Meltdown over 'Doctor' Jill Biden a preview of media servility toward Biden
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published a piece by Joseph Epstein, the octogenarian essayist, arguing that Jill Biden ought not use the honorific "Doctor" in everyday use. Her Doctor of Education degree, he asserted, should not confer the same regard as a medical doctor.
Epstein's clearly comedic designation of the 69-year-old career educator as a "kiddo" and his unnecessary musings on his own academic career proved more cringeworthy than insightful. But after years of watching the media spread conspiracy theories ranging from Russian collusion to gang rape committed by...