Joe Oliver: The shameful disinformation campaign behind the Biden debacle

financialpost.com:

President Joe Biden’s debate debacle laid bare a disgraceful willingness to deliberately mislead the public about a subject of geopolitical significance — the failing mental capacity of the world’s most powerful person. Perpetrators of this reckless disinformation campaign include the Biden family, White House staff, Democratic members of Congress, senior Democratic Party spokespeople and the progressive mainstream media.

Biden’s deteriorating cognition has been an open secret to anyone who had the opportunity to see and hear him, including everyone who watched his alarming gaffes and stumbles on videos, many of which were falsely derided as cheapfakes by his defenders. The internet is a swamp. Some videos may have been faked. But many clearly were not, including those on TV networks.

Whether they were genuine or not, however, many people did not see them. Several months ago, I spoke to a couple of Liberal-leaning acquaintances with expertise in the area of mental health who did not believe the president had a cognitive problem. To conclude they were clearly wrong is neither to doubt their professional expertise nor suggest ideology impaired their objectivity. Rather, they had not witnessed his incoherence and confusion because the newspapers they read and the TV they watch had not reported it — which reflects poorly on the reliability of our sources of information and makes for a less informed electorate.

That there is much blame to go around does not excuse anyone in the loop, starting with the president himself, who cannot be so far gone he doesn’t realize he is steadily losing his ability to function effectively. His wife, Jill, is best positioned to see it happening, but she has rejected the tragic reality of her