US EditionAxios reporter: Media ‘should have done better’ in its coverage of Biden decline
- Journalist Alex Thompson criticized the media for failing to cover former President Joe Biden's declining health during the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
- Thompson stated in his acceptance speech that the media's lack of scrutiny contributed to public distrust in journalism.
- NPR CEO Katherine Maher acknowledged that the organization mishandled its coverage of the Hunter Biden laptop story, labeling the lack of coverage as a 'mistake.'
- Several journalists acknowledged that they had not adequately addressed Biden's health, and their failure to cover the story has been a topic of concern.
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NERD PROM: WH Journos STILL Want Us To Think They Were Duped By Biden
Nerd Prom. That’s what they call the White House Press Corps’ big night… that nobody cares about anymore. Ever since the ‘shiver up my leg days’ of Obama fangirls and fanboys — if not far earlier — the media has stopped even pretending to be impartial in questions of red/blue politics. What used to be provocative but generally respectful roasts at the White House correspondents’ dinner has given way to acidic personal attacks of a nature so vile…
NERDPROM MEA CULPA: Alex Thompson Calls Out Media's Concealment of Joe Biden's Cognitive Decline
At last night’s White House Correspondents’ Association gala, more colloquially known as NerdProm, there was a rare call to reflection amidst all the media self-congratulation. In it, though, there was unwarranted absolution. Watch the non-acknowledgement of Thompson’s speech in acceptance of the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence: NERDPROM MEA CULPA by @AlexThomp: "We, myself included, missed a lot of (Biden's cognitive decline). And s…
WHCA Gives Award To Alex Thompson From Axios For Reporting On Biden's Cognitive Decline
White House Correspondents' Dinner award recipient Alex Thompson (Axios National Political Correspondent): "President Biden's decline and its coverup by the people around him is a reminder that every White House regardless of party is capable of deception...We, myself included, missed a lot of this story and some people trust us less because of it. We bear some responsibility for faith in the media being at such lows."
Inside The WHCA Dinner: With No Trump And No Comic, Correspondents Finally Get The Spotlight At Their Own Event
The cavernous Washington Hilton ballroom for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was still filled, despite no POTUS on the bill, no comedian, and few administration figures or members of Congress drawing attention in the crowd. “I’m told that we’re the entertainment for the evening, so this is what you get,” quipped BBC News’ Anthony Zurcher, one of the evening’s honorees. That the spotlight this year was on award reci…
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