Posted on 07/04/2024 4:12:12 PM PDT by grundle
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden's fitness to serve a second term in office has been a top story since his halting performance in last week's debate against Donald Trump, where the president at times appeared unable to complete or articulate some thoughts in the pressure of the moment.
To some press critics who are now reading these stories, there's another question: What took you so long?
“It is simply astounding for the entire country, including its most seasoned reporters, to be as shocked as everyone was by the ugly and painful reality of Biden's debate performance,” Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, told the website Semafor this week.
While it was a “super hard story to report,” she said it could have been done. Instead, Abramson said, the American press failed in its duty to hold those in power accountable.
Certainly, there's no shortage of “I told you so” sentiment coming from Biden opponents. “Conservatives have noticed that for a very long time,” said “Fox & Friends” host Ainsley Earhardt.
It's a complicated story that has bubbled for months — and, it can be argued, the American people were onto it first.
Big pushback from Biden aides all along
Throughout the campaign, Biden aides have pushed back aggressively on the notion that he had become diminished, and some supporters are angered by any attention the issue gets in comparison to stories about whether or not Trump tells the truth.
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willful ignorance. Not something “missed” by chance or innocently
“Throughout the campaign”. Unless they are referring to the 2020 election, this is BS.
AP via Yahoo ugh the worst of the worst. Yeah Traitor Joe was fine 2 weeks ago.
Missed? More like suppressed.
<<What took you so long? <<
They’re not journalists.
Never forget that the “Press” is currently a primary Enemy of Freedom and an Agent of Evil.
Got that right. Most are partisan political operatives pretending to be objective reporters/editors. Sickening.
They kept it covered up as well and long as they could.
Now, dutifully, they are exposing it when the Dems want it exposed.
well, the press and media as we know them, are agents of the Democratic party. They are the American version of Pravda and Izvestia.
The press didn’t “miss it”. They absolutely were/are complicit. If we knew it, they knew it before we did and willfully suppressed it and told a false story. With intent.
The Gaslight Media has been exposed again. They are worse liars than politicians.
Mass self-hypnosis.
Next question.
THEY have destroyed the future of the “MEDIA”.
NO ONE WILL BELIEVE THEM AGAIN FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
That would be hilarious if it weren’t so infuriating.
They have been deliberately spiking the news for years now.
They had their orders.
Associated press bull s**t.
As if for 3 years now nobody noticed Biden falling down repeatedly in public while slurring babbling gibberish?
A con job for those drooling in cups.
It’s amazing that about 1/3+ of Americans don’t see it... don’t care..and/or are generally okay with it.
I know a handful of women who despise Trump ..but for no legitimate reasons. All emotional fuzzy reasons.
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