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CBS News journalist says most underreported 2024 story was Biden’s ‘obvious cognitive decline’
NY Post ^ | 12/30/24 | David Propper

Posted on 12/30/2024 3:44:05 AM PST by Libloather

Veteran CBS News reporter Jan Crawford dinged news organizations for not thoroughly covering President Biden’s “obvious cognitive decline” this year until it became unavoidable during his disastrous debate against Donald Trump over the summer.

Crawford, the network’s chief legal correspondent, insisted stronger reporting on the topic could have changed the entire election as she responded to a question from “Face the Nation” moderator Major Garrett about the most underreported story in 2024.

“Undercovered and underreported, that would be, to me, Joe Biden’s obvious cognitive decline that became undeniable in the televised debate,” she said on the Sunday morning show.

She then noted recent reporting by the Wall Street Journal that detailed how White House aides covered up Biden’s mental decline over the past four years.

The explosive report says staffers formed a tight circle around the 82-year-old Democrat to limit his in-person interactions.

“And yet he insisted that he could still run for president. We should have much more forcefully questioned whether he was fit for office for another four years, which could have led to a primary for the Democrats,” Crawford said.

“It could have changed the scope of the entire election.”

Questions about Biden’s mental fitness grew while his first term dragged on as some news outlets, including The Post, reported on his steady stream of gaffes and on-camera struggles.

Following the octogenarian’s June 27 debate in which he struggled mightily, reporting on whether Biden could lead the nation ramped up. He was eventually replaced as the Democratic nominee by Vice President Kamala Harris in July.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 2024; cbs; coverup; decline; electioninterference; msmsediton; story
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I would say it's the chicom bribe story but that's just me.
1 posted on 12/30/2024 3:44:06 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

um.....the story should have been stated in 2020 not this past year. Closing the barn door now is pointless.


2 posted on 12/30/2024 3:46:36 AM PST by xp38
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To: Libloather

But only because Trump won.Otherwise the media’s deliberate ruse would have continued. They really need to stop calling themselves journalists.


3 posted on 12/30/2024 3:51:59 AM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: Libloather
Again, people were asking questions about Biden's cognitive ability during the 2020 election. The corrupt MSM made a decision at that point to help conceal this and they were co-conspirators right up until the debate when they got caught red-handed.
4 posted on 12/30/2024 3:54:08 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: Libloather

Joe’s mush brain was the story of 2020. The way they managed him through that campaign told all.


5 posted on 12/30/2024 3:57:44 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Obadiah
they were co-conspirators right up until the debate when they got caught red-handed.

Agreed. This “we weren’t forceful enough” is bs. They were in on it. The media is corrupt.
6 posted on 12/30/2024 3:58:15 AM PST by mmichaels1970 ( )
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To: Obadiah

Exactly. We The People were totally aware. The media lied and made themselves look ridiculous. But they’re big believers in “Never give up the con”.

From what I’ve heard, Scarborough and Maddow were the worst, blatantly announcing that Biden was sharper than he’d ever been.


7 posted on 12/30/2024 3:59:22 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Libloather

Which they deliberately under reported. 🙄


8 posted on 12/30/2024 4:03:54 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Apparatchik

Spot On - Biden’s “obvious cognitive decline” was INTENTIONALLY under reported, ignored, and covered up by ALL of big media.

Come on Crawford, TELL US, if the decline was “obvious” WHY did the media cover it up?

I say ALL the media was complicit with this fraud. Just crawl back under you rock and STFU!!


9 posted on 12/30/2024 4:12:18 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Libloather

Well what’s he doing still in our white house?
I guess they chose caramel for a reason.


10 posted on 12/30/2024 4:13:47 AM PST by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count )
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To: Libloather

the most underreported story of the year is that a critical mass of the American people finally realized that the main stream media is untrustworthy and should not be believed.


11 posted on 12/30/2024 4:14:20 AM PST by ChronicMA
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To: Libloather

Yup—Biden’s senility (and the coverup by his staff) was just another crazy right wing conspiracy theory that became conspiracy fact.

It is a long list.


12 posted on 12/30/2024 4:17:11 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: xp38; 9YearLurker

Anyone who doubts that the media has been gaslighting us about Biden’s mental state for years needs to see this from the 2020 campaign:

“I’ll lead an effective strategy to mobilize trunalimunumaprzure”

https://x.com/charliespiering/status/1322954496075587597


13 posted on 12/30/2024 4:25:20 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s² )
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To: Libloather

His congenital decline was obvious in 2020. It has been underreported for the last 5 years. I was calling him Dementia Joe during the 2020 campaign.


14 posted on 12/30/2024 4:29:05 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: xp38

THANK YOU!

And see my post just above.


15 posted on 12/30/2024 4:29:31 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: xp38

They are trying to salvage what little credibility they have left with some fake “introspection”. It’s too late. Over 70% of Anericans regard the legacy media as either a joke or, even better, a reverse barometer.


16 posted on 12/30/2024 4:30:22 AM PST by rbg81
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To: All

Notable——but way too late——recent reporting by the WSJ detailed:
<><>how White House aides covered up Biden’s mental decline over four years.
<><>drjill and the Biden Crime family were incommunicado
<><>Tax paid staffers formed a tight circle to limit Biden’s in-person interactions.
<><>Questions about Biden’s mental fitness grew while his first term dragged on
<><>only The NY Post reported on his steady stream of gaffes and on-camera struggles.
<><>befuddled Biden insisted he could still run for president.
<><>no media questioned whether he was fit for another four years,
<><>a primary could have changed the scope of the entire election
<><>Following Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate in which he struggled mightily, reporting ramped up
<><>fearing loss of power, drjill praised debate Biden to high heaven
<><>spurred by Obama, George Clooney weighed in for dumping Biden
<><>the Democratic nominee became the loser Kamala Harris in July.


17 posted on 12/30/2024 4:35:30 AM PST by Liz ((This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ))
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To: Libloather

The Marxist media lies by hiding the truth.

This is perhaps even more important than its telling us what isn’t true.

And is seems finally a majority of our citizens see this.


18 posted on 12/30/2024 4:39:27 AM PST by Arlis
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To: Libloather

Notice how Dr. Bandee Li, who was frequently interviewed about Trump’s cognitive decline when he was in office was never asked about Biden?


19 posted on 12/30/2024 4:40:38 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Drill Baby Drill!)
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To: Libloather
"CBS News journalist says most underreported 2024 story was Biden’s ‘obvious cognitive decline’"

More gaslighting by the Enemedia!!

The Enemedia has been covering up, lying about, and denying that Traitorjoe has had major cognitive decline since at least 2020.

BTW, CBS News has leftwing propagandists and gaslighters, but no "journalists".

20 posted on 12/30/2024 4:40:47 AM PST by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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