The national news media failed to report on President Joe Biden's noticeable cognitive decline because they didn't want to help former President Trump win re-election, according to the former executive editor of the New York Times. Reporters only stopped protecting Biden when the lie became too difficult to sustain after the first presidential debate. Plus, a discussion of the best patriotic movies. Kaelan Dorr pinch hits for Sonny, joining Tim and Hogan for this episode.

Joe Biden just had a bad night, or it's the staff's fault, or he had a cold. Those are the excuses the Democrats are using to make themselves feel better after the president revealed to the world that he is in a bad state of mental and physical decline. The worst presidential debate performance in history is in the books, and Tim Murtaugh and Hogan Gidley dive into it.

We lead with the new claim from the White House and its media allies that it's "cheap fake" videos that are making Joe Biden look physically and mentally frail, not the fact that Biden is physically and mentally frail. Plus, the first debate is coming up and, as presidential campaign debate veterans, we dive right in for previews and a discussion of the expectation game.