by Becket Adams
There are too many receipts for this sort of revisionism to work.
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Former President Joe Biden makes his first major speech since leaving office, at the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled (ACRD) conference in Chicago, Ill., April 15, 2025.
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It didn’t take long for members of the press to pivot from acknowledging the industry-wide failure to cover Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline to asserting indignantly their total innocence in the scandal.
The way some in the press now tell it, journalists were not intentionally dishonest or complicit in the cover-up; they only erred in trusting the former president too much. The way others tell it, the press merely “missed” what casual Twitter/X users could see as plain as day.
About the Author
Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.
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It didn’t take long for members of the press to pivot from acknowledging the industry-wide failure to cover Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline to asserting indignantly their total innocence in the scandal.
The way some in the press now tell it, journalists were not intentionally dishonest or complicit in the cover-up; they only erred in trusting the former president too much. The way others tell it, the press merely “missed” what casual Twitter/X users could see as plain as day.
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About the Author
Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.
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