Cease and Desist! White House orders press to stop talking about Brandon's mental dec

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White House Demands the Media Stop Talking About Biden's Mental Decline

By Ben Kew | 1:55 PM on February 14, 2024The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.


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The White House is not happy with the media's recent coverage of Joe Biden.

CNN reported this week that a spokesperson for the White House Counsel’s Office, Ian Sams, sent a letter to the White House Correspondents Association criticizing the legacy media's coverage of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on Joe Biden’s handling of classified material.

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The report, which was made publicly available last week, concluded that Biden had likely committed a crime in his handling of classified materials but that his age, memory, and declining health meant that a prosecution would not be in the public interest. Among its findings was that Biden would repeatedly forget when his son Beau had passed away, indicating a significant decline in his mental capacity.

In his letter to the WHCA, Sams said that “covering the report is challenging" due to its length and intricacy. However, the letter criticizes Hur over his “wrong and inappropriate personal comments have distracted from due attention to the substance.”

"But those facts stress the importance of careful, patient coverage,” Sams wrote. “Instead, many outlets have reported striking inaccuracies that misrepresent the report’s conclusion about the President, and reporters in the White House Briefing Room have asked questions that include false content or are based on false premises.”

According to CNN, the White House had also argued privately with reporters over the tone of their coverage but had had "limited success."

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The report explained:

Sams’ letter is yet another step White House officials have taken to push back against press narratives about the report. On Friday, Sams appeared in the briefing room, taking questions from journalists about Hur’s report. And CNN has learned that over the last several days, officials with the White House and the president’s personal counsel have been sparring behind the scenes with reporters about their coverage, with limited success.

CNN also acknowledged the significant damage that the report has caused:

The aggressive defense mounted by the White House reflects the growing realization inside Biden-world about the damage that Hur’s report has caused. Not only has Biden’s age and mental acuity become a hotly discussed topic because of Hur’s remarks, but the notion Biden willfully mishandled national secrets has seeped into the public consciousness. Reversing that will be tough.

The White House, of course, knows that it will not be successful in getting news organizations to walk back previous coverage. But it hopes that it can at least persuade outlets to be more cautious and nuanced while covering the story moving forward.

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Of course, what the White House really wants is for the liberal media, which typically operates as the Biden White House's propaganda arm, to stop talking about Biden's declining health and indications that he may even be suffering from a degenerative disease, such as dementia.

Sadly, however, those questions are not going away. Although Biden appears to have a lock on the party's nomination, growing numbers of left-wing voices and thought leaders are expressing concern over whether he can both defeat Donald Trump and serve out a second term in office. Yet, with his mental capacity seemingly worsening by the day, those questions are not going to go away.

[slewfoot]

If the press will lay off Biden, he'll man up and forget about it.

[Big bob]

[Mike Mercury]

White House Demands the Media Stop Talking About Biden's Mental Decline

well... they didn't need to say anything to CNN, there's a bunch of stuff CNN/MSNBC has skipped over for the past couple of years.

[Swany00]

release the 5 hour interview and let the American people judge for ourselves

[Frankie the Fink]

They want Biden to get a pass for the incredible breach of security by not coming before a JURY, but then do NOT want that freebie to be based on the man having cognitive issues.
To wit, they want it both ways.

[DAB]

Of course Joe can’t defend himself. It’s nap time.

[Wulverine]

White House Demands the Media Stop Talking About Biden's Mental Decline

I guess that explains taurus and cptlo's absence.

[LilRedCorvette]

“White House orders press to stop talking about Brandon's mental decline”

Smacks of North Korea’s KCNA and the USSR’s Pravda, doesn’t it?

[Tikiman]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

They want Biden to get a pass for the incredible breach of security by not coming before a JURY, but then do NOT want that freebie to be based on the man having cognitive issues.
To wit, they want it both ways.

Leftists always do.

[Vandelay Industries]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

Leftists always do.

But it's for the good of the country. It's for the children.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Wulverine

I guess that explains taurus and cptlo's absence.

[Vandelay Industries]

Originally Posted by Wulverine

I guess that explains taurus and cptlo's absence.

They'll be in once the judge in NY fines Trump 800 million billion trillion dollars.

[Tikiman]

Protest vote. Because mean tweets hurt your "feelings".

[DJ_Critterus]

Who's the fairly inexpensive lawyer he's going to hire to issue such an order?

[slewfoot]

[Bill]

Originally Posted by slewfoot

We really need to send him to go find @Cybercowboy and @Jeff '79

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by LilRedCorvette

“White House orders press to stop talking about Brandon's mental decline”

Smacks of North Korea’s KCNA and the USSR’s Pravda, doesn’t it?

Well, at least we know the WH has acknowledged his mental decline. they won't come right out and say it, but we now have proof that they absolutely do know about it.

[LATB]

My opinion is Obama is in control and still remains King maker in the democrat party. And he and only he is who will make the decisions on Biden. And I believe he (Obama) will order the party to drag Biden over the nomination finish line, unless he (Obama) has another puppet on the bench who he can insert and control.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by Wulverine

I guess that explains taurus and cptlo's absence.

Those who voted for him:
1) put themselves in front of the party
2) continue to deepthroat endless fraudulent media narratives
3) are FULLY responsible for the destruction of THE USA
4) are fine with $1+T/year annual cost of unfettered illegal border crossers
5) support kangaroo courts
6) support weaponizatoin of gov agencies
7) agree with blank check to ukranian criminals
8) endorse hilteristic and stalinistic tactic of removing political opposition
9) would vote again for two standards in our legal system
10) believe fjb did not take foreign money