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Those weren't hacked or leaked. The story is much simpler, and the provenance of the files is not in question: By falsely claiming the records were hacked, rat

• kthxbye123 6y ago
  The provenance of the files is not questioned by far-right political operatives like Sean Davis who are pushing this story in the first place, but to anybody with half a brain cell and an ounce of skepticism the whole story stinks. Just listen to this interview with the owner of the repair shop these files purportedly came from, who changes his story about a half-dozen times in the span of sixty minutes: https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-who-reportedly-gave-hunters-laptop-to-rudy-speaks-out-in-bizarre-interview https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-who-reportedly-gave-hunter... It's not even clear that it was Hunter who dropped off the laptops in the first place!
  • dexen 6y ago
    I hear your objection. Here is a fair and balanced coverage of the document's provenance by a 3rd party, uninvolved, newspaper: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8841255/Man-Hunter-Bidens-emails-Trump-voter-say-told-FBI-came-him.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8841255/Man-Hunter-...
    • kthxbye123 6y ago
      This is a joke, right? The Daily Mail?
      • dexen 6y ago
        My pick - Daily Mail: a newspaper headquartered in London, UK - a 3rd party country, independent from the ongoing US election. Over 120 years long history of investigative journalism. Your pick - The Daily Beast: a 12 years old opinion website in USA, directly interested in the ongoing US election. Compare and contrast the opening - your choice focused on "character assassination" via conspiracy theory; my source focused on giving a broad background & overview as facts. The difference in quality of reporting is palpable.
        • kthxbye123 6y ago
          "120 years long history of investigative journalism" I should have known I was being trolled; my fault for taking the bait.
        • rat87 6y ago
          The Daily Mail like the NY Post is a right wing tabloid with Terrible journalistic standards At least NYPost unlike the daily mail doesn't have a history that includes supporting facists(as far as I know) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail#Support_of_fascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail#Support_of_fascism > Lord Rothermere was a friend of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, and directed the Mail's editorial stance towards them in the early 1930s.[44][45] Rothermere's 1933 leader "Youth Triumphant" praised the new Nazi regime's accomplishments, and was subsequently used as propaganda by them.[46] In it, Rothermere predicted that "The minor misdeeds of individual Nazis would be submerged by the immense benefits the new regime is already bestowing upon Germany". Journalist John Simpson, in a book on journalism, suggested that Rothermere was referring to the violence against Jews and Communists rather than the detention of political prisoners.[47][page needed] > Rothermere and the Mail were also editorially sympathetic to Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists.[48] Rothermere wrote an article titled "Hurrah for the Blackshirts" published in the Daily Mail on 15 January 1934, praising Mosley for his "sound, commonsense, Conservative doctrine",[49] and pointing out that: "Young men may join the British Union of Fascists by writing to the Headquarters, King's Road, Chelsea, London, S.W."[50]
    • srtjstjsj 6y ago
      I don't understand. The Daily Mail pretty clearly debunks your earlier claims and highlights the shadiness of the alleged source of the laptops.