The Daily Blast
Dems Brutally Shred Shady Wall Street Journal Hit Piece on Biden’s Age
With a major new report that dubiously hyped President Biden's age infuriating Democrats, we talked to a prominent media critic about the deeper problems with the press this episode exposed.
On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal published a dodgy hit piece about President Biden’s age. Then something unusual happened: Democratic lawmakers went nuclear on the piece, going on record to forcefully undermine its core assertions. This deserves some discussion: Could Dems better “work the refs” the way Republicans do? When liberals do criticize coverage, why do newsroom leaders shrug it off? Why do editors insult our intelligence with phony justifications for the overemphasis on Biden’s age? We chatted with Aaron Rupar, a shrewd media observer and author of the “Public Notice” Substack, about the deeper problems with the press this episode reveals.
