Jeffrey Goldberg: Claim Media Covered for Biden Is Misunderstanding of How Reporting Works

Goldberg You know one ░░░░░░░░ the interesting subjects here ░░░░░░░░ s come out in ░░░░░░░░ past week as you ░░░░░░░░ are talking about the ░░░░░░░░ is the role of ░░░░░░░░ media I don t ░░░░░░░░ to do like an ░░░░░░░░ media criticism here especially ░░░░░░░░ I m not sure ░░░░░░░░ s actually correct You ░░░░░░░░ doing reporting in 2023 ░░░░░░░░ were bringing this up ░░░░░░░░ s a quote that ░░░░░░░░ want to show you ░░░░░░░░ s actually I mean ░░░░░░░░ s not just you ░░░░░░░░ Ezra Klein was asking ░░░░░░░░ The New York Times ░░░░░░░░ Wall Street Journal I ░░░░░░░░ to show you a ░░░░░░░░ from Mark Leibovich writing ░░░░░░░░ The Atlantic in June ░░░░░░░░ 2022 TAPPER Yeah 100 ░░░░░░░░ Goldberg and the article ░░░░░░░░ called Why Biden Shouldn ░░░░░░░░ Run in 2024 Biden ░░░░░░░░ by no means the ░░░░░░░░ eloquent character he was ░░░░░░░░ his younger days It ░░░░░░░░ be painful to watch ░░░░░░░░ give prepared speeches His ░░░░░░░░ can be tentative and ░░░░░░░░ sentences can become hop ░░░░░░░░ journeys His aides in ░░░░░░░░ room look visibly nervous ░░░░░░░░ times and so on ░░░░░░░░ don t understand how ░░░░░░░░ narrative has developed that ░░░░░░░░ one in the media ░░░░░░░░ the media was covering ░░░░░░░░ Biden I think what ░░░░░░░░ be going on here ░░░░░░░░ a lack of understanding ░░░░░░░░ how reporting works In ░░░░░░░░ to prove that he ░░░░░░░░ diminished you have to ░░░░░░░░ people sources inside telling ░░░░░░░░ this Give me your ░░░░░░░░ on this question TAPPER ░░░░░░░░ it s certainly there ░░░░░░░░ a lot of folks ░░░░░░░░ the conservative media in ░░░░░░░░ pro Trump media at ░░░░░░░░ and elsewhere who were ░░░░░░░░ clips of Biden and ░░░░░░░░ I think it was ░░░░░░░░ Fox anchor called him ░░░░░░░░ Joe Sippy Cup Biden ░░░░░░░░ whatever They were saying ░░░░░░░░ along those lines and ░░░░░░░░ were making a bigger ░░░░░░░░ about doubts about his ░░░░░░░░ than it could be ░░░░░░░░ the legacy media was ░░░░░░░░ I think that s ░░░░░░░░ for them to say ░░░░░░░░ were making a bigger ░░░░░░░░ But as you point ░░░░░░░░ there is a difference ░░░░░░░░ I m not belittling ░░░░░░░░ importance of airing those ░░░░░░░░ I aired some of ░░░░░░░░ too There is a ░░░░░░░░ between airing a clip ░░░░░░░░ saying That s odd ░░░░░░░░ s unusual he seems ░░░░░░░░ seems like something s ░░░░░░░░ on and what Alex ░░░░░░░░ I have been able ░░░░░░░░ do which is after ░░░░░░░░ election all those Democrats ░░░░░░░░ talked to more than ░░░░░░░░ sources for this book ░░░░░░░░ all of the Democrats ░░░░░░░░ all of them after ░░░░░░░░ election who were telling ░░░░░░░░ what was really going ░░░░░░░░ behind the scenes and ░░░░░░░░ anecdotes and the concerns ░░░░░░░░ we bring forward in ░░░░░░░░ book is investigative journalism ░░░░░░░░ that is different from ░░░░░░░░ punditry Thompson I would ░░░░░░░░ just add that you ░░░░░░░░ and I understand the ░░░░░░░░ that you know Biden ░░░░░░░░ age was constantly a ░░░░░░░░ right You know the ░░░░░░░░ Leibovich story is a ░░░░░░░░ example But that was ░░░░░░░░ sort of in a ░░░░░░░░ lens a horse race ░░░░░░░░ I do not feel ░░░░░░░░ was a ton of ░░░░░░░░ reporting about his ability ░░░░░░░░ do the job and ░░░░░░░░ his age was really ░░░░░░░░ it And I think ░░░░░░░░ I mean look at ░░░░░░░░ reaction to The Wall ░░░░░░░░ Journal story in June ░░░░░░░░ 2024 just weeks before ░░░░░░░░ debate There were a ░░░░░░░░ of reporters that sort ░░░░░░░░ threw shade at that ░░░░░░░░ There was not as ░░░░░░░░ solidarity TAPPER Not sort ░░░░░░░░ There were people that ░░░░░░░░ Annie journalists who attacked ░░░░░░░░ Linskey and Siobhan Hughes ░░░░░░░░ excellent Wall Street Journal ░░░░░░░░ who were raked through ░░░░░░░░ coals by not just ░░░░░░░░ White House and Democrats ░░░░░░░░ by their own colleagues ░░░░░░░░ just reporting the truth ░░░░░░░░ what they could find ░░░░░░░░ at that moment in ░░░░░░░░ Goldberg: “Right.”