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On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal published a hit piece about President Biden's age.

Then something unusual happened.

A number of Democratic lawmakers went absolutely nuclear on the piece, publicly attacking it

by going on record to forcefully undermine its core assertions. That's something Republicans

do more often than Democrats. So we think this moment deserves some discussion.

Is there some better way that Dems can quote-unquote work the refs the way Republicans do?

When liberals and Dems do criticize coverage, why do newsroom leaders often seem to just shrug it off?

Why do editors keep insulting our intelligence with phony justifications for the

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