Yes, the media’s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump was far worse | Margaret Sullivan

David Gergen : A new book about Joe Biden's failed re-election campaign is out this week .

Gergen says mainstream journalism failed the voters and the media failed to tell us how much the elderly president had declined.

He asks: When is the reckoning coming for the failures to cover Trump effectively? Gergen asks.

Despite wishful thinking, there’s no such thing as just the facts’ or complete neutrality.

Editorial decisions and reporting choices always matter, says Margaret Sullivan .

It certainly mattered when influential opinion sections were ceaselessly baying about Biden 's cognitive decline last summer in order to force him out of the race.