NYT on Biden: A liar by any other euphemism still stinks, or something

It’s nice to be a Democrat. Here’s the New York Times’s description of President Biden’s relentless, eight-decade-long habit of lying about himself, taken from a piece titled, “Biden, Storyteller in Chief, Spins Yarns That Often Unravel,” and subtitled, “President Biden has been unable to break himself of the habit of embellishing narratives to weave a political identity” …

Check out these euphemisms! “Yarns that often unravel.” “Unable to break himself of the habit of embellishing narratives to weave a political identity.” “Folksiness can veer into folklore.” “The factual edges shaved off.” …

Is Biden less of a liar? Sure. But it matters, nevertheless, that he’s a liar — a fact that the New York Times eventually gets around to acknowledging in the most New York Times way possible: By appealing to authority. Having noted that “White House officials disputed the characterization of Mr. Biden as a serial exaggerator and emphasized the contrast with his predecessor,” the paper invokes an expert who explains that “he did it first” is not actually exonerative.