Media Moves the Goalpost Again on Biden Corruption Coverage
Jonathan Turley ^ | August 11, 2023 | Jonathan Turley
Posted on 8/12/2023, 10:30:42 AM by george76
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The true “illusion” was the resourceful Bidens getting this eternal scandal to disappear in front of millions.The key to this Houdinesque Biden trick was to get the media to invest in the deception (kinda like audience members called to the stage to witness the trick).
The reporters have to back the “illusion of influence” or admit that they were part of the deception. Even with millions from Hunter’s influence-peddling funneled to the Biden family, and acknowledgments that the family was “selling the [Biden] brand”....... it cannot be enough.
Even the Bidens’ clever subterfuge.....use of a ridiculously complex array of two dozen entities to transfer and launder money without any known purpose, it cannot be enough.
It is far easier to demand to see something no self-respecting Beltway bandit would commit: that after creating this labyrinth of shell companies and accounts, the Bidens went ahead and just did the equivalent to a Venmo payment directly to Joe and Jill Biden. The disappearing act may not be believable.....but who among us believes Hunter Biden is an energy expert?
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The Comer committee could save time and find out a lot more if they consulted author and
researcher Peter Schweizer who has been digging into the Biden family’s finances for years.
Schweizer reports:
<><>Joe Biden has an LLC called CelticCapri thru which he runs his money,
<><>on his 2017 and 2018 tax returns, he reported he had $12.6M income during that time
<><>in 2019 Biden runs for president of the United States,
<><>candidate Biden is required to fill out the Office of Govt Ethics’ financial disclosure form.
<><>the form says he had $7.4 million in income; 40% less than he told the IRS.
<><>What accounts for Biden’s $5.2 million discrepancy?”
The media is so invested in protecting the Biden family, you have to assume media corporate leadership is being paid to make sure that only one narrative is presented.
For instance, CBS just fired Catherine Herridge, their only reporter that actually reported and investigated news. She had just reported on the Biden docs, and not in a favorable manner. That was a no-no so she had to go. If you are laying-off reporters as a cost-cutting measure, it seems you would first get rid of those that bring no value to the table rather than the one reporter that brings in viewers.
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