"Prestigious news organizations gave scant attention when, for several days recently, Donald Trump faded from public view. Other than some social media posts and some blurry golf-course images, the normally ubiquitous president seemed almost to disappear. But most of Big Journalism gave that subject a pass. Given Trump's obvious health problems swollen ankles, an uneven gait, bruised hands and instances of verbal confusion the media silence struck a lot of people as hypocrisy."
"By contrast, the media went overboard with unrelenting coverage of Joe Biden's old age, but it came late. Almost all of it followed the then president's shockingly weak debate appearance during his 2024 re-election campaign. There was plenty of finger-pointing even a bestselling book by two media bigwigs about the failures to report Biden's decline earlier and about the White House's efforts to obscure it."
Prestigious news organizations minimized coverage while Donald Trump was largely absent from public view for several days, beyond social media posts and blurry golf-course images. Visible signs included swollen ankles, an uneven gait, bruised hands and episodes of verbal confusion. Critics accused mainstream outlets of hypocrisy for underreporting Trump after intense coverage of Joe Biden's cognitive decline following a weak 2024 debate performance and subsequent media scrutiny. Wild social-media rumors alleged death or strokes, and outlets like the Drudge Report ran alarmist headlines. Some political figures accused mainstream media of lying, while others suggested projection from Trump allies.
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