While it may be obvious to those of us who have been paying attention that Biden is not up to the task of the presidency, we shouldn’t mistake the New York Times’s recent admission to that point as anything but political opportunism. It’s not Biden’s age that’s the problem — it’s his political unpopularity. If his approval ratings were higher and his agenda more successful, these articles would not have been written, and a Biden reelection campaign would likely go unchallenged.

But that’s not the reality for Democrats today. This November, they’re staring down a red wave that could hand Republicans control of the House and Senate. In other words, Biden is already a lame duck — and the liberal media is finally starting to treat him like it.

This is far from the first time the media, specifically the New York Times, has engaged in activist reporting of a kind meant to benefit the Democratic cause. It gleefully ran with the Russian collusion hoax despite the obvious contradictions and errors littered throughout. In her wildest dreams, Hillary Clinton could not have imagined how far her disinformation campaign against then-candidate Trump would go. With the full support of the New York Times, Christopher Steele’s collection of lies about her opponent would go on to dominate the national news cycle for three years and cripple his presidency with investigation after investigation.