Yes, Biden is old, and apparently had a bad debate, but I'm certain it's merely a coincidence that the most pro labor president since FDR is getting attacked this much by the media of record.
Also, he has largely ignored them and not given them a sit down interview or special access that they normally get and AG Sulzberger has been filling his diaper over it the entire time.
One of the best Robin Williams bits was talking about how John Ashcroft lost a senate election to a guy that died in a plane crash and used the line “sorry, John, the dead man scares me less than you.”