Why are many media neglecting questions about Trump’s health? |Margaret Sullivan

pQuiet news organizations have attracted little attention, in recent days Donald Trump Fade out of the public eye. Apart from some social media posts and some blurry golf course images, the usually ubiquitous president seems to have almost disappeared.

But most big news gives this topic.

Given Trump’s obvious health problems – examples of swollen ankle, imbalance in gait, bruising hands and verbal confusion – media silence has caused hypocritical attacks on many.

“Why is the largest newsroom silent?” John Passantino asked to write for the status of media communications. “No previous page written. No broadcast package.” Trump’s health problems and almost missing “little registration within mainstream coverage.”

By contrast, the media’s unremitting efforts toward Joe Biden’s old age were too late. Almost all of this comes after the shocking debate of the then-President in his re-election campaign in 2024.

There are a lot of accusations about Biden’s earlier decline and the White House’s efforts to cover it up – even the bestseller of two media big Wigs.

This time, over Labor Day weekend, wild rumors circulated on social media that Trump was dead or suffered a debilitating stroke or a series of strokes. The highly read Dragic report published a story: the story of the president’s health crisis deepening.

Still, JD Vance appears to target large media.

“If the media you consume tells you that Donald Trump is in his dead bed because he didn’t attend a press conference for three days, imagine they lie to you,” Vance posted on X.

This translates to being vaguely scammered, the usual junk of mainstream media, which is Magaworld’s regular conversation point.

In fact, big news has nothing to blame. If anything, they disappeared also lightly.

Like Trump and his allies, there are many projections in progress.

“Imagine they’re still lying to you,” it’s about Trump and his minions on any subject.

Trump joined. “It’s fake news – it’s fake news. That’s why the media has so little credibility.” He answered a Fox News question that conveniently sets up this round of media slam. (“How did you find yourself dead on the weekend?” Peter Doocy asked in a briefing after Trump reappeared).

Of course it’s nonsense. Most mainstream media are too cautious (if any) when approaching the subject.

When the New York Times Have done it Resolving this issue around the issue, the paper skews the topic—focusing primarily on the false rumors of Trump’s death, then much lower in the novel, addressing the lack of information about his actual health. Title: President Trump is still alive. The Internet was convinced.

This story has led White House staff to tend to cover up the trend of physical problems of the U.S. president – ​​from Woodrow Wilson’s stroke to John F. Kennedy’s chronic back pain. Ultimately, this suggests that “the legitimate concerns and questions about Trump’s health are often encountered by the confusion or minimal explanations of those around you.”

(The White House in July explained that Trump’s bruises and swelling were long-term venous insufficiency, but understates the benign and common conditions in older people; his doctor declared his health well.)

Even though Trump was assassinated last year, no medical briefing was held. And, for my memories, there are few precious follow-ups to investigate this.

In all these aspects, however, the White House press secretary claimed that Trump “unlike his predecessor, Trump is completely transparent about his health.”

As usual, in the Trump world, lies surpass the truth, and everything is Biden’s fault.

so what Do Does responsible media coverage look like it? This question evokes the story of Goldirox’s fairy tale: What’s too hot? What’s too cold? That’s right?

“An evidence-based assessment of the president’s health is definitely a fair game,” Bill Grueskin of the Columbia Journalism Academy told AP media reporter David Bauder.

When someone who is as omnipresent as Trump in the media stands out for a few days? That’s a fair game, too.

Now, Trump is now at his 80th place One year – he turned 79 in June – these problems did not go away. Of course, rampant guesses are not the answer, but when there is a real information vacuum, it often floods.

There is no doubt that the White House is not the answer.

In good journalism, “just right” is based on skepticism and resolved through persistence – tenaciously dig out the facts and show them bluntly.