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As someone who didn't follow any of this closely because I think it's mostly theater, I don't understand why a Donald Trump (a presidential candidate) scandal i

As someone who didn't follow any of this closely because I think it's mostly theater, I don't understand why a Donald Trump (a presidential candidate) scandal is comparable to a Hunter Biden (not a presidential candidate) scandal. Was there something there that implicated Joe Biden in a problematic way?

isoskeles 5y ago
Because some of Hunter Biden’s communications implied he could be giving money to his father. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-54553132 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-54553132 > Another purported email, which Fox News said it had confirmed, reportedly refers to a deal pursued by Hunter involving China's largest private energy firm. It is said to include a cryptic mention of "10 held by H for the big guy". > Fox News cited unnamed sources as saying "the big guy" in the purported email was a reference to Joe Biden. This message is said to be from May 2017. Both emails would date from when the former US vice-president was a private citizen. > A former business associate of Hunter Biden has come forward to say he can confirm the allegations.
- colejohnson66 5y ago
  Fox News isn’t exactly a trustworthy news source when it comes to anything dealing with politics
  - dude187 5y ago
    Your comment is nothing more than useless dismissiveness
  - isoskeles 5y ago
    I posted a BBC article and a quote to directly answer someone's question about why this may have been important during the campaign, specifically how the laptop story would relate back to Joe Biden. I posted this because a lot of people, at the time, thought the story was just about Hunter Biden smoking crack with escorts. People might remember we were all bombarded with odd stories about "pee tapes," and I'm supposed to just believe that the Hunter Biden laptop story was discredited simply because Fox News or NYPost were involved in breaking it? The fucking National Enquirer broke the story that completely ruined John Edwards career in politics. And for clarity, I'm not saying I know what is true or not about the Hunter Biden laptop story, I'm only saying it was worth allowing it to circulate on social media like any other news story from pee tapes to John Edwards.
  - UIUC_06 5y ago
    Algorithm: 1) Only listen to sources I agree with 2) if a source I don't agree with says something, disbelieve it 3) PROFIT!
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CapricornNoble 5y ago
>>>Was there something there that implicated Joe Biden in a problematic way? Yes. There were implications that Hunter Biden was essentially a conduit for political access to his father via bribes/business deals, and that some of that foreign bribe money (in particular from Chinese businessmen) was also finding its way into Joe Biden's hands. The story wasn't just "poor distraught crackhead sexfiend has his laptop hacked by Russian spies". That's how the mainstream platforms tried to spin it in order to justify burying it. They had no response to the sworn statement from one of his business partners supporting the leaked laptop documents about their business, other than to completely memory-hole that as well.

isoskeles 5y ago

Because some of Hunter Biden’s communications implied he could be giving money to his father. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-54553132 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-54553132 > Another purported email, which Fox News said it had confirmed, reportedly refers to a deal pursued by Hunter involving China's largest private energy firm. It is said to include a cryptic mention of "10 held by H for the big guy". > Fox News cited unnamed sources as saying "the big guy" in the purported email was a reference to Joe Biden. This message is said to be from May 2017. Both emails would date from when the former US vice-president was a private citizen. > A former business associate of Hunter Biden has come forward to say he can confirm the allegations.

colejohnson66 5y ago
Fox News isn’t exactly a trustworthy news source when it comes to anything dealing with politics
- dude187 5y ago
  Your comment is nothing more than useless dismissiveness
- isoskeles 5y ago
  I posted a BBC article and a quote to directly answer someone's question about why this may have been important during the campaign, specifically how the laptop story would relate back to Joe Biden. I posted this because a lot of people, at the time, thought the story was just about Hunter Biden smoking crack with escorts. People might remember we were all bombarded with odd stories about "pee tapes," and I'm supposed to just believe that the Hunter Biden laptop story was discredited simply because Fox News or NYPost were involved in breaking it? The fucking National Enquirer broke the story that completely ruined John Edwards career in politics. And for clarity, I'm not saying I know what is true or not about the Hunter Biden laptop story, I'm only saying it was worth allowing it to circulate on social media like any other news story from pee tapes to John Edwards.
- UIUC_06 5y ago
  Algorithm: 1) Only listen to sources I agree with 2) if a source I don't agree with says something, disbelieve it 3) PROFIT!
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CapricornNoble 5y ago

>>>Was there something there that implicated Joe Biden in a problematic way? Yes. There were implications that Hunter Biden was essentially a conduit for political access to his father via bribes/business deals, and that some of that foreign bribe money (in particular from Chinese businessmen) was also finding its way into Joe Biden's hands. The story wasn't just "poor distraught crackhead sexfiend has his laptop hacked by Russian spies". That's how the mainstream platforms tried to spin it in order to justify burying it. They had no response to the sworn statement from one of his business partners supporting the leaked laptop documents about their business, other than to completely memory-hole that as well.