[milesrout]

It wasn't a rapid decline. The media ignored it and covered it up but there were signs of serious cognitive decline even before he was elected.

[mmooss]

The conclusion of the research linked earlier in the thread is that the NYT covered it too much.

[milesrout]

The mainstream media essentially didn't cover it at all until halfway through the election.

[mmooss]

Who specifically do you mean by "mainstream media"?

In this discussion of the NY Times, they covered heavily and the Biden camp complained bitterly. Can you say when they started covering it?