UPDATE on Peter Doocy's absense: FOX News' Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy Welcome Baby Girl: Photos (people.com)
"Read between the lines, and you get: if we cover this story, we help Republicans and piss off the Democrats, and we really really hate the idea of helping Republicans . . . " It's the same argument made for why schools needed to be closed during the pandemic--Trump wanted them reopened, and we couldn't have that."
"Democrat donors and elected officials aren't the only rats scrambling to get off a sinking ship.
"Reporters are on the same ship and have lived there for quite a while. They know they better jump while they still can.
"Last month, when the Wall Street Journal published the least surprising story in American history--that Joe Biden appears to have slowed down a teeny tiny, almost unnoticeable bit--the rest of the mainstream media jumped all over them and accused them of spreading propaganda.
"Last Thursday's debate exposed the hoax. What to do?
"The "modified limited hangout" is their current answer: admit to a small offense to hide the fact that they committed a much larger one.
In June, when the Wall Street Journal published a lengthy piece on President Joe Biden’s mental state, the newspaper got slammed. The White House, its allies, and some in the media – including CNN’s Reliable Sources – criticized the Journal for quoting mostly Republican political foes on the record, who had a clear political motive to damage Biden’s image. No Democrats were quoted on the record making those allegations, and several Democrats complained their on-the-record quotes praising Biden’s sharpness were not included. The Journal defended its reporting at the time.
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