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What a book on Biden shows
Linda Feldmann
The public鈥檚 right to know is one of the most cherished contracts in the American ideal of self-government. In Washington, that idea faces a test. A new book out Tuesday by two seasoned Washington correspondents alleges that close allies of President Joe Biden, including his family, concealed the extent of his mental decline. But isn鈥檛 just about an alleged cover-up that left the Democratic Party scrambling for a new candidate late in the election year. It鈥檚 also about a press corps that some observers say didn鈥檛 push hard enough to get at the facts in real time. 聽The 鈥渨hat if鈥檚鈥� of the Biden-Trump years persist.
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