Jake Tapper suggests he covers Trump's age to make up for overlooking Biden

CNN anchor Jake Tapper suggested Monday that part of the reason he is now reporting on President Donald Trump s age is because he and other journalists may have overlooked former President Joe Biden s age during the last administration On Pod Save America host Tommy Vietor inquired Tapper who lately co-wrote a book on Biden's mental decline and the administration's cover-up how he believes the media should cover the growing instances of Trump falling asleep or missing a step When is it a critical mass that it becomes bookworthy right Vietor appealed DEMS MEDIA CREDIBILITY IN SHAMBLES AS PRESS FIXATES ON TRUMP MRI AFTER YEARS DOWNPLAYING BIDEN WELLBEING ISSUES I mean we cover it all the time on my show Tapper stated All the time And I think that is to a large degree because we saw what happened with Biden and while we covered it we didn't cover it maybe we didn't ask as various questions as we should have at the time And I think it is a legitimate question for any president of any age but particularly anybody who is in the range of being an octogenarian right We cover it all the time Tapper pointed to his coverage on Wednesday where he criticized Trump's Truth Social post that called out reports that he was slowing up SOLE INSIDE TRUMP S PRIVATE SCHEDULE AS MEDIA FIXATES ON HIS HEALTHCARE We should note reporting accurately on the president's quite obvious aging is neither seditious or treasonous Tapper commented during the broadcast On Thursday Tapper also questioned the White House's explanation for bruising seen on Trump's hand after suggesting it was because the president is literally constantly shaking hands The White House gave the same explanation for bruising back in July Tapper explained Obviously he s years old And there is something going on with his robustness that they re not telling us because otherwise why did he have that MRI TRUMP SCOLDS NEW YORK TIMES AS 'CREEPS' OVER HIT PIECE QUESTIONING HIS ABILITY LEVELS SCHEDULEFox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment Ahead of promoting his book Original Sin President Biden's Decline Its Cover-Up and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again Tapper conceded that he didn't cover Biden's mental decline thoroughly enough while Biden was in office I think selected of the criticism is fair to be honest of me Tapper explained in May Certainly I'm not going to speak for anybody else but knowing then what I know now I look back at my coverage during the Biden years and I did cover selected of these issues but not enough I look back on it with humility