Axios reporter: Media ‘should have done better’ in its coverage of Biden decline
- Axios's Alex Thompson criticized the media for underreporting President Joe Biden's decline, impacting public trust in journalism.
- Thompson emphasized the importance of acknowledging mistakes to build trust, discussing the media's role amidst rising distrust.
- The White House Correspondents' Association dinner focused on awards and independent reporting, despite being a low-key event without presidential attendance.
- WHCA President Eugene Daniels highlighted the challenges journalists face and defended the role of journalism in the current political climate.
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Chuck Todd Blows Gasket Over ‘Premise’ That Press Hid Biden’s Decline
Former NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd lashed out Monday at what he called “right-wing” assertions that legacy media reporters covered up former President Joe Biden’s decline. Axios reporter Alex Thompson, during his Saturday White House Correspondents’ Dinner acceptance speech for an award for his reporting on Biden’s mental decline, criticized journalists — including himself — […] Chuck Todd Blows Gasket Over ‘Premise’ That Press H…
Liberal Media Gets Called Out By One Of Their Own: 'Cover-Up'
In a rare moment of honesty from within the media itself, Axios reporter Alex Thompson shocked the crowd at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner over the weekend by accusing the press of failing to cover former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline — and participating in a broader “cover-up” that eroded public trust. Thompson, who was awarded the Aldo Beckman Award for excellence in White House coverage, used his acceptance speech to blast t…
Press Finally Coming Clean about Biden's Brain - LewRockwell
Thanks David Martin wrote: Megyn Slams White House Correspondents’ Dinner for Celebrating Media Coverage of Biden Cognitive Decline Might I remind people that Buelahman’s video, “Joe Biden: Earth Angel Parody,” as one can see, appeared even before Biden had picked Kamala Harris as his running mate for the 2020 race. The post Press Finally Coming Clean about Biden’s Brain appeared first on LewRockwell.
To many in media, Biden age stories sounded too conservative to be true
The weekend of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner reopened the debate over how the press corps covered former President Joe Biden’s age-related decline while in office, a story that for many sounded too conservative to be true. Alex Thompson,…


Chris Cillizza Says Corporate Media Was ‘Too Willing’ To Buy Biden Team’s Line That He Was Fit As A Fiddle
Chris Cillizza said that he believes the corporate media was "too willing" to accept Joe Biden's White House staff's claims that he was exceptionally fit.
White House correspondents learned nothing from Biden disaster - Washington Examiner
Imagine getting an award for doing the bare minimum at your job, doing it poorly, and then handing in the work so late that it has become irrelevant? Welcome to the 2025 White House Correspondents’ Dinner! “President Biden’s decline and its cover-up by the people around him is a reminder that every White House, regardless of party, is capable of deception,” Axios’s Alex Thompson, winner of the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence for his co…
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