It was the same pattern that we saw with the laptop. The claims of Russian disinformation. The lack of media curiosity. The lack of coverage of the later disclosures. It is the hallmark of a state media, by consent rather than coercion. There are the denials of the incident, the dismissal of the story, and then the downplaying of the countervailing facts.
It would be nice if the mainstream media stopped pretending it was objective and just admitted they're partisans for the Democrats. They have no interest and display no inclination towards equal treatment.
Last week, the Washington Post 'fact checker" finally - after three years - declared that Joe Biden gets four Pinocchios for claiming that Hunter never made any money in China. Do you know when it would have been a good time to confirm this allegation? Back in 2020. But that would have required asking questions and doing journalism.
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It would be nice if the mainstream media stopped pretending it was objective and just admitted they're partisans for the Democrats. They have no interest and display no inclination towards equal treatment.
James Fallows on the partisan inequality in last week's New York Times:
FIRST AMENDMENT IS LIKELY LINCHPIN OF TRUMP DEFENSE
Allies Prepare for Fight Over Free Speech After Indictment Calls Out 'Lies'
Framing, as always, is in the details.
Look which word is in quotes ["we're keeping our distance from this"] in the subhead: Lies.
Look which term is presented straight ["no need to question or caveat this"]: Free speech.
This can only come from decades of working the refs.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2xwaTcWwAETwd4?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
Meanwhile, over at the non-mainstream underdog microbrew news outlet...
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1687524433932537863
Hey, you know who wasn't forced to pay $787 million for their lack of media curiosity, denials of the truth, and lack of coverage of later disclosures?
Hint: they're state media partisans who have no interest and display no inclination towards equal treatment.
Do you know when it would have been a good time to refute this allegation? Back in 2020.
But that would have required asking questions and doing journalism.
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