The trio of PBS News Hour anchor Geoff Bennett, The Atlantic staff writer David Brooks, and MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart assembled on Friday for one of their more wild weekly news recaps. During their discussion Bennett would ask if there is “no line left” for President Trump to cross and if Trump is benefiting from a media double standard compared to President Biden. Making matters worse was that trio left out key information that would have shed light on both what Trump was actually doing and their own double standards. Bennett began with Brooks, “Last night, President Trump shared this graphic video of a woman being beaten to death. We're not going to show that video, but you can see the screenshot of the social media message there on the screen.” It was a lengthy Truth Social post, so unless the viewer was standing right in front of their TV in order to read the small text, they probably would not have known the man beating the woman to death with a hammer was an illegal immigrant who was given Temporary Protective Status by Biden.   PBS anchor Geoff Bennett asks David Brooks about Trump posting video of an illegal immigrant killing a woman (although he didn't mention the illegal immigrant part), "He used this video to attack former President Biden, Democrats, federal judges. A sitting president posting… pic.twitter.com/0hgcashKeh — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) April 11, 2026   Nevertheless, Bennett asked, “And he used this video to attack former President Biden, Democrats, federal judges. A sitting president posting footage of a murder as political content, is there no line left?” Brooks agreed, “Apparently not. Apparently not. You know, I think he is spiraling out of control. And I say that in part, and a little psychologically, narcissists tend to disinhibit as they age. And so they get—they just get more of themselves, which is not a good thing.” Turning into a history teacher, Brooks continued, “Last January, as we watched this spiral psychologically, I did—because I'm me, I read Roman histories. And so you get Tacitus and Sallust and those old guys, because they had a front-row seat to tyranny. And they watched authoritarians, one after another, Caligula, all these guys. And the one thing they all said was that they deteriorate.” Brooks also claimed that “They create a situation around them, when the sycophants have to get more sycophant. Anybody who's reasonable is either dead or gone. And then the urge to dominate, the lust for power becomes drunk. They become drunk on that. And they get more and more daring, more and more out of control, and then you get this spiral.” Finally, Brooks asserted, “And our founding fathers, they understood this so well. They read Tacitus. They loved these guys. And John Adams said, if we get a leader like that, he will run through our Congress—our Constitution the way a whale goes through a net. And so they completely understood. And their worst nightmare is now happening.” Bennett then moved on to Capehart, who also has a history of using graphic videos to make political points, “And, Jonathan, 61 percent of Americans, including 30 percent of Republicans, now say that President Trump has become erratic with age. That's according to a recent Reuters-Ipsos poll.”  He then wondered, “The press corps—I guess we should hold up a mirror to ourselves. The press corps spent two years making President Biden's mental fitness, his acuity the story. Why isn't that same scrutiny now being applied to President Trump broadly?”   Next, Bennett asks Jonathan Capehart "The press corps—I guess we should hold up a mirror to ourselves. The press corps spent two years making President Biden's mental fitness, his acuity the story. Why isn't that same scrutiny now being applied to President Trump broadly?"… pic.twitter.com/MlXSO9B28x — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) April 11, 2026   Capehart—who has been doing his best to memory hole the fact he called people concerned about Biden’s acuity, even after the debate, “scaredy-cats”—excitedly agreed, “Yes. Yes, exactly. That has been my question since—excuse me—since January 20 of last year. We, the press, spent a lot of time talking about President Biden and his age because he looked old. He moved slowly. He wasn't as vigorous and agile, supposedly, as the guy he pushed out of office and then the guy who was running against him.” For Capehart, Trump is much worse, “How does that compare to what we're going through right now? I wish people who have written books—people who have gone on air talking about President Biden nonstop, where are they now? Where are those books now that we have a president who has given ample evidence, ample evidence that something is not right?” Moving on to Brooks’s point about the founders, Capehart claimed, “What they weren't prepared for were people from the president's own party willing to either turn a blind eye or enable him to run roughshod over the Constitution… At some point, Republicans writ large and those on Capitol Hill have to start standing up for the Article I prerogatives, but also start standing up for the country. I don't know how much longer we as a nation can withstand this. And I know the world is beyond done with us, but I think they're also frightened of us.” Brooks at least followed up by pointing out that the media is not exactly pro-Trump, which is true, and this segment was Exhibit A. Here is a transcript for the April 10 show: PBS News Hour 4/10/2026 7:47 PM ET GEOFF BENNETT: Let's talk more about that, because, last night, President Trump shared this graphic video of a woman being beaten to death. We're not going to show that video, but you can see the screenshot of the social media message there on the screen. And he used this video to attack former President Biden, Democrats, federal judges. A sitting president posting footage of a murder as political content, is there no line left? DAVID BROOKS: Apparently not. Apparently not. You know, I think he is spiraling out of control. And I say that in part, and a little psychologically, narcissists tend to disinhibit as they age. And so they get—they just get more of themselves, which is not a good thing. But, you know, last January, as we watched this spiral psychologically, I did—because I'm me, I read Roman histories. And so you get Tacitus and Sallust and those old guys, because they had a front-row seat to tyranny. And they watched authoritarians, one after another, Caligula, all these guys. And the one thing they all said was that they deteriorate. They create a situation around them, when the sycophants have to get more sycophant. Anybody who's reasonable is either dead or gone. And then the urge to dominate, the lust for power becomes drunk. They become drunk on that. And they get more and more daring, more and more out of control, and then you get this spiral. And our founding fathers, they understood this so well. They read Tacitus. They loved these guys. And John Adams said, if we get a leader like that, he will run through our Congress—our Constitution the way a whale goes through a net. And so they completely understood. And their worst nightmare is now happening. BENNETT: And, Jonathan, 61 percent of Americans, including 30 percent of Republicans, now say that President Trump has become erratic with age. That's according to a recent Reuters-Ipsos poll. The press corps—I guess we should hold up a mirror to ourselves. The press corps spent two years making President Biden's mental fitness, his acuity the story. Why isn't that same scrutiny now being applied to President Trump broadly? JONATHAN CAPEHART: Yes. Yes, exactly. That has been my question since—excuse me—since January 20 of last year. We, the press, spent a lot of time talking about President Biden and his age because he looked old. He moved slowly. He wasn't as vigorous and agile, supposedly, as the guy he pushed out of office and then the guy who was running against him. And even little slips of the tongue were used to show, “See, aha, he's not all there. He's losing his mind.” How does that compare to what we're going through right now? I wish people who have written books—people who have gone on air talking about President Biden nonstop, where are they now? Where are those books now that we have a president who has given ample evidence, ample evidence that something is not right? Where are the people who are standing up and saying, you know what, something needs to be done? And that goes back to some—you were talking about the founders. They were prepared for something like this. What they weren't prepared for was the Article I branch just ceding all authority. What they weren't prepared for were people from the president's own party willing to either turn a blind eye or enable him to run roughshod over the Constitution. Even when you have got him out there threatening annihilation of a civilization, even when he's started a war for no reason and “the enemy” is in a stronger position now than it was before he started this war of his own choosing? At some point, Republicans writ large and those on Capitol Hill have to start standing up for the Article I prerogatives, but also start standing up for the country. I don't know how much longer we as a nation can withstand this. And I know the world is beyond done with us, but I think they're also frightened of us.