Earlier, Dan told you about Joe Biden’s touching, heartfelt, military story – which even the Washington Post is ripping as almost completely false. Dan argues that it’s less of a “lie” and more of another example of Biden’s loose grip on reality. If that’s true, it’s only the most recent indication of the ‘sundowning’ which so worries the candidate’s own staff.

Whether a lie or an instance of incoherence, the WaPo summed it up thusly:

The upshot: In the space of three minutes, Biden got the time period, the location, the heroic act, the type of medal, the military branch and the rank of the recipient wrong, as well as his own role in the ceremony.

Most of the media is refusing to give Biden a pass on this. News orgs that would normally carry a Democrat’s water are choosing not to do so. That may be because the inaccuracies are so egregious, or it may simply be the fact that most left-wing talking heads want someone other than Ol’ Joe as the nominee. Whatever the reason, most reputable outlets are not glossing it over.

Fortunately for Biden, CNN is not reputable.

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CNN boasts reporters that will, without question, use any and every story to attack the current President. If a hurricane is blowing in, Trump is denying climate change. If an Earthquake hits Africa, it did so because Trump’s a racist. If there’s bad economic news (a rarity these days) it’s because Trump’s a Putin Stooge.

The media flap over Joe Biden’s military story is no different. Somehow, it just must be Trump’s fault. According to CNN’s April Ryan, the only reason anyone blames Biden is… well… because “Orange man bad.”

How does that work? No one seems to know. Ryan’s theory appears to be: Trump lies so much, that the media is overly focused on calling out Joe Biden’s ‘lying’ when it should be giving him a pass because he’s prone to gaffes.

Here’s April Ryan to – sort of – explain:

“Jim, what you have to look at… We are in a climate of lies being thrown at us from the president of the United States, and we’re so hypersensitive about issues of lies. People who are prone to gaffes, we are now holding them to the same standard, putting a bright spotlight on… looking at it as a lie, like this president tells, versus saying, ‘Oh, that’s Joe Biden. He’s prone to gaffing.”

If you’re thinking that doesn’t make much sense, congratulations. That’s the correct response.