NYT, MSNBC, PBS journalists pressed on how they covered Biden's age: We probably need to do 'soul-searching'

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AUSTIN, Texas - A panel of political journalists were asked how well the media covered President Biden's age before his disastrous debate performance that resulted in his exit from the 2024 race.

The New York Times' chief White House correspondent Peter Baker, MSNBC host and Politico White House bureau chief Jonathan Lemire, "PBS NewsHour" correspondent Laura Barrón-López and The Guardian Washington bureau chief David Smith spoke about the media's coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign at the Texas Tribune Festival earlier this month.

Smith conceded the possibility of bias: "There was perhaps, even on an unconscious level, the notion that if you focus so much on Joe Biden's age, you are somehow helpingDonald Trump."

All of them weighed in on how their news outlets and the media broadly handled the subject of the 81-year-old president's apparent mental decline and were asked to compare that to their ongoing coverage of former President Trump, the 78-year-old Republican nominee who has remained in the race.

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Barrón-López first responded by pointing to a discussion she moderated on "NewsHour" with two doctors about memory and age before Biden ended his presidential bid, but noted that they also discussed Trump, citing his gaffe mixing up Nikki Haley with