Yesterday, former Vice President Joe Biden was again insisting that the scandal involving Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation despite the direct refutation of that claim by the FBI. No mainstream reporter bothered to ask the simple question of whether this was his son's laptop and emails, including emails clearly engaging in an influence peddling scheme and referring to Joe Biden's knowledge.
In her interview, Leslie Stahl immediately dismissed any "Scandal" involving Hunter in an interview with the President on 60 Minutes.
In her interview with Joe Biden, CBS anchor Norah O'Donnell did not push Biden to simply confirm that the emails were fake or whether he did in fact meet with Hunter's associates.
Instead O'Donnell asked: "Do you believe the recent leak of material allegedly from Hunter's computer is part of a Russian disinformation campaign?".
"From what I've read and know the intelligence community warned the president that Giuliani was being fed disinformation from the Russians. And we also know that Putin is trying very hard to spread disinformation about Joe Biden. And so when you put the combination of Russia, Giuliani- the president, together- it's just what it is. It's a smear campaign because he has nothing he wants to talk about. What is he running on? What is he running on?".
Recently, Washington Post columnist Thomas Rid wrote said the quiet part out loud by telling the media: "We must treat the Hunter Biden leaks as if they were a foreign intelligence operation - even if they probably aren't."
It does not matter if these are real emails and not Russian disinformation.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Disinformation By Popular Demand: How The Authenticity of Hunter's Laptop Became Immaterial
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