WTH: The WSJ’s Annie Linskey Explains Her Reporting on Biden’s Cognitive Decline

On June 4, Wall Street Journal reporters Annie Linskey and
Siobhan Hughes broke the groundbreaking story Behind Closed
Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping. In response, Democrats and
the media alike called it a “hit piece” against Biden designed to
get Trump re-elected. But when Biden appeared on stage against
Trump in their first presidential debate, America saw a frail and
elderly president who before had only existed behind closed
doors. Will Biden be the Democratic nominee for president? And
how did the media help cover up Biden’s now obvious cognitive
decline?


Annie Linskey is a White House reporter for The Wall Street
Journal. Before joining the Journal, she worked for the
Washington Post as a White House reporter and was the lead
reporter on Democrats for the Boston Globe's Washington bureau
during the 2016 campaign. She also reported on the Obama White
House for Bloomberg News and BusinessWeek.


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