Breaking News: Biden is Old. Plus, Bobi Wine’s Fight For Democracy

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🗓️ 17 February 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Coverage of President Joe Biden’s age has reached a fever pitch. On this week’s On the Media, hear whether the quality of the reports has matched their volume. Plus, meet Bobi Wine, a pop star and opposition politician who is fighting for democracy in Uganda.

1. Judd Legum [@JuddLegum], founder of the newsletter Popular Information, Charan Ranganath [@CharanRanganath], a neuroscientist at UC Davis and author of the forthcoming book, Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters, and Jack Shafer [@jackshafer], senior media critic at Politico, on the flood of coverage around Biden's age following the release of the Hur report last week and the consequences of the media's minute focus on it. Listen.

2. Lili Loofbourow [@Millicentsomer], television critic at the Washington Post, on Jon Stewart's return to The Daily Show after nine years, and whether the unique form of political comedy he pioneered still holds up in today's drastically different political landscape. Listen.

3. Bobi Wine [@HEBobiwine] and Moses Bwayo [@bwayomoses], co-director of the new Oscar-nominated documentary Bobi Wine: The People's President, on the journey of Wine, a popstar-turned-politician, who has used his music as a platform to fight for democracy in Uganda. Listen.

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0:00.0	One topic dominated headlines this week and last.
0:04.0	Joe Biden is old.
0:05.0	And I'm sorry you all had to find out this way.
0:09.0	Flood the zone coverage of the President's advanced years made for some awkward moments.
0:14.0	Is Biden's age now a bigger political problem than Trump's indictes?
0:20.0	And if so, why?
0:22.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. And if so, why?
0:22.6	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:25.2	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:26.8	And I'm Michael Langer.
0:28.2	John Stewart is back on late night.
0:30.7	Will his once cutting edge political commentary hold up today?
0:34.0	Did you save democracy yet?
0:35.0	No, I didn't.
0:37.0	Your 90s brand of snark and both ciderism.
0:40.0	Plus, a pop star turned politician in Uganda on his journey from the slums of Kampala to the leader of a pro-democracy opposition movement?
0:49.0	I said, okay, now since the parliament has refused to come to the ghetto, the ghetto will come to the parliament.
0:55.0	It's all coming up after this.
1:00.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.
1:05.0	And I'm Michael Lohanger.
1:06.5	Late last week, Special Counsel Robert Herr announced that he won't be charging President
1:11.3	Joe Biden for the classified documents found in his residences.
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