An article from the Wall Street Journal titled “Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping” is causing controversy in the media and among lawmakers. The article lists examples of slow and inaccurate responses President Joe Biden has allegedly made behind the scenes, according to anonymous sources. However, it is unclear who the Journal spoke to, which is sparking most of the debate.
CNN, a left-leaning news outlet, released an article in response to the WSJ piece. The headline reads “The Wall Street Journal’s story about Biden’s mental acuity suffers from glaring problems,” and the first sentence is, “The Wall Street Journal owes its readers — and the public — better.”
In contrast, the New York Post, a right-leaning news outlet, published an article called “Biden, 81, showing signs of decline as politicians and aides detail use of cheat sheets, closing eyes for extended periods of time: ‘Not the same person.’”
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“President Biden’s cognitive decline has become obvious and concerning to several high-ranking congressional lawmakers,” the New York Post said in its article.
MSNBC, a typically left-leaning source, reported the piece on its show “Morning Joe.” The show discussed “why McCarthy may not be reliable in his remarks about the president.”
“What I find so shocking about this article is they go to McCarthy as their main source and other House Republicans,” Joe Scarborough, a cohost and former House Republican, said. “They’re using people around Johnson and McCarthy to do this Trump hit piece on Joe Biden.”
Fox News, a right-leaning source, reported on the piece. One host, Jesse Watters, seemingly defended the piece, emphasizing that there were more sources.
“Forty-five Republicans and Democrats went on the record here,” Watters said. “This isn’t like McCarthy just spilled the beans to the Journal. This is 45 people saying what its like behind the scenes.”
The Journal said it spoke with a mix of Republicans and Democrats. It notes that most of those who said Biden performed poorly were Republicans. The paper also said “the White House kept close tabs” on the Democrats it spoke with.
One Democrat, Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., said the White House told him to give the Journal a call back to emphasize Biden’s strength.
Democratic lawmakers and the White House are criticizing the piece.
“Many of us spent time with the Journal to share on the record our first-hand experiences with the president, where we see his wisdom, experience, strength and strategic thinking,” former Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., posted on X. “Instead, the Journal ignored testimony by Democrats, focused on attacks by Republicans and printed a hit piece.”
The White House also released a statement.
“Congressional Republicans, foreign leaders and nonpartisan national-security experts have made clear in their own words that President Biden is a savvy and effective leader,” the statement said.
The Journal article did acknowledge lawmakers’ positive reviews of Biden, however, it was located towards the end of the article.
One of the Journal’s reporters, Siobhan Hughes, went on CNN to respond to the criticism the article was receiving.
“The White House position has been if only you could see the president behind closed doors, if only you could see what we see, he’s as sharp as a tack,” Hughes said. “And so this aims to find out, well, what is the president like behind closed doors? Is what’s happening there different from what the public sees? And the answer is, not very much.”
According to polls, the majority of Americans consider Biden’s age a concern.
Tags: CNN, Donald Trump, Fox News, Joe Biden, Kevin McCarty, Media Bias, Mike Johnson, Nancy Pelosi, Wall Street Journal, White House
[KARAH RUCKER]
“BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, BIDEN SHOWS SIGNS OF SLIPPING.”
THIS EXTENSIVE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORT IS STIRRING THE LATEST MEDIA CONTROVERSY.
CNN’S HEADLINE READS “THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’S STORY ABOUT BIDEN’S MENTAL ACUITY SUFFERS FROM GLARING PROBLEMS.”
THE FIRST SENTENCE – “THE JOURNAL OWES ITS READERS – AND THE PUBLIC – BETTER.”
NEW YORK POST’S HEADLINE READS “BIDEN, 81, SHOWING SIGNS OF DECLINE AS POLITICIANS AND AIDES DETAIL USE OF CHEAT SHEETS, CLOSING EYES FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME: “NOT THE SAME PERSON.”
THE FIRST SENTENCE – PRESIDENT BIDEN’S COGNITIVE DECLINE HAS BECOME OBVIOUS AND CONCERNING TO SEVERAL HIGH-RANKING CONGRESSIONAL LAWMAKERS.”
THE STORY –
IS A LENGTHY ONE – LARGELY LISTING EXAMPLES OF SLOW AND INACCURATE RESPONSES BIDEN HAS MADE BEHIND THE SCENES –
ACCORDING TO ANONYMOUS SOURCES WHO ARE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH THE PRESIDENT.
IT’S THE QUESTION OF **WHO THE JOURNAL SPOKE TO THAT IS SPARKING A LOT OF THE DEBATE AROUND THE JOURNAL’S REPORT.
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“What i find so shocking about this article is they go to mccarthy as their main source and other house republicans.”
“They’re using people around johnson and mccarthy to do this trump hit piece on joe biden.”
“45 republicans and democrats went on the record here. This isn’t like mccarthy just spilled the beans to the journal. This is 45 people saying what its like behind the scenes.”
[KARAH RUCKER]
THE JOURNAL SAYS IT SPOKE WITH A MIX OF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
THE PAPER NOTES **MOST OF THOSE WHO SAID BIDEN PERFORMED POORLY WERE REPUBLICANS.
THE JOURNAL ALSO SAYS OF THE DEMOCRATS THEY SPOKE WITH –
“THE WHITE HOUSE KEPT CLOSE TABS” ON THEM.
ONE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THAT HE SHOULD GIVE THE JOURNAL A CALL BACK” – TO WHICH THE JOURNAL SAYS – IT WAS TO EMPHASIZE BIDEN’S STRENGTHS.
IT’S NOT JUST THE MEDIA WITH A LOUD REACTION TO THE JOURNAL’S STORY.
DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS AND THE WHITE HOUSE ARE ALSO CRITICIZING THE PIECE –
THAT ONE OF ITS AUTHORS HAS COME OUT AND DEFENDED.
[LAWMAKER]
“Many of us spent time with THE JOURNAL to share on the record our first-hand experiences with THE PRESIDENT, where we see his wisdom, experience, strength and strategic thinking.
Instead, the Journal ignored testimony by Democrats, focused on attacks by Republicans and printed a hit piece.”
[KARAH RUCKER]
THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING
[ANDREW BATES]
“Congressional Republicans, foreign leaders and nonpartisan national-security experts have made clear in their own words that president biden is a savvy and effective leader.”
[KARAH RUCKER]
BUT ONE OF THE STORY’S AUTHORS SAYS THE STORY ANSWERS QUESTIONS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[CNN]
“The white house position has been if only you could see the president behind closed doors, if only you could see what we see, he’s as sharp as a tack. And so this aims to find out, well what is the president like behind closed doors? Is what’s happening there different from what the public sees? And the answer is, not very much.”
[KARAH RUCKER]
WHILE SOME SEE BIDEN’S AGE AS A NON ISSUE IN HIS RE-ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT –
POLLS HAVE SHOWN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DO SEE IT AS A CONCERN.
BIDEN ISN’T THE ONLY ONE FACING TROUBLING HEADLINES THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
HIS COMPETITION – WAS JUST CONVICTED OF NEARLY THREE DOZEN FELONIES.
AND THAT’S THE ANGLE LATE NIGHT TOOK – MOCKING THE SITUATION.
[LATE NIGHT]
“Today, it’s a huge expose on joe biden in the wall street journal that could upend the presidential race. Jim? **Rolls news clips**
You heard that right ladies and gentleman. Joe biden is old. Which of course could disqualify him from being president, after all, being old is a felony. fade”
[KARAH RUCKER]
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