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Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored by the Intercept

54 points by jashkenas 6y ago

ddoolin 6y ago
In the New York Time's original investigations into the defenses of Joe Biden, they noted that "other Western nations and international lenders" long also were critics Ukrainian prosecutor-general. Why is that? Are they suggesting that Biden simply used their longstanding criticism as a cover for his questionable activity?
- pwinnski 6y ago
  That is one of so many questions that seems like a higher priority to me than Greenwald's listed questions. This is sad to me. I appreciated Greenwald's work in bringing Snowden's information to light. Since then, I just don't know.
- yasp 6y ago
  > Why is that? Isn't that a question the New York Times should have been answering? I will admit that I haven't been following the Burisma scandal that closely, but the following post [1] provides sufficient evidence to me to believe that it hasn't been reported accurately in the USA. [1] https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/10/media-again-falsely-claim-that-joe-bidens-intervention-in-ukraine-was-innocent.html https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/10/media-again-falsely-cl...
option 6y ago
The conduct of Twitter, Facebook and media outlets in suppressing this story is horrifying. While this story is somewhat damaging to Biden, I think, medium to long term the way it is handled is much more damaging then the story itself.
- option 6y ago
  Most importantly, this behavior (by social media and news outlets) is very damaging for USA. What if 8 years from now there is much more censorship, information control AND authoritarian maniac (from either party) at the helm? All of this, as we see can and did happen. Will the country survive this happening simultaneously with single party/leader in control?
  - laverya 6y ago
    Why 8 years? What's stopping tech companies and media outlets from continuing to support Biden next year as strongly as they have this election season?
    - option 6y ago
      lol, I think Glenn’s tweet with story and this thread on HN all got blocked. So, yeah, will likely be faster then 8 years ...
- ismail 6y ago
  Information asymmetry leads to Power asymmetry. Transparency is a bitch to people involved in power games.
atomi 6y ago
Are we claiming global "intercorporational" conspiracies now? Why aren't these being flagged?

54 points by jashkenas 6y ago

In the New York Time's original investigations into the defenses of Joe Biden, they noted that "other Western nations and international lenders" long also were critics Ukrainian prosecutor-general. Why is that? Are they suggesting that Biden simply used their longstanding criticism as a cover for his questionable activity?

pwinnski 6y ago
That is one of so many questions that seems like a higher priority to me than Greenwald's listed questions. This is sad to me. I appreciated Greenwald's work in bringing Snowden's information to light. Since then, I just don't know.
yasp 6y ago
> Why is that? Isn't that a question the New York Times should have been answering? I will admit that I haven't been following the Burisma scandal that closely, but the following post [1] provides sufficient evidence to me to believe that it hasn't been reported accurately in the USA. [1] https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/10/media-again-falsely-claim-that-joe-bidens-intervention-in-ukraine-was-innocent.html https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/10/media-again-falsely-cl...

option 6y ago

The conduct of Twitter, Facebook and media outlets in suppressing this story is horrifying. While this story is somewhat damaging to Biden, I think, medium to long term the way it is handled is much more damaging then the story itself.

option 6y ago
Most importantly, this behavior (by social media and news outlets) is very damaging for USA. What if 8 years from now there is much more censorship, information control AND authoritarian maniac (from either party) at the helm? All of this, as we see can and did happen. Will the country survive this happening simultaneously with single party/leader in control?
- laverya 6y ago
  Why 8 years? What's stopping tech companies and media outlets from continuing to support Biden next year as strongly as they have this election season?
  - option 6y ago
    lol, I think Glenn’s tweet with story and this thread on HN all got blocked. So, yeah, will likely be faster then 8 years ...
ismail 6y ago
Information asymmetry leads to Power asymmetry. Transparency is a bitch to people involved in power games.

atomi 6y ago

Are we claiming global "intercorporational" conspiracies now? Why aren't these being flagged?