Nate Silver Hits Media For Abandoning Coverage of Biden’s Age: ‘Not a Great Look’

Elections analyst Nate Silver criticized the media for abandoning the story around President Joe Biden’s age after he was replaced on the Democratic ticket by Vice President Kamala Harris , arguing that it was “not a great look” in an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show Tuesday.

Silver’s observation came after eponymous host Megyn Kelly asked Silver if he had experienced the “whiplash” between the “shoe-leather reporting” on Biden’s condition after his debate with Donald Trump back in June and the lack of interest in asking questions of Harris now.

“Yeah, look, I think the Biden story should have been covered first and foremost as a governance story. It’s the hardest job in the world, you know, how much up time does Biden have seems like a valid question,” replied Silver. “And by the way, I think these questions can be asked of Trump, too. I think candidates should be more transparent about their medical records, and their mental health, and things like that as well, and people should have the right to ask questions.”

“But yeah,” he continued. “It’s not a great look that once the horse race aspect of the story was resolved that the story faded from the headlines so quickly. Cause it’s about if there’s a 3a.m. phone call from North Korea, then do you have the best person in office to take that job. And I don’t know, I mean, the fact that Biden’s been cagey about his diagnosis, if he has one, it’s not been a great look and it’s a sign of how- what’s weird about me is, you know, I’m someone who is kind of in the liberal media establishment but also critical of it at times.”

“And I think in election years in particular, you sometimes see behavior that’s more… more strategic, I guess I’d say,” concluded Silver.