Women's March co-chairwoman Linda Sarsour expressed concern for Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden after he garnered attention for yet another gaffe during a campaign event over the weekend.
On Saturday, Biden appeared to confuse two U.S. states when he was asked during a press gaggle how he was enjoying his time campaigning in New Hampshire.
"It's very sad. These can't just be all gaffes. People need to be worrying about VP Biden's overall health."
Sarsour's comment echoes Fox News analyst Brit Hume's take on the matter.
Hume on Saturday tweeted that Biden's recent string of mishaps "Suggest the kind of memory loss associated with senility."
He said the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. happened in the late 1970s when both men actually died in 1968.
Biden has also referred to Margaret Thatcher, who died in 2013, as the current British prime minister on two occasions, and incorrectly insisted that 40 people were shot during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State in 1970.
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"Are members of the news media tiptoeing around obvious questions about Trump's instability? What do the daily lies, distortions and contradictions add up to?" Stelter wrote in a piece Sunday headlined, "The hardest Trump story for the press to cover: His fitness for the job."
Stelter listed off several incidences of Trump's worrying behavior, including the president suggesting Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is an enemy to the United States, his incendiary comments about Democrats and the state of Baltimore, and denying he said things that were captured on tape.
"The list goes on and on, but the list is necessary in order to cover the big picture of what's going on," he wrote.
"That's the challenge for national news outlets. All of these stories are covered in the moment, individually, by reporters who use words like erratic, volatile and unstable to describe Trump. But rarely are the words and actions covered in their totality."
Stelter noted that there are "Legitimate ethical questions about having this conversation" but said there are "Ways to cover the fact pattern around Trump and his actions that are reportorial, not political, in nature."
"By all means, let's debate the ethics. But the press shouldn't tiptoe around this story anymore," he wrote.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cnn-anchor-says-its-past-time-to-stop-tiptoeing-around-questions-about-trumps-instability
On Saturday, Biden appeared to confuse two U.S. states when he was asked during a press gaggle how he was enjoying his time campaigning in New Hampshire.
"It's very sad. These can't just be all gaffes. People need to be worrying about VP Biden's overall health."
Sarsour's comment echoes Fox News analyst Brit Hume's take on the matter.
Hume on Saturday tweeted that Biden's recent string of mishaps "Suggest the kind of memory loss associated with senility."
He said the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. happened in the late 1970s when both men actually died in 1968.
Biden has also referred to Margaret Thatcher, who died in 2013, as the current British prime minister on two occasions, and incorrectly insisted that 40 people were shot during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State in 1970.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/actually-not-funny-linda-sarsour-questions-bidens-mental-health
CNN anchor says it's 'past time to stop tiptoeing around questions about Trump's instability'
CNN anchor Brian Stelter said President Trump's "Erratic" behavior is getting worse and it is time for the news media to cover the trend more seriously."Are members of the news media tiptoeing around obvious questions about Trump's instability? What do the daily lies, distortions and contradictions add up to?" Stelter wrote in a piece Sunday headlined, "The hardest Trump story for the press to cover: His fitness for the job."
Stelter listed off several incidences of Trump's worrying behavior, including the president suggesting Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is an enemy to the United States, his incendiary comments about Democrats and the state of Baltimore, and denying he said things that were captured on tape.
"The list goes on and on, but the list is necessary in order to cover the big picture of what's going on," he wrote.
"That's the challenge for national news outlets. All of these stories are covered in the moment, individually, by reporters who use words like erratic, volatile and unstable to describe Trump. But rarely are the words and actions covered in their totality."
Stelter noted that there are "Legitimate ethical questions about having this conversation" but said there are "Ways to cover the fact pattern around Trump and his actions that are reportorial, not political, in nature."
"By all means, let's debate the ethics. But the press shouldn't tiptoe around this story anymore," he wrote.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cnn-anchor-says-its-past-time-to-stop-tiptoeing-around-questions-about-trumps-instability
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