CNN again gave Americans another reason to hate the media.
In a discussion of the GOP’s efforts to revisit investigations of former President Joe Biden and his family, Manu Raju and a CNN panel mocked Republicans for their “very backwards-looking exercise.”
“House Oversight Chair James Comer is returning to his probe of the former president’s mental fitness in an entirely new landscape after a recent book by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson put Joe Biden’s physical and mental decline back in the spotlight,” CNN reported earlier this week. “Comer told CNN he is in the process of scheduling key interviews with Biden’s White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, and other senior aides who had all rebuffed his efforts last Congress.”
“Democrats sought to dismantle the Republican-led 11-month impeachment inquiry into Biden last Congress at every turn,” the report continued. “Comer told CNN that although those Democrats aren’t jumping at the opportunity to cooperate now, he does not see them as being obstructive either.”
In a recent “Inside Politics” panel discussion, Raju asked for thoughts on the “investigation so far,” with a focus on “allegations of political interference, alleged in the Hunter Biden case, the cover-up of Biden’s mental fitness, the alleged cover-up…and the use of the autopen.”
CNN mocks Republicans for investigating Biden now that he’s out of office as a “very backwards-looking exercise.”
Legacy Media never said anything like this from 2021-2024 for some reason. pic.twitter.com/9MYOQaXGix
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 4, 2025
“Well, the other key difference from when Comer was trying to rally votes around impeachment and now is that Joe Biden is no longer president of the United States, ” responded David Chalian, CNN’s senior vice president, Washington Bureau chief, and political director.
“So it’s a very backward-looking exercise,” he continued to laughter from the panel. “One that will do wonders to enthuse their base and drive up online donations and get President Trump very engaged and excited on Truth Social.”
He cast doubt on the positive impact the investigations would have for Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.
The mocking tone and the panel’s dismissal of the significance of the GOP probes were met with backlash on social media, where X users quickly reminded CNN and the media of their complicit role in covering for Biden and his family over four years.
Legacy media is the enemy.
— Thomad Lund (@LundThomad) June 4, 2025
You think you hate them enough…then tomorrow happens
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 4, 2025
All investigation is “after the fact” and perforce “backward looking” .. legacy media is grasping at straws for any negative connotation, however slight.
— G Man (@GegouxTheodore) June 4, 2025
The hypocrisy is off the charts. Same people who were screaming about Trump’s 1st term the entire Biden term.
— Sam I Am (@smerrell89) June 5, 2025
The hypocrisy is staggering. Legacy media spent years obsessing over every little thing Trump did, even after he left office, but now that Biden’s out, suddenly investigating his administration is ‘backwards-looking’?
Give me a break. The American people deserve accountability,…
— Hosna
(@DOGEQEEN) June 4, 2025
Of Course The People Caught in the Biggest Scandal in U.S. History Want You to Ignore the Biggest Scandal in U.S. History…
— (@Emilio2763) June 5, 2025
Yes, yes CNN it’s a backwards looking exercise like investigating murder because it happened like yesterday so let’s just move on.
— Husker4Life (@NE_good_life) June 4, 2025
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