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Emphatically no. A son possibly mentioning his dad and alluding to things you are wildly speculating about is not “some connection.” Every credible journalist

by mlthoughts2018 6y ago

Emphatically no. A son possibly mentioning his dad and alluding to things you are wildly speculating about is not “some connection.” Every credible journalist would laugh you out of the room if you try to frame that as if it’s legitimate in any way or counts as evidence of anything besides Hunter Biden having a big mouth. Just as they are shutting down even Greenwald if he is going to try to pull that same disingenuous crap just to keep pushing his crusade against the Democratic party leaders.

whimsicalism 6y ago
> Every credible journalist My parents are both retired journalists in DC, one a former editor-in-chief of a publication with millions of paid subscriptions. Both voted for Biden. They have also expressed their concern with the response to the Hunter Biden story, but I won't name them for obvious reasons. I understand that you have a vested interest in presenting this as open-and-shut, but in no way are you speaking for "every credible journalist" unless you mean in a tautological no-true-scotsman way.
- mlthoughts2018 6y ago
  It’s very scary that disinformation conspiracy theories affected them like that. And I mean this absolutely sincerely, from the POV of open journalism, high priority for inquiry into our democratic process, freedom of the press. The way the Hunter Biden email story has morphed into basically a manipulative, disinformation campaign to overwhelm citizens and undercut basic trust in journalistic integrity and election procedures is staggering and frightening - as this anecdote about your parents being swindled by it highlights. It could be a no true scotsman issue on my part, or it could be that really, actually the story is completely debunked and belief in it indicates departure from credible journalism to instead embrace partisan conspiracy theories. The evidence really, actually suggests the latter in this case.
  - whimsicalism 6y ago
    > It’s very scary that disinformation conspiracy theories affected them like that. The existence of the emails is not disinformation, nor has it been discredited. You're attaching all of these claims to what "the story" is and using it to make extremely condescending remarks about reputable journalists (and my parents). Good day, can't wait for after Nov. 3rd for people to return to normal.

whimsicalism 6y ago

> Every credible journalist My parents are both retired journalists in DC, one a former editor-in-chief of a publication with millions of paid subscriptions. Both voted for Biden. They have also expressed their concern with the response to the Hunter Biden story, but I won't name them for obvious reasons. I understand that you have a vested interest in presenting this as open-and-shut, but in no way are you speaking for "every credible journalist" unless you mean in a tautological no-true-scotsman way.

mlthoughts2018 6y ago
It’s very scary that disinformation conspiracy theories affected them like that. And I mean this absolutely sincerely, from the POV of open journalism, high priority for inquiry into our democratic process, freedom of the press. The way the Hunter Biden email story has morphed into basically a manipulative, disinformation campaign to overwhelm citizens and undercut basic trust in journalistic integrity and election procedures is staggering and frightening - as this anecdote about your parents being swindled by it highlights. It could be a no true scotsman issue on my part, or it could be that really, actually the story is completely debunked and belief in it indicates departure from credible journalism to instead embrace partisan conspiracy theories. The evidence really, actually suggests the latter in this case.
- whimsicalism 6y ago
  > It’s very scary that disinformation conspiracy theories affected them like that. The existence of the emails is not disinformation, nor has it been discredited. You're attaching all of these claims to what "the story" is and using it to make extremely condescending remarks about reputable journalists (and my parents). Good day, can't wait for after Nov. 3rd for people to return to normal.