It’s a story that media outlets can no longer afford to play down
The media war picked up steam as a federal grand jury investigation intensified into allegations that President Biden’s son Hunter may have peddled his famous father’s name to land up to $6 million in consulting fees from Ukrainian and Chinese energy companies, while concealing his profits from the IRS.
It’s a story that media outlets can no longer afford to play down. The New York Post has been playing it up for more than a year, after verifying voluminous email correspondence between Hunter and businessmen in the two foreign lands. The emails were lifted from the hard drive of a laptop that Hunter left for repairs at a computer shop in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. The repairman is reportedly a big Donald Trump supporter who sneaked a peek at the private correspondence, then handed it over to Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani.
The WaPo and NYT just last week concurred that the offending computer belonged to Hunter and the emails were authentic. The same WaPo reporters who initially suppressed the story published a 3,000-word better-late-than-never exposé. The New York Post taunted them on Twitter, while the WaPo reporters merely responded with a link to their article.
Andrew Prokop, a senior political correspondent for Vox, defended the WaPo and NYT, claiming they “didn’t block anything,” although he admitted they reported the case “more slowly.” Prokop did cite legitimate ethical concerns regarding the publication of personal emails, especially if the material was stolen with a political agenda in mind.
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