The Wall Street Journal piece was panned by independent media critics.
CNN's Oliver Darcy said the Wall Street Journal piece had "glaring problems."
In Poynter, Tom Jones wrote that it was not a "fairly reported story" because it relied exclusively on "quotes and opinions from those who don’t want to see Biden elected to a second term."
Nevertheless, ️the Wall Street Journal piece was repackaged by Sinclair Broadcast Group and beamed into the homes of millions of Americans. ️
#Sinclair, which is controlled by right-wing media mogul #David #Smith, owns or operates 185 local television stations across 86 markets.
Sinclair repackaged the Wall Street Journal story through its centralized news team, known as The National Desk.
The segment was then pushed to dozens of local news stations owned by Sinclair.
Local anchors introduced the piece by reading from a nearly identical script.
Again and again, the anchors say that the Wall Street Journal is "out with new reporting calling into question the mental fitness of President Joe Biden," adding that the issue "could be an election decider."