In an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show on Tuesday, elections analyst Nate Silver blasted the media for dropping the subject about President Joe Biden’s age after he was replaced on the Democratic ticket by Vice President Kamala Harris, saying it was “not a great look.”
Silver made the statement after namesake host Megyn Kelly asked if he had experienced the “whiplash” between the shoe-leather reporting on Biden’s condition following his debate with Donald Trump in June and the lack of enthusiasm in asking Harris questions now.
“Yeah, look, I think the Biden story should have been covered first and foremost as a governance story. It’s the hardest job in the world, you know, how much up time does Biden have seems like a valid question. And by the way, I think these questions can be asked of Trump, too. I think candidates should be more transparent about their medical records, and their mental health, and things like that as well, and people should have the right to ask questions.” Silver said in response.
“But yeah. It’s not a great look that once the horse race aspect of the story was resolved that the story faded from the headlines so quickly. Cause it’s about if there’s a 3a.m. phone call from North Korea, then do you have the best person in office to take that job. And I don’t know, I mean, the fact that Biden’s been cagey about his diagnosis, if he has one, it’s not been a great look and it’s a sign of how- what’s weird about me is, you know, I’m someone who is kind of in the liberal media establishment but also critical of it at times.” he added.
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