Axios' Mike Allen Says Media Was Trying To Avoid Looking Ideological In Coverup Of Biden's Condition

Posted • April 9, 2025: The co-founders of Axios were on Bari Weiss' podcast this week, and the media aiding in the coverup of then President Joe Biden's condition were among the topics discussed. Jim VandeHei, a co-founder of Politico and Axios was asked about the death of the legacy media and said it was the result of "a couple of bad apples." —— Axios' Mike Allen diagnosed the media as having had other motives for helping the Left cover up Biden's condition, but said that reporters didn't want to look like they were being ideological: Axios founder Mike Allen says the media’s failure to cover Biden’s mental decline “was all the worst parts of ‘reporter brain’ coming together.” Reporters had “an insecurity, a herd mentality… The herd wanted the approval of the White House. They didn't want to look like they were being ideological.” —— The spin is beyond laughable.

The White House media and their allies helped the Democrats try and set a narrative that videos of Biden being NOT "sharp as a tack" were "cheap fakes" and part of a Republican misinformation campaign. It was an activist media on full display: Media effort to conceal Biden being demented was not “herd mentality” — although that’s its own unforgivable sin — it was intentional activism. (…)

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Rumble: Self-Awareness FAIL: Jim VandeHei Blames Death Of The Legacy Media On 'A Couple Of Bad Apples'
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