Article in The New Republic by Greg Sargent, 10/16/24

Headline: “Finally, Trump’s Alarming Mental Decline Has Become a Big Media Story”

Subhead: “As new developments focus attention on Trump’s derangement, a shrewd media observer dissects whether the press is finally treating his deteriorating mental state as a major news event.”

“Is the media finally figuring out how to cover Donald Trump’s profound mental unfitness for the presidency? First, CNN’s Jake Tapper dressed down a Trump surrogate for whitewashing his threat to unleash the military on his enemies. Then Trump held a strange town hall at which he abruptly stopped answering questions, which generated aggressive media coverage.”

https://newrepublic.com/article/187192/finally-trumps-alarming-mental-decline-become-big-media-story