Medical expert calls out media for describing Biden's 'memory lapses' as 'gaffes'

Dr. Marc Siegel blasted the media on Monday for what he said was their inaccurate characterization of President Joe Biden's “lapses” as “gaffes.”

corporate of the media The years-long effort to suppress questions about Biden's mental fitness faced a substantial setback after the president's recent debate with former President Donald Trump. Siegel on “Fox & Friends” particularly pointed to the media's depiction of Biden's display of “cognitive disability” as mere “gaffes” that were damaging to the president.

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“We started pointing it out four years ago. I mean, the media is pointing it out now. With all due respect to George Stephanopoulos. I was talking about this with Sean Hannity four years ago,” Siegel said. “Because that's when it looked like we were starting to see signs of what's called mild cognitive impairment. From the audience now it seems that he has made more progress. We do not know. I'm not your doctor. I have not examined it.”

“But there are clearly problems with spatial orientation, with severe memory lapses,” he continued. “And another thing the media did, which didn't do him any favors, is call these gaffes. It is not a gaffe if you have a mistake related to something that happens with your thinking, judgment, attention. These are really important things and the patient is always the last to know.”

Biden's interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, which aired Friday, appeared to be an effort to reassure voters that he is capable of being president. Biden claimed that his debate performance was just a “bad night” and that he was not in cognitive decline.

“Are you saying that there have been more outages, especially in recent months?” the ABC host asked.

“I'm still in good shape,” Biden said.

The president also claimed that he is not becoming more and more “fragile” and appeared to express his unwillingness to take a cognitive test or withdraw from the race during the interview.

Biden has it confronted high profile calls stand by from CNN debate on June 27, during which he it froze and had multiple verbal errors.

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