Another journalist's book that capitalizes on people with minds already made up and who don't need convincing.

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-poor-quality-of-american-journalism.html

Passed over at ABC when George Stephanopoulous replaced Diane Sawyer at Good Morning America, losing out to Christiane Amanpour, Jake Tapper is one of those journalists who more or less blends into the crowd and really doesn't stand out. Frankly, I'd almost forgotten that he had worked at ABC News, in the shadow of some of their more well-known journalists, though ABC News isn't anywhere close to being the powerhouse journalistic media outlet that it once was. And I consider it a step down, going from there to CNN, which is at the bottom of the ratings pile in political reporting.

The idea that President Biden, because of his advanced age, had loyalists and family members who shielded him from full public view because his "dementia" was showing is a long standing right wing political narrative. It's nothing new. In fact, it's been more or less debunked, and I'm a little curious as to where Tapper got his information, which would be nothing new, that would lend some original credibility to his claims.

No, I'm not curious enough to purchase, or read, the book. There are a lot of other journalists who are also book authors on topics that are much more interesting and engaging than this tired theme. If he actually had a psychiatric evaluation and some real, factual medical data, doing a hit piece like this on a former President might make sense. But apparently, from all that's out there about it, he doesn't have anything like that.

So what's the point?

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1. As if Donnie did have blatant cognitive and psychological issues

What's the concern about a little senior decline, anyway? Was the concern that a Biden with "dementia" would start a global trade war for no reason, or accept blatant bribes, or forget to uphold the constitution, or do something crazy like that?

Good thing we have a toxic malignant despotic incompetent narcissist instead...

Ever notice that the media's infamous bothsidesism is nowhere to be found when they're attacking democrats?

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2. Timing is off.

This might have been relevant a year ago, and even then, would have been speculation. It's not relevant at all now, it is 100% speculation. No proof.