the vast majority of these critics weren't mad because outlets criticized Biden age, they're mad because the number of "Biden is old" stories out-ratio'd stories about real policy or the looming threat of fascism by like a factor of like forty to one
it's also curious they wrote about this without including the fact that a lot of the critics were mad because the new york times completely made up a story about the parkinson doc covertly visiting the White House
These media outlets are also extremely butthurt that many of those critics and plebeian readers told them to go fuck themselves because of their over the top gossip mongering masquerading as reporting.
defensiveness and a refusal to listen are pretty much always the first response to any sufficiently loud media criticism, followed immediately by blaming the audience and portraying critics as unreasonable
And the seemingly 9,642 "anonymous sources", "a person with knowledge", "campaign insiders who spoke on the condition of anonymity" that cropped up seemingly overnight. If someone isn't willing to put their name on it because it would cost them their job, then fucking retire or quit, you cowards.
Numerous stories were also single source anonymous which NONE of these outlets would do if it were a story about corporate malfeasance or sexual harassment allegations but felt perfectly cool with here
It reminded me of the whole Tara Reade thing. So many folks jumped on that leaky boat (Chris Hayes) before making sure that they had a pail to bail water with when the sheer number of lies and inconsistencies in her background and story swamped the boat. Then, she defects to Russia.
