Oh, they are reliable all right.
Legacy media refused to ask Biden the only question that mattered:
“The media can pat themselves on the back all they want, even after spending years telling us that any concern over Biden’s mental fitness was partisan nonsense, conspiratorial craziness, or Russian disinformation. But, by ignoring a Parkinson’s expert’s monthly visits to the White House, they showed their only true purpose: To act as the Democratic Party’s ministry of propaganda.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3079857/legacy-media-refused-to-ask-biden-the-only-question-that-mattered/
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