Walter Kirn is spot on . . . .

This is not an organic process. Corporate “journalists” refused to talk about this for years, and then, all of a sudden, they can’t stop talking about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. I should add my frustration with the many people who want to frame this as a matter of age. Absolutely not. There are many people in their 80s or even 90s who are capable, even brilliant. The pertinent question is about Biden’s cognitive decline, not age per se (even though these somewhat correlate).

The big question is who makes these decisions about what corporate journalists can and cannot talk about in lockstep? It’s not those who follow the news. It’s not voters and it’s not anyone we vote for. Who issued that permission slip? I assume the process involves only a few people and that big money empowers them. Real journalists know that their job is to follow stories and report on them. They know that their job is not to campaign for particular candidates.