Axios’s Thompson Blames ‘Groupthink, Intimidation from The White House’ for Lack of Reporting on Biden’s Decline

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THOMPSON: “You know, I think your diagnosis of sort of what was happening is much more — is much more on target than a lot of what sort of, I guess, like, right-wing or independent, other independent conservative media, which is that they believed that it’s all liberal media and there’s like much more of an ideological, you know, mission, you know, like united conspiracy. And I do think in some cases some reporters let their ideological leanings affect their reporting. But I do agree that sort of, I think the groupthink that sets in among Washington and the self-reinforcing and the intimidation by the White House and by feeling like you’re ostracized, not just by potential sources and potentially losing access, but also by, like, your peers and colleagues who are like giving you side eye, I do think is like — I mean, listen, it was — I mean, it made me doubt myself, right? I mean, I wasn’t making it up like sources were telling me that he was struggling. So I reported it.”