Last week’s US presidential debate has made the murmurs grow louder about the mental acuity of Joe Biden, the incumbent US President and Democratic Party candidate. This has also meant that what was dubbed as a contentious piece of journalistic work in the Wall Street Journal early last month will now be seen in a new light, if not with the glow of hindsight.
In some ways, the story and the responses it evoked show that the reflex of assigning motives along the lines of a polarised political sphere can come in the way of taking note of some findings. At the same time, the last four weeks in the life of the report also mirror the split chambers of media trust and what it loses sight of more often than not.
