Quote:Biden administration has been less than impressed with their coverage of his age and declining health.

In an interview with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Sulzberger said that the White House had been "extremely upset" with the paper over their coverage of Biden's presidency:

We are going to continue to report fully and fairly, not just on Donald Trump but also on President Joe Biden. He is a historically unpopular incumbent and the oldest man to ever hold this office. We’ve reported on both of those realities extensively, and the White House has been extremely upset about it.

We are not saying that this is the same as Trump’s five court cases or that they are even. They are different. But they are both true, and the public needs to know both those things. And if you are hyping up one side or downplaying the other, no side has a reason to trust you in the long run.

Sulzberger's comments come as The New York Times was among the various mainstream media outlets to cover Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on Joe Biden’s handling of classified material.

The report, published earlier this month, concluded that Biden had likely broken the law in his handling of classified materials but that his age, memory, and declining overall health meant that a criminal prosecution would not be in the public interest.
Among the report's various conclusions was that Biden had repeatedly forgotten when his son Beau had passed away, substantiating the widely held public view that the president is in a state of serious mental decline.

The White House was angry with the manner in which much of the liberal media covered the report, even sending a letter to the White House Correspondents Association demanding that they stop discussing the president's mental capacities.

In his letter to the WHCA, a spokesperson for the White House Counsel’s Office, Ian Sams, wrote that “covering the report is challenging" due to its length and intricacy but that the “wrong and inappropriate personal comments have distracted from due attention to the substance.”

"Those facts stress the importance of careful, patient coverage,” Sams wrote. “Instead, many outlets have reported striking inaccuracies that misrepresent the report’s conclusion about the President, and reporters in the White House Briefing Room have asked questions that include false content or are based on false premises.”

In recent weeks, the Times has published various op-eds suggesting that Biden should step aside in favor of another candidate. Among them has been the columnist Ezra Klein, who also has an eponymous podcast owned by the media company.

Klein made the case that Biden should not run again based on his age and lagging poll numbers and even suggested that the president "sometimes speaks in gibberish."

"I take nothing away from how hard that is, how much Biden wants to finish the job he has started, keep doing the good he believes he can do," Klein argued. "Retirement can be, often is, a trauma. But losing to Donald Trump would be far worse."

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I'm convinced they're trying to replace him at this point. We'll see if it happens or not.

NYT dares talking about the elephant in the room, and that's ironic because elephants have good memories.

(02-20-2024 03:03 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  I'm convinced they're trying to replace him at this point. We'll see if it happens or not.

Seems the board is being set up for such.

Can’t hide this like the laptop and corruption.

(02-20-2024 03:03 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  I'm convinced they're trying to replace him at this point. We'll see if it happens or not.

This.

They’re not quite sure what the next move is. I don’t think they’ve figured out a way to avoid Kamala moving up if Joe moves out. But deep down, they are afraid — terrified, really — that Biden cannot do this. It has been a taboo subject for these past 3 years, as they hoped Biden would die or voluntarily step aside, or that Trump would die or go to prison, or that the GOP would move on to someone new. But none of those things have happened and now that they really are facing the prospect of a Biden/Trump campaign, they just can’t keep quiet about it anymore.

(02-20-2024 03:03 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  I'm convinced they're trying to replace him at this point. We'll see if it happens or not.

Agreed....
Their problem is if they get rid of the President, what do they do with Kamala.
How do they not give the first black woman VP, who has been within a breathe of the presidency the last 4 years, an opportunity at the top of the ticket.

How do they bring in some white guy and cast Kamala aside. Their hope is Michelle changes her mind but she hasn't yet.

Grandpa never saw it coming.

Now that the NY Times is not his friend he's gonna be preaching that it's a fake news outlet.

Quote:Karine Jean-Pierre says the "journalistic objectivity" of the New York Times is in question after the paper wrote what most Americans believe is true, that Joe Biden's physical and cognitive abilities are in serious question.

One of the under appreciated storylines of the Biden era is how militant this White House is with press access—even with legacy press outlets that promote Democrats. I've heard from multiple reporters that Joe Biden's handlers viciously cut off access if a reporter writes so much as a single negative line about the Regime. They demand perfect fealty.

This is, without question, the single most emotionally fragile presidency in modern American history.

(02-20-2024 03:54 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  

(02-20-2024 03:03 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  I'm convinced they're trying to replace him at this point. We'll see if it happens or not.

Agreed....
Their problem is if they get rid of the President, what do they do with Kamala.
How do they not give the first black woman VP, who has been within a breathe of the presidency the last 4 years, an opportunity at the top of the ticket.

How do they bring in some white guy and cast Kamala aside. Their hope is Michelle changes her mind but she hasn't yet.

Nancy will be brought in to control Kamala while Gavin is suited up to run and win against Trump.

Do you know what Ol' Foggy tells himself everytime he has to traverse those airplane steps, "I know I can, I know I can..."

(02-20-2024 07:29 PM)andybible1995 Wrote:  

(02-20-2024 03:54 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  How do they bring in some white guy and cast Kamala aside.

Nancy will be brought in to control Kamala while Gavin is suited up to run and win against Trump.

Of course!