In the wake of Biden's disastrous debate performance, members of the White House press corps are now expressing regret for not pursuing the political bombshell more seriously.
The White House press corps is facing intense backlash for its failure to adequately address concerns about President Biden's mental decline, with some members now admitting they were "turned off" from exposing the issue due to its prominence in "right-wing media."
Since Biden's shocking debate performance, the legacy media has come under fire for participating in a cover-up on behalf of the president. CNN reported Tuesday that reporters working from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. are now expressing regret for not pursuing the political bombshell more seriously.
The White House Press Corps Admits to Cover-Up of Biden's Mental Decline
However, some are admitting that they didn't want to feed into the "right-wing talking point" about 81-year-old Biden. "Biden’s age was also a right-wing talking point for years, something the White House was quick to point out to reporters, which may have inadvertently turned off any serious investigation," CNN reported.
The report accused "right-wing media figures" of sharing "deceptively edited clips" of Biden, citing the one from the G7 Summit where Biden stepped away from other world leaders to give a thumbs up to parachutists off-camera, prompting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to corral him back to the group for a photo-op.
The White House Press Corps Admits to Cover-Up of Biden's Mental Decline
"The right-wing media was calling him senile from day one, and that wasn’t true," one unnamed reporter told CNN. "Then whenever you report on the age you were in some ways solidifying, giving credence to some people that were actually of bad faith."
Critics slammed that excerpt from the CNN report on social media. "By merely existing and calling a spade a spade, Conservative media ‘turned off’ legacy reporters from seriously investigating Biden's mental acuity," Washington Free Beacon reporter Andrew Kerr reacted.
The White House Press Corps Admits to Cover-Up of Biden's Mental Decline
"How pathetic and lame. I thought journalism was about ‘following the facts,’" Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich knocked the White House reporters.
"The entire media had no interest in investigating Biden’s obvious senility because their political opposition was accurately describing him as senile They’re just straight up admitting that they have no interest in stories that hurt their political party," Outkick writer Ian Miller said.
The White House Press Corps Admits to Cover-Up of Biden's Mental Decline
Biden's shocking debate performance has become a political earthquake with wide swaths of the liberal media calling for him to withdraw from the presidential race. Both Biden and the White House have repeatedly insisted he is staying in the contest. The White House also denied reports Wednesday that Biden told a key ally he was considering stepping aside. Top Democrats have also rallied behind the president.
