Democrats' Disinformation Is Nothing New

The “disinformation” industry’s close relationship with the Democrats mirrors how much of the media industry works (there’s considerable overlap in personnel, with a revolving door between Democrats, the media, and lucrative “disinformation” gigs). As last week’s disastrous debate revealed, President Joe Biden is an unwell old man in decline who can’t speak in complete sentences without a teleprompter.

But that’s not the real scandal. The real scandal is that while Biden has been declining throughout his presidency, the press never told us as much. It’s not that they didn’t know. Journalists have heard the same stories that many people around Washington, D.C., have heard since 2021. Whispers that Biden had dementia of some kind and could only function for a few hours per day have been circulating for years. It was obvious that Biden had trouble walking while he had been spending every weekend at his Delaware beach house. The presidency hasn’t been a full-time job for Biden. 

Evidence mounted that Biden was unfit for his weighty office, but far too many in the media simply refused to dig into it. Worse, many in the media functioned as a Democratic Party adjunct by amplifying increasingly desperate White House efforts to deny Biden’s condition. Clear footage of Biden barely able to walk was derided as a “cheap fake.” Republican-aligned media reports about the president’s ill health were dismissed by the White House with energetic media assistance. That mask fell permanently last Thursday.