Media ignore Pres Biden’s lapses and hesitation. If media fail to report what is hidden – for example, Pres Kennedy’s womanizing – this is lying by omission.
But if media fail to report or comment on what is glaringly obvious, this is budding totalitarianism: “Forget what you saw. Believe what we tell you. We are only source of truth.”
In Soviet Union, media reported record harvests while people stood in line for bread. We’re not there yet, but we’re on our way.