Biden’s big interview tonight is a no-win proposition

If it were the 1990s, Joe Biden’s primetime interview Friday with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos would be a ratings monster. There would be no Netflix, Hulu or PlayStation to compete with it.

What’s more, Biden’s performance would be dispositive, either dooming his candidacy or resuscitating it — that’s how much power the mainstream media once had.

In my estimation, doom is much more likely, regardless of how many credulous Americans tune in to the spectacle. Indeed, this...