New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger acknowledged that the White House is upset with the outlet’s coverage of President Biden’s age, which has included reporting on his status as the oldest president and polls showing public concerns about his age.
However, the Times will continue fair reporting on both Biden and Trump.
While not equating it to Trump’s legal issues, the Times sees Biden’s age as a true fact for public knowledge.
Recent reports from the special counsel investigation into Biden indicated concerns about cognitive decline affecting his memory, which was part of the decision not to prosecute over classified documents.
“We are going to continue to report fully and fairly, not just on Donald Trump but also on President Joe Biden,” Sulzberger said.
“He is a historically unpopular incumbent and the oldest man to ever hold this office. We’ve reported on both of those realities extensively, and the White House has been extremely upset about it,” he added.
“We are not saying that this is the same as Trump’s five court cases or that they are even,” Sulzberger said. “They are different. But they are both true, and the public needs to know both those things. And if you are hyping up one side or downplaying the other, no side has a reason to trust you in the long run.”
“We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” the report stated. “Based on our direct interactions with and observations of him, he is someone for whom many jurors will want to identify reasonable doubt.”
“It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him — by then a former president well into his eighties — of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.”
“Mr. Biden’s memory also appeared to have significant limitations,” the report added.
This sparked further discussion about Biden’s mental faculties and memory issues.
Biden’s lawyers complained about details in the report discussing his recollections during an interview.
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