Published on April 12, 2024, 12:46 am

It appears that the contemporary media landscape has largely taken a stand in favor of President Joe Biden’s reelection, conjuring a semblance of real news predicted around an unwaveringly positive portrayal. A tangible impact of this almost uniform support is seen in the widespread belief that most news outlets are working, in one way or another, to keep Biden in the White House.

However, maintaining this positive image has proved challenging for the administration owing to the increasing demand for exposure due to election requirements and dipping polls. Consequently, tightly controlled media appearances have become more common as the need for President Biden’s visibility becomes even more essential.

One such instance could be witnessed during a recent interaction between NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander and President Biden. Promoted as an impromptu exchange, a meticulously framed question followed by a seemingly perfect response hinted towards the event being carefully orchestrated. Yet despite these measures, an error by Biden deprived the dialogue of its intended impact.

These mishaps underline the growing difficulty in concealing President Biden’s diminishing sharpness. This issue resurfaced prominently during an interview on Univision — an attempt by his campaign team to offset their declining support from Hispanic voters using Spanish-speaking television.

The interview conducted with Enrique Acevedo reflected careful staging and hefty editing but nonetheless resulted in issues surfacing repeatedly. The choice to overlay Biden’s responses with Spanish dubbing rather than subtitles was particularly telling as it seemed like yet another attempt to obscure potentially unflattering elements like his raspy voice and occasionally disjointed speech patterns.

This “cleanup” operation undertaken with what looks like explicit approval from his administration crosses over into being unnatural upon hearing a voice-over artist resonate with prime-time soap opera charisma while speaking for Biden.

While all these attempts provide trusted news visibility for President Biden’s campaign staff working tirelessly behind-the-scenes to guard his reputation, they inadvertently underscore his increasingly apparent decline in acuity. Counterintuitively, each effort to meticulously control his public appearances renders his loss in sharpness even more noticeable.

As consumption of real news based around Christian worldview principles demands truthfulness and accuracy, the complex chain of media manipulation further mars the overall picture of political integrity. Therefore, it is essential for consumers to remain wary and discerning when engaging with news content surrounding high-stake topics such as elections.