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To highlight to you how absolutely insane this move is by google: When the Hunter Biden story broke, it seemed as though every social media company, nearly in

by blhack 6y ago

To highlight to you how absolutely insane this move is by google: When the Hunter Biden story broke, it seemed as though every social media company, nearly in tandem, worked to censor it in the name of "stopping the spread of misinformation". Today: it was announced that there is a federal criminal investigation into Hunter Biden's business dealings in China. (https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/politics/hunter-biden-tax-investigtation/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/politics/hunter-biden-tax-inv...) These people are not, and should NEVER be the arbiters of truth. They are ideologically driven, obviously, since they are human.

nl 6y ago
> When the Hunter Biden story broke, it seemed as though every social media company, nearly in tandem, worked to censor it in the name of "stopping the spread of misinformation". That (fake) story was the Hunter Biden got Joe Biden to intervene in a Ukrainian commercial deal. This is a completely different story, and no one had censored the lead up to it. Here's a fact check on it from October with plenty of links: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking-claims-about-hunter-biden-joe-biden-/ https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking... Notably this investigation is a tax investigation into Hunter, not a "selling political influence" investigation.
- blhack 6y ago
  >That (fake) story was the Hunter Biden got Joe Biden to intervene in a Ukrainian commercial deal. No it wasn't. https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2020/10/30/tony-bobulinski-hunter-biden-and-china-a-politifact-explainer/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/202... https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/joe-biden-must-clear-air-hunter-biden-his-china-business-ncna1245836 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/joe-biden-must-clear-a...
  - nl 6y ago
    Sorry, you are right - too many allegations. The clarify, the fake story was that Hunter Biden tried to get Joe Biden to intervene in a Chinese commercial deal. To quote your link: Bobulinski’s overarching claim is that Joe Biden was involved in, and may have profited from, his son and brother’s business dealings in China. To also quote your link: The Wall Street Journal reviewed his documents and found no evidence of wrongdoing by Joe Biden — or that he was active in his family’s foreign business endeavors, as Bobulinski claimed. This new investigation is about Hunter's tax affairs in China. No one has ever disputed or censored the idea that Hunter Biden has business affairs in China (or in Ukraine, hence my original confusion).

by blhack 6y ago

nl 6y ago

> When the Hunter Biden story broke, it seemed as though every social media company, nearly in tandem, worked to censor it in the name of "stopping the spread of misinformation". That (fake) story was the Hunter Biden got Joe Biden to intervene in a Ukrainian commercial deal. This is a completely different story, and no one had censored the lead up to it. Here's a fact check on it from October with plenty of links: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking-claims-about-hunter-biden-joe-biden-/ https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/19/fact-checking... Notably this investigation is a tax investigation into Hunter, not a "selling political influence" investigation.

blhack 6y ago
>That (fake) story was the Hunter Biden got Joe Biden to intervene in a Ukrainian commercial deal. No it wasn't. https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2020/10/30/tony-bobulinski-hunter-biden-and-china-a-politifact-explainer/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/202... https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/joe-biden-must-clear-air-hunter-biden-his-china-business-ncna1245836 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/joe-biden-must-clear-a...
- nl 6y ago
  Sorry, you are right - too many allegations. The clarify, the fake story was that Hunter Biden tried to get Joe Biden to intervene in a Chinese commercial deal. To quote your link: Bobulinski’s overarching claim is that Joe Biden was involved in, and may have profited from, his son and brother’s business dealings in China. To also quote your link: The Wall Street Journal reviewed his documents and found no evidence of wrongdoing by Joe Biden — or that he was active in his family’s foreign business endeavors, as Bobulinski claimed. This new investigation is about Hunter's tax affairs in China. No one has ever disputed or censored the idea that Hunter Biden has business affairs in China (or in Ukraine, hence my original confusion).