Posted on 01/24/2025 8:02:32 AM PST by Libloather
Lest anyone still have doubts, two ex-Politico reporters just confirmed how far the media went to protect Joe Biden prior to the 2020 presidential election.
It’s solid proof that these outlets can’t be trusted.
On a podcast this week, Axios’ Mark Caputo and Puck’s Tara Palmeri revealed that Politico intentionally killed or resisted negative stories about Biden and his son — citing, for instance, its limited coverage of The Post’s election-eve scoop on Hunter Biden’s laptop.
“Politico did that terrible, ill-fated headline: 51 intelligence agents, or former intelligence agents, say that the Hunter Biden laptop was disinformation,” recalled Caputo.
“Turns out that story was closer to disinformation, because the Hunter Biden laptop appeared to be true.”
Caputo told his editor the outlet needed to “write about the Hunter Biden laptop” but was instructed, per orders from “on high” at Politico, not to: “Don’t write about the laptop. Don’t talk about the laptop. Don’t tweet about the laptop,” he was told.
So “the only thing Politico wound up writing was that piece that called it disinformation.”
Caputo also cited his reporting in 2019 on a tax lien Hunter got for his Burisma income.
“That story was killed by the editors. And they gave no explanation.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I would like to see these analysts testify in depositions how they arrived at their opinions that this was Russian disinformation.
It’s only a matter of time until they have to admit the Haitian pet eaters as true.
And Jan 6th was a Pelosi plot.
Not “news”, at all. We (Freepers) knew journalists/news outlets are so corrupt it all stinks like low tide at a fish market. We’ve known this since klinton was in the public eye.
Another right wing conspiracy claim...........that happened to be true
Politico covers for Democrats.
Politico covers for Democrats.
True. And to assure that this will never work again for ANY candidate, schools must begin teaching everything and not JUST what conforms to THEIR views.
Without the capacity for critical thinking, students will continue to graduate not knowing how to read properly or to discern fact from propaganda, FOR THEMSELVES!!!
And the press wonders why they've lost the trust of the American people? The 51 story WAS disinformation it wasn't JUST 'closer'... IT WAS A LIE...and they knew it.
Clutching my pearls.
Media is in Overdrive.
Bumper to bumper reporting.
“I’m actually thinking, that despite the downturn of our nation over the past 4 years, that having Biden (Obama) as President was the best thing that could have happened. Trump’s eyes were opened even further to The Swamp and he has come back in a much stronger position.”
At the cost of 20M+ illegal invaders, including terrorists - the catastrophic effect of which has yet to be felt.
So is thus what US AID was paying politico for?
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