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Fox News’ The Five drove a stake through the media’s pretended neutrality this week by openly comparing the mental fitness narratives peddled about President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden. The panel’s blunt exchange made a simple point conservatives have been saying for years: the establishment press applies one standard to our side and another to theirs, and most Americans can plainly see the mismatch.
Charlie Hurt’s remark that “most people realize what’s going on with this” cut to the heart of the matter: the American people are not gullible, and they recognize when reporters and anchors are selectively outraged. That frankness is refreshing in a cable landscape where performative concern about competence is often a partisan cudgel rather than an honest assessment of leadership.
Let’s be clear about why conservatives are fed up: when Joe Biden’s debate performance raised real questions about his ability to lead, much of the left-leaning press reflexively shifted into protection mode, offering excuses and spin rather than sober scrutiny. The debate moment and its aftermath sparked intense public debate about cognitive fitness, and yet coverage often read like damage control instead of accountability.
Contrast that with the endless drumbeat of condemnation aimed at President Trump for a thousand perceived slights and mannerisms — often treated as proof of incapacity in the same outlets that gave Biden a pass. That double standard isn’t accidental; it’s the predictable output of institutions invested in one political outcome and willing to bend facts and tone to get it. Voters are tired of being lectured by people who work in ivory-tower newsrooms while their own bills go up and streets go unprotected.
Media defenders will insist this is mere “interpretation,” but the record is stubborn: Democrats and their allies rushed to shield Biden while hammering Trump, even as questions about the former president’s fitness circulate legitimately in some quarters. Conservative commentators and rank-and-file Americans aren’t asking for a purge of standards — they’re demanding the same standards be applied across the board. That’s not outrage for spectacle; it’s plain fairness.
If the mainstream press wants to rebuild credibility, it will start by acknowledging bias instead of amplifying it. Honest journalism would treat facts and performance the same no matter the partisan stripe, and stop weaponizing concern about mental acuity as a partisan cudgel. Until that day, shows like The Five are doing the public a service by speaking plainly about what everyone who pays attention already knows.
For hardworking Americans who want safe streets, stable prices, and accountable leadership, the choice is about competence and consequences, not cable-TV theatrics. The real test will be whether voters hold the media to the same standard they demand of elected officials — because a free country cannot survive if truth is allowed to be parceled out selectively for political gain. The panel was right: most people realize what’s going on, and that realization will matter when it’s time to choose leaders who actually put the country first.
