The suicide of the press, media double-denial on Joe's decline and other commentary

The article discusses the media's internal issues, particularly its bias and loss of trust, as seen in NPR and PBS's funding struggles after Trump's defunding announcement. Jonathan Turley notes that the media's reliance on partisan talking points has alienated audiences. Despite acknowledging these failures, the press, including mainstream media, often deflects blame. Robby Soave adds that the media ignored the coverage of Biden's cognitive decline, framing it as a right-wing conspiracy, further eroding credibility among the public. The piece calls for introspection and a return to objectivity.

The damage done to the press in the last decade is almost entirely self-inflicted, as it dropped the touchstones of neutrality and objectivity to become an echo chamber.

NPR unworried that its shrinking audience was overwhelmingly white, liberal and affluent, assumed it could make the vast majority of the country help pay for its programming.

Mainstream media didn't just ignore the story of Biden's cognitive decline: They adopted the framing of Biden's defenders and pushed the idea that conservatives were making it all up.

Editors and reporters continue to saw at the branch upon which they are sitting, yet readers and viewers have left mainstream media in an exodus.

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