[wrench]

FDR was paralyzed long before he ran for POTUS. How long did the press hide his condition?

[knarf]

I have a feeling we’ll not see another video for a long, long time.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

FDR was a friend of mine, and Helkary is no FDR.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The Press very compliantly refused to photograph FDR in his wheelchair. For sixteen years.

Circling the wagons around Liberal Democrats is nothing new for them.

[Genoa]

FDR's debilitating bout with polio was known to those who were involved in his official or private life, but the evidence was not exhibited to the general public.
The press was committed to not writing about it or photographing FDR being helped around. It was just a matter of decency in a bygone era. FDR was seated and in command of his surroundings before the cameras would come out, that was the deal, and everyone adhered to it.
But aside from his paralysis from the waist down, he was in good health (until the last couple of years) and his mind was razor sharp. His medical problems weren't a threat to the country.

[Maine Mariner]

I don’t think it was a secret that FDR had polio in about 1920.

[Spirochete]

FDR was paralyzed long before he ran for POTUS. How long did the press hide his condition?

The press never stopped. They're still hiding it, or at least, trying hard not to draw attention to it.