change<\/a> of heart about its previous breathless support for all things related to the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>The latest example of this came in a somewhat defeated opinion piece that still tried to prop up Biden&rsquo;s record.<\/p>\n<p>Titled, &ldquo;Biden&rsquo;s crowning moment came before his Monday speech,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/08\/20\/biden-speech-dnc-2024-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the piece<\/a> from WaPo&rsquo;s editorial board obviously has a glowing and slanted tone to it.<\/p>\n<p>The gist of the article is that Biden, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-thrilled-learn-friend-cursed-obama-insider-campaign-coup-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mounting evidence<\/a> that he was forcibly removed, is the ultimate altruist who put his country before his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-the-children-nancy-pelosi-announces-run-for-reelection\/\" title=\"&#039;For the Children&#039;: Nancy Pelosi Announces Run for Reelection\">decades-long political career<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>(See? Very Democrat-friendly.)<\/p>\n<p>But buried underneath some of that aggressive praise were some curious admissions from the board that Biden wasn&rsquo;t the virile vanguard of democracy that the paper had often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wapo-scared-say-biden-lying-instead-claims-retelling-stories-cant-verified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">championed<\/a> him as.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In retrospect, Mr. Biden should not have sought re-election,&rdquo; the piece said. &ldquo;The June 27 debate was worse than just a bad night, as the president maintained afterward.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The 81-year-old had showed signs of slipping for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">long time<\/a>, but his inner circle worked to conceal his decline.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He and the country would have been better off if Mr. Biden had kept his implied promise from the 2020 campaign to be a &lsquo;transitional&rsquo; figure, perhaps by bowing out after the Democrats&rsquo; surprisingly good showing in the 2022 midterm elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not clear how The Washington Post reconciled Biden&rsquo;s altruism with the tacit admissions that &ldquo;his inner circle&rdquo; had insisted &mdash; with the 81-year-old Biden ostensibly agreeing &mdash; to &ldquo;conceal his decline.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This latest opinion from WaPo comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/even-wapo-cant-defend-kamala-already-called-communist-maybe-dont-propose-price-controls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a different piece<\/a> skewered Vice President Kamala Harris recently for suggesting the &ldquo;communist&rdquo; practice of price controls.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to exaggerate how bad Kamala Harris&rsquo;s price-gouging proposal is,&rdquo; the author&rsquo;s piece bluntly stated.<\/p>\n<p>Calling out Harris, the de facto Democratic standard bearer, and Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;inner circle&rdquo; (as glowing as that piece was, otherwise) are a stark departure for an outlet that once went so far as to call Biden&rsquo;s White House cocaine scandal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pathetic-wapo-covers-biden-publishing-story-saying-cocaine-wh-goes-way-back-fdr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no big deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One does have to wonder if WaPo brass is secretly wishing for a second term for former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet, for whatever light criticisms of Democrats it&rsquo;ll publish, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wapo-tries-pitting-donald-melania-completely-misses-1-huge-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unabashedly<\/a> an anti-Trump newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>In related news, as he&rsquo;s proven before, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-issues-statement-cnn-town-hall-ratings-come-smart-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">equals ratings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A second Trump term would give WaPo all the material it could want to attack the former president on a number of issues &mdash; 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The Washington Post, generally regarded as a prominent publication supportive of Democrats, appears to be experiencing a shift in its previously enthusiastic backing of the Biden administration. A recent opinion piece from the WaPo editorial board, titled &#8220;Biden\u2019s crowning moment came before his Monday speech,&#8221; attempts to uphold Biden&#8217;s record but carries an air of defeatism. The article suggests that despite evidence suggesting he was pushed out, Biden is portrayed as a selfless leader prioritizing his country over his long political career.<\/p>\n<p>However, beneath the praise lie some surprising acknowledgments from the board indicating that Biden may not be the strong champion of democracy they once depicted him as. They stated, \u201cIn retrospect, Mr. Biden should not have sought re-election,\u201d and noted that \u201cthe 81-year-old had shown signs of slipping for a long time,\u201d with his close advisors allegedly working to hide this decline. They argued he would have been better off honoring his implied promise from 2020 to serve as a &#8220;transitional&#8221; figure and stepping down after the Democrats&#8217; unexpected success in the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear how The Washington Post reconciles their portrayal of Biden&#8217;s altruism with these admissions about efforts by &#8220;his inner circle&#8221; to mask his deterioration\u2014something he seemingly agreed to. This commentary follows another piece criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for her suggestion regarding price controls, which was described as \u201cbad.\u201d Such critiques mark a significant shift for an outlet that previously downplayed issues like the cocaine scandal at Biden\u2019s White House.<\/p>\n<p>One might speculate whether WaPo&#8217;s leadership secretly hopes for another term for former President Donald Trump; while they publish mild criticisms of Democrats occasionally, they are openly anti-Trump. In related news, Trump&#8217;s presence tends to boost ratings significantly; thus, if he were elected again, it would provide WaPo ample material to critique him without having to criticize their Democratic allies directly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2328355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Biden-and-Harris-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,35875,32491,33017,32293],"class_list":["post-2328354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-inner-circle","tag-liberal-media","tag-political-analysis","tag-washington-post"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Biden-and-Harris-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328354","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}