Journalist Chris Cillizza tried to defend the media against allegations that they intentionally covered up the mental decline of the previous president — and faced brutal mockery for it.
The former CNN political analyst admitted that the media had failed to appropriately cover former President Joe Biden’s diminishment before he dropped out of his re-election campaign. However, he bristled at suggestions that the media did so intentionally out of political bias.
‘You spent years doodling Biden’s name in your trapper keeper. You had a love affair with him.’
Cillizza said he disagreed with a critic who said the media hid Biden’s mental capacity as an act of “intentional” activism.
“While I absolutely believe that the media — myself VERY much included — didn’t work hard
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