Senator John Kennedy on Media's Biden Cover-Up: They Squandered the American People's Trust
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Senator John Kennedy on Media's Biden Cover-Up: They Squandered the American People's Trust
Senator John Kennedy sits down to discuss the media's failure to report on President Biden's cognitive decline and what it means for press freedom in America. Kennedy argues that 90% of the American media not only failed to report what was obvious to viewers, but actively pushed back when concerns were raised. From the Steele dossier to the Hunter Biden laptop, Kennedy sees a pattern of advocacy journalism that has destroyed public trust. The Louisiana Senator makes the case that the real story isn't Biden's condition, it's the media's willingness to abandon their responsibility to the American people in service of a political agenda.
Sean Hannity opens the conversation with Senator John Kennedy by drawing a parenting analogy that cuts to the heart of the Biden cognitive decline controversy. Like a child with chocolate all over their face denying they ate the cookie, the issue isn't just the act itself—it's the brazen dishonesty that follows. But in this case, the stakes were far higher than a stolen snack. This involved national security, a cognitively compromised president, and the revelation that Biden hadn't received a basic PSA test since 2014 despite having access to the best medical care in the country.
Media's Failure to Report What Everyone Could See
Senator Kennedy's biggest concern centers on the state of American media. He describes watching the White House Correspondents Association dinner, where speaker after speaker defended freedom of the press. His reaction: "They wouldn't have to defend it if they didn't work so hard to undermine it every day."
Kennedy emphasizes that the American people saw the same thing he and Hannity saw for years—a president who couldn't finish a sentence without appearing exhausted, an elderly man who "talked like he was from outer space" and "walked like he was underwater." In one of his characteristically colorful phrases, Kennedy notes: "You could bank a Thanksgiving turkey in the time it took him to walk across the stage."
The Louisiana Senator's frustration stems from the fact that 90% of the American media not only never reported what was plainly visible, but actively pushed back when Democrats and Republicans raised legitimate concerns about Biden's condition.
A Pattern of Media Deception
Kennedy places the Biden cover-up in a broader context of media failures. He cites the Steele dossier and the Hunter Biden laptop as other examples of the media squandering the trust of the American people. These aren't isolated incidents but part of a persistent pattern of advocacy journalism that has undermined press freedom and the First Amendment.
Now that Bob Woodward's book has brought Biden's condition into the mainstream conversation, the media is happy to report on it. But Kennedy points out a critical omission: "None of them have taken responsibility for not reporting what was so obvious to the American people." As he puts it, "Hypocrisy never takes a vacation around here."
The Cheap Fakes Narrative
Hannity reminds viewers that his show displayed videos of Biden's cognitive decline long before the 2020 election. For showing this evidence, Hannity was excoriated by CNN and Jake Tapper for at least a year and a half. The videos were dismissed as "cheap fakes"—a coordinated narrative pushed across major media outlets.
Hannity argues that to ignore what was plainly visible, journalists had to be either "ignorant or dumb or have a political agenda." His conclusion: they had a political agenda rooted in stopping Trump and what he calls "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
One Reporter's Admission
Senator Kennedy notes that he has heard one reporter—Alex Thompson from Axios—stand up and say "we should have done our job. We should have reported what we saw." But Thompson stands virtually alone. Kennedy hasn't heard a single other member of the Washington press corps take responsibility for their failure, even as they now report on the revelations in Woodward's book.
This lack of accountability is what Kennedy means by "squandering the American people's trust." He doesn't believe the media was in love with Biden. Rather, they calculated that anything hurting Biden would help Republicans and President Trump. This persistent practice of advocacy journalism is, in Kennedy's view, destroying both freedom of the press and the First Amendment.
Kennedy's plea is simple: "I'm not asking them to take my side on everything. I'm just asking them, meaning members of the media, to be curious. To report what they see."
The Death of Legacy Media
Hannity declares that after the November 5th election, "the state run legacy media mob is officially dead but they don't know it yet." He believes they have lied one too many times—the laptop, the Russian dossier, the Biden cover-up. The American people have rightfully determined these institutions are not trustworthy.
Trust, Hannity emphasizes, must be earned through honesty. The legacy media was never honest with the American people about Biden's condition.
Earning Respect Through Responsible Action
Senator Kennedy delivers the closing thought: "To gain respect you have to act respectfully and responsibly." The real story in all of this isn't President Biden—Kennedy expresses sympathy for his illness. The real story is "the trust of the American people that the media squandered."
Hannity ends with a stark declaration: "They all knew and if they say they didn't know I don't believe them."
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