Ex-CNN Anchor Alisyn Camerota Denies Media ‘Coverup’ of Biden Decline

BRIGGS Did the media ░░░░░░░░ up Biden s mental ░░░░░░░░ Jon Stewart on The ░░░░░░░░ Show had a little ░░░░░░░░ of fun with that ░░░░░░░░ Clip starts STEWART Forgetting ░░░░░░░░ the fact how bleep ░░░░░░░░ it is that the ░░░░░░░░ is selling you a ░░░░░░░░ about news they should ░░░░░░░░ told you was news ░░░░░░░░ year ago for free ░░░░░░░░ people have to tell ░░░░░░░░ what they know when ░░░░░░░░ find it out Clip ░░░░░░░░ BRIGGS Okay lot to ░░░░░░░░ there For one did ░░░░░░░░ Tapper you were at ░░░░░░░░ as well was the ░░░░░░░░ guilty of covering up ░░░░░░░░ Biden s mental decline ░░░░░░░░ Okay I have a ░░░░░░░░ of thoughts about this ░░░░░░░░ have a lot of ░░░░░░░░ about this Jake is ░░░░░░░░ is a good friend ░░░░░░░░ mine and so and ░░░░░░░░ ve not read the ░░░░░░░░ yet so I don ░░░░░░░░ want to talk about ░░░░░░░░ s in his book ░░░░░░░░ frankly I don t ░░░░░░░░ However this I do ░░░░░░░░ to talk about and ░░░░░░░░ know very well I ░░░░░░░░ on a show the ░░░░░░░░ to 4 P M ░░░░░░░░ CNN throughout I think ░░░░░░░░ 22 and part of ░░░░░░░░ And three times a ░░░░░░░░ I don t think ░░░░░░░░ m exaggerating we would ░░░░░░░░ a Joe Biden live ░░░░░░░░ He would be doing ░░░░░░░░ live event in front ░░░░░░░░ some dilapidated bridge that ░░░░░░░░ infrastructure act was going ░░░░░░░░ help or etc And ░░░░░░░░ took it start to ░░░░░░░░ Okay BRIGGS Fair CAMEROTA ░░░░░░░░ so if there was ░░░░░░░░ coverup it was happening ░░░░░░░░ in the open in ░░░░░░░░ time This was live ░░░░░░░░ undiluted not unvarnished We ░░░░░░░░ t the gatekeepers of ░░░░░░░░ he was saying We ░░░░░░░░ taking a live shot ░░░░░░░░ here s what we ░░░░░░░░ I mean my co ░░░░░░░░ Victor and I would ░░░░░░░░ joke about it and ░░░░░░░░ this bingo game because ░░░░░░░░ would know that at ░░░░░░░░ point during this talk ░░░░░░░░ would stammer Biden would ░░░░░░░░ word finding difficulties Biden ░░░░░░░░ go off on a ░░░░░░░░ many times and Biden ░░░░░░░░ tell an old story ░░░░░░░░ so that was on ░░░░░░░░ bingo card and we ░░░░░░░░ make light of it ░░░░░░░░ we listened to it ░░░░░░░░ much So if anybody ░░░░░░░░ interested in watching these ░░░░░░░░ live events they could ░░░░░░░░ seen all of this ░░░░░░░░ we chocked it up ░░░░░░░░ least I did in ░░░░░░░░ own head to Bidenisms ░░░░░░░░ Biden even as a ░░░░░░░░ man even as a ░░░░░░░░ man and in middle ░░░░░░░░ was known to have ░░░░░░░░ He often used malipropsy ░░░░░░░░ put his foot in ░░░░░░░░ mouth BRIGGS Sure But ░░░░░░░░ was different CAMEROTA Well ░░░░░░░░ point is that it ░░░░░░░░ to be a continuation ░░░░░░░░ a downslide okay or ░░░░░░░░ decline BRIGGS And at ░░░░░░░░ point did you think ░░░░░░░░ is a man showing ░░░░░░░░ signs of cognitive decline ░░░░░░░░ During the debate BRIGGS ░░░░░░░░ until then CAMEROA Oh ░░░░░░░░ I mean cognitive decline ░░░░░░░░ BRIGGS A man who ░░░░░░░░ clearly losing it in ░░░░░░░░ time CAMEROTA Well I ░░░░░░░░ let me just say ░░░░░░░░ I thought that it ░░░░░░░░ the normal decline of ░░░░░░░░ I didn t think ░░░░░░░░ was a crisis I ░░░░░░░░ t think that he ░░░░░░░░ t capable of making ░░░░░░░░ But when I saw ░░░░░░░░ debate it seemed like ░░░░░░░░ was in a different ░░░░░░░░ The debate was in ░░░░░░░░ different category than what ░░░░░░░░ watched every day for ░░░░░░░░ and a half years ░░░░░░░░ So you have no ░░░░░░░░ about not discussing the ░░░░░░░░ Because Trump s first ░░░░░░░░ I was at CNN ░░░░░░░░ there was a lot ░░░░░░░░ discussion about the 25th ░░░░░░░░ that President Trump was ░░░░░░░░ his mind So it ░░░░░░░░ not as if CNN ░░░░░░░░ t comment about such ░░░░░░░░ They did for several ░░░░░░░░ CAMEROTA That s a ░░░░░░░░ point I think that ░░░░░░░░ was based on decision ░░░░░░░░ So that wasn t ░░░░░░░░ on stammering and weird ░░░░░░░░ uh finding difficulties That ░░░░░░░░ based on decision making ░░░░░░░░ seemed some of Donald ░░░░░░░░ s tweets and his ░░░░░░░░ making seemed out of ░░░░░░░░ norm and peculiar But ░░░░░░░░ didn t see Joe ░░░░░░░░ making decisions that was ░░░░░░░░ Whoa what was that ░░░░░░░░ What s he talking ░░░░░░░░ But he definitely had ░░░░░░░░ finding difficulties which we ░░░░░░░░ is a sign of ░░░░░░░░ s and of decline ░░░░░░░░ did we watch that ░░░░░░░░ Yes we did I ░░░░░░░░ but a lot of ░░░░░░░░ he s had word ░░░░░░░░ difficulties for a long ░░░░░░░░ I guess is my ░░░░░░░░