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#415 — The Cover-Up

2025/5/21
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This chapter explores whether the media knowingly downplayed Biden's health issues or if they were genuinely deceived by the Biden administration. It discusses the challenges of investigative journalism and the narrative that protecting Biden from criticism was necessary to defeat Trump.
  • Media's role in covering Biden's decline
  • The Biden administration's strategy of deception and stonewalling
  • The argument that criticizing Biden would benefit Trump

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Sam Harris speaks with Jake Tapper about Jake’s new book (with Alex Thompson), Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again). They discuss how the mainstream media failed to cover the issue of Biden’s health, how Biden shielded himself from criticism, the false notion that Biden was simply a bad speaker, the audio released from Biden’s 2023 interview with special counsel Robert Hur, Jake’s experience moderating Biden’s disastrous debate against Trump, Jill and Hunter Biden’s influence on former President Biden’s decision to run again, the Hunter Biden laptop story, anti-democratic processes in the Democratic Party, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe). Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That’s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up) app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life’s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.