When turning on the news these days, or scrolling through social media, you might wonder if you’re watching a performance rather than receiving actual journalism. For the last ten years or so, the mainstream media has become a progressive echo chamber; a curious assembly of wagging tails obediently following the herd. At the center of its latest charade lies former President Joe Biden and his cognitive ability while President of the United States.
Let’s not mince words here, the mainstream media (MSM) was in cahoots with the Biden administration, glossing over his numerous gaffs and missteps. Whether he was falling up the stairs, or mumbling incoherent drivel, his cognitive decline wasn’t treated as a news story, it became a story of desperation and denial, crafted by the media itself. Their unwillingness to simply report the news underscored the degree of abdication of its journalistic responsibility.
In 2024, the polls showed that voter confidence was evaporating, yet the media pretended otherwise. Biden continued stumbling down the halls of history until his infamous debate with President Donald J Trump. There it was for all to see; the emperor had no clothes. This was the moment they hoped would never come; the moment when even the staunchest of supporters could no longer provide cover for the debilitated mess that Biden had become.
The once venerated institution has devolved into a mouthpiece for a political party desperately trying to cling to power. Consequentially, the American people no longer rely on the news to be a compass guiding them through current events. Instead, they’ve become spectators in a farce where the scripts been written favoring party lines, rather than pursuing truth.
Let’s be clear, this isn’t simply poor reporting, it’s a betrayal of the public trust and the public’s right to know the truth. This tragic shift will have profound implications for the overall health of our democracy. The duplicity of the free press to deceive the American public is nothing short of a travesty, and a deliberate assault on one of the cornerstones of democracy.
But Bidens cognitive cover up is bigger than just slanted reporting. The media’s love affair with radical progressivism has had significant consequences. It has created a deliberate chasm between the truth and the public. As headlines become clickbait reflecting a singular agenda, the core values of journalism continue to erode with every breaking news story.
Because of this, their influence and relevance have been severely diminished. Every bit of standing they once had, has deteriorated, and is now characterized as a loss of credibility, and a complete loss of neutrality. Unfortunately, the role of the media as a watchdog and a facilitator of public discourse has been irrevocably compromised.
The populace now rightfully tunes them out, preferring to seek alternative sources that challenge the status quo. These legacy media outlets have no one else to blame but themselves. Their complicity in covering up Joe Biden’s mental decline shows the lengths to which they will go for a seat at the proverbial table. Social media platforms, podcasts, and grassroots news outlets will happily fill the void left by traditional media’s failures.
The idea of an impartial press has become a relic of the past, one that those in today’s media tramples over with glee. They happily trade objectivity for access, believing that being a part of the elite club is worth more than actually informing the electorate; forgetting that their true allegiance should lie within the truth.
In a relatively short amount of time, they went from watchdog to lapdog for radical progressive policies. Our democracy deserves better than a bunch of self-righteous reporters that have traded their pens for puppet strings. The American people deserve to know the truth and be left to discern it for themselves.
Editorial comments expressed in this column are the sole opinion of the writer.
