Instead of looking at a far-left political platform that has turned off massive swaths of the American population, die-hard Democrats like actor George Clooney would apparently rather throw the entire news industry under the bus.
And while there are plenty of reasons to criticize the mainstream media, his recent remarks seem to suggest such outlets contributed more to President Donald Trump’s resounding victory in November than the Democratic Party’s ineptitude.
As the New York Post reported:
Actor George Clooney conceded during a Thursday interview that the media failed in its coverage of former President Biden’s fitness and ability to serve.
Clooney told The New York Times’ Maureen Dowd that Biden was irresponsible in covering up his “incapacities,” and added, “the media, in many ways, dropped the ball.”
Reacting to a moment when former President Obama led Biden off the stage at a Los Angeles fundraiser in June, Clooney said, “I saw him for hours a year earlier at the Kennedy Center, and I saw someone much less sharp.”
Dowd wrote that the experience left Clooney “gobsmacked.”
It is true, of course, that many in the media either willfully or unintentionally ignored the warning signs about Biden’s mental acuity throughout much of his term in office:
Never forget that legacy media told America that Joe Biden was at the top of his game and hid his cognitive decline from the people.
— America (@america) December 30, 2024
CBS reporter says most 'underreported' story in 2024 was Biden's 'obvious cognitive decline' https://t.co/Z5Mi2kgSGO
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 2, 2025
It's genuinely shocking how blatantly the media ignores Biden's cognitive decline and slurring of words.
Look at the wildly different search results for Googling Biden and Trump slurring their speech: #SOTU pic.twitter.com/l3tjxCq2bu
— Alex Marlow (@AlexMarlow) February 8, 2023
But Clooney opened himself up to similar backlash after failing to report his concerns until well into the election cycle, when an op-ed he wrote was an obvious factor in Biden being forced to drop out of the race.
According to the Hollywood Reporter following the publication of that op-ed:
When asked about his recent op-ed for The New York Times titled, “I Love Joe Biden, but We Need a New Nominee” published July 10, Clooney took the opportunity to praise the 81-year-old. “The person who should be applauded is the President who did the most selfless thing that anybody has done since George Washington,” Clooney told the conference.
“All of the machinations that got us there, none of that’s going to be remembered, and it shouldn’t be,” he continued. “What should be remembered is the selfless act of someone who did the hardest thing to do. It’s very hard to let go of power — we know that; we’ve seen it all around the world — and for someone to say, I think there’s a better way forward, all the credit goes to him, and that’s really the truth.”
Here’s some additional coverage of Clooney’s recent remarks:
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