Thread by @JuddLegum

1. The media turned Robert Hur's amateur assessment of Biden's memory into a political crisis.

Collectively, the @washingtonpost, @nytimes, and @WSJ have run 66 articles quoting Hur: a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory"

But when the transcript of the Biden interview that undercut Hur's credibility was released on Tuesday, key excerpts received scant coverage

2. While Hur said that Biden had a "poor memory" in his report, during the interview, he remarked that Biden had a "photographic understanding and... recall" of the layout and contents of his lake house in Wilmington, Delaware.

3. Only the @nytimes included this "photographic recall" anecdote in its own coverage of the transcript. It was included in the last sentence of a 2,500-word article that appeared on page A13 of the paper.

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@nytimes 4. The "photographic understanding and… recall" comment was referenced once on the @washingtonpost website in a story syndicated from the AP. But that story does not make it clear that Hur made the comment. "Biden gave Hur a 'photographic' overview of his home," the AP wrote.

@nytimes @washingtonpost 5. The "photographic understanding and… recall" comment was not mentioned at all in the Wall Street Journal.

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6. At one point in the transcript, one of the prosecutors working with Hur asked Biden if he remembered the purpose of an appointment on his calendar from 8:30 to 9 AM on February 16, 2017. Biden responds that it was a physical therapy appointment for his shoulder.

This wasn't mentioned in any of the three papers.

@nytimes @washingtonpost 7. The transcript shows the Biden interview is not compelling evidence that Biden has memory issues.

But that is a story the nation's top outlets are not eager to tell

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