Credibility Crisis: When Cnn Criticized Questioning Biden's Mental Fitness

A CNN anchor is nan co-author of a buzzy caller book that sheds ray connected President Joe Biden's evident intelligence diminution successful agency and nan cover-up orchestrated by his team, but various CNN figures were captious successful nan past of narratives that questioned his fitness.

As Jake Tapper and co-author Alex Thompson beforehand "Original Sin," an relationship of nan cover-up that features high-level Democratic sources, media critics person noted CNN and different mainstream outlets downplayed aliases were moreover dispute to nan proposal that Biden could beryllium losing his grip earlier past year's statement against President Donald Trump.

Here are 4 examples astatine CNN.

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President Joe Biden's intelligence acuity successful agency is nan taxable of a caller book. (ABC / Screenshot)

CNN White House analogous pushes White House ‘cheap fakes’ narrative

Videos of Biden freezing up aliases appearing confused astatine various events went viral passim 2024, but nan White House aggressively pushed back, saying immoderate of them were edited successful a misleading manner aliases didn't show what they purported.

The word "cheap fakes" was popularized, and press caput Karine Jean-Pierre noted from nan podium that fact-checkers and mainstream outlets besides embraced nan term.

CNN White House analogous Arlette Saenz pushed nan White House’s communicative past twelvemonth astir a video of Biden appearing to frost up astatine a fundraiser pinch Jimmy Kimmel, saying Biden had simply "looked retired astatine nan crowd for a fewer seconds" earlier stepping offstage pinch President Barack Obama, adding that "Republicans and right-leaning media outlets" "used this infinitesimal to opportunity that President Biden froze."

Moments later during a sheet discussion, CNN commentator and erstwhile Kamala Harris advisor Jamal Simmons called Biden's fundraiser infinitesimal an "obviously selected video."

"These are inexpensive fakes, [as] nan White House and Biden group are calling them," Simmons told CNN's Erin Burnett. 

Tapper feels otherwise astir them.

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"The Biden White House falsely- erstwhile group showed that clip and asked what was going on- said it was a ‘cheap fake.’ They did this each nan clip erstwhile location was video that seemed to show Biden acting successful an overseas aliases unusual, seemingly out-of-it way, they would telephone it a ‘cheap fake.’ It was not fake. It was existent video," Tapper said past week. 

CNN cites master expressing interest astir ‘ageism’

In a communicative successful nan aftermath of nan Robert Hur study wherever Biden was memorably described arsenic an aged man pinch a mediocre memory, CNN's website published an article expressing concerns astir some Biden and Trump and what type of cognitive expertise was normal for a personification successful their 80s.

The article cited a professor who said Biden's issues pinch connection callback were not needfully suggestive of personification having representation issues. Biden astatine times during nan question and reply pinch Hur had trouble remembering erstwhile he was vice president and nan twelvemonth of his boy Beau's decease successful 2015.

The article concluded pinch nan professor saying that ageism was codified successful really group talk to 1 another, suggesting that nan skepticism astir Biden was a shape of prejudice against nan elderly.

Audio from then-President Biden's question and reply pinch typical counsel Robert Hur reveals that he, and not nan typical counsel, brought up Beau Biden's death. (Getty Images)

"Ageism is not conscionable what group do to each other. Ageism is besides a mindset that you transportation wrong yourself," nan professor said. "It really impacts your wellness negatively."

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Media newsman shreds ‘bogus’ Biden narrative

Ex-CNN media newsman Oliver Darcy many times hammered proponents of nan thought that Biden was successful intelligence diminution successful his "Reliable Sources" newsletter earlier leaving CNN past year.

"For years, and peculiarly complete nan past fewer months, MAGA Media has portrayed Biden arsenic a senile, mentally incapacitated aged man who cannot retrieve what he had for breakfast, fto unsocial tally nan national government," Darcy wrote successful a newsletter past June, earlier nan then-president's disastrous debate.

Darcy declared nan statement would springiness Biden an easy chance to "puncture nan narrative" that he lacked fittingness for office, suggesting Republicans had stupidly lowered nan barroom truthful overmuch that Biden would easy clear it and travel retired of nan statement stronger.

"That's a interest for right-wing media figures, which consequence seeing their bogus communicative astir Biden being ripped up successful existent time," he wrote.

Darcy besides blasted nan Wall Street Journal study past June astir Biden's behind-the-scenes diminution successful his newsletter, saying it "owes its readers — and nan public — better." Asked for remark by Fox News Digital astir his past coverage, Darcy, who near CNN past twelvemonth to commencement his ain newsletter called Status, pointed to his newsletter Wednesday wherever he declared blimpish media outlets were taking an undeserved triumph lap.

Joe Biden appears alongside Ana Navarro during a 2019 quality connected ABC's "The View." (Photo by Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

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"For years, right-wing media pushed a warped communicative of Joe Biden arsenic a brain-dead puppet controlled by sinister, shadowy forces. Now they’re demanding vindication—but they do not merit it," he wrote.

Ana Navarro stays committed to nan cause

Even aft Biden dropped retired of nan title past July, "The View" co-host and CNN commentator Ana Navarro was committed to defending his intelligence acuity successful office.

Later that week, Manhattan Institute charismatic Reihan Salam wondered if Biden should moreover enactment successful agency until his word ended, but Navarro erupted that immoderate talk astir his authorities down nan scenes was specified speculation.

"No, it is speculation! It is speculation! Because actually, dissimilar you, I’ve really seen nan feline astatine 9:00 astatine night. I person seen him aft he has had 5 different events successful 24 hours," Navarro said astatine 1 point.

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Navarro appeared to person a beardown liking successful Biden, beyond that of a emblematic media pundit. Although she continues to place arsenic a Republican, nan left-wing commentator is an avid protagonist of nan Democratic Party, hosted nan 2nd nighttime of nan 2024 Democratic National Convention, and has referred to Biden and Harris arsenic "Uncle Joe" and "Auntie Kamala."

CNN has stood down Tapper's past reporting successful ray of his caller job, pointing to examples erstwhile he aggressively covered nan subject. For his part, however, Tapper has said he feels "humility" astir his past activity connected Biden and praised blimpish media outlets for discussing what was successful plain sight.

Fox News Digital's Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.