You're making no distinction between the content of the coverage. The Hunter Biden laptop story was widely covered pre-election in the context of it being false

You're making no distinction between the content of the coverage. The Hunter Biden laptop story was widely covered pre-election in the context of it being false or disinfo. Politico: "Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say" source: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-... NPR: "Analysis: Questionable 'N.Y. Post' Scoop Driven By Ex-Hannity Producer And Giuliani" source: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/17/924506867/analysis-questionable-n-y-post-scoop-driven-by-ex-hannity-producer-giuliani https://www.npr.org/2020/10/17/924506867/analysis-questionab... Compilation of journalists calling it disinfo: https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1440402740409110528 https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1440402740409110528 I honestly don't think I am following your argument at all. The fact that they wrongly reported on something without evidence is exactly the point.