Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple wrote a scathing piece about the lack of self-reflection among news outlets in their coverage of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.
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WashingtonPostmediacriticErikWemplereflectedonhisown“failure”MondayinscrutinizingpresscoverageofJoeBidenandhiscognitivedecline,particularlyaftertheinfamous“Where’sJackie?”gaffe.
Asthelegacymediacontinuestofaceareckoningoverhowithandledcoveringtheformerpresident’smentalacuitybeforehisdisastrous2024debateperformance,Wemplewroteascathingpiececallingoutnewsorganizationsfornotadmittinganyerrorswiththeheadline,“DidlegacymediafailinitsBidencoverage?Notifyouaskthem!”
Inhislengthycritique,WemplerevisitedanepisodefromaSeptember2022eventwhereBidencalledforRep.JackieWalorski,R-Ind.,whohaddiedjustweeksearlierinacaraccident.Bidenpreviouslyreleasedastatementacknowledgingherdeathafterithappenedandtheeventheattendedsimilarlyhonoredhermemory.
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