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That’s a very bad take. What he said was: 1. FBI said there may be Russian propaganda coming, be on the lookout 2. They decided to allow posting of Hunter Biden

That’s a very bad take. What he said was: 1. FBI said there may be Russian propaganda coming, be on the lookout 2. They decided to allow posting of Hunter Biden story, but reduce the distribution while independent fact checkers confirm it 3. Then eventually allow the story to be distributed Calling it “censorship at behest of FBI” is very disingenuous and misrepresents the story. I think what they did was very reasonable as a platform.

ohiovr 4y ago
I would not have voted in the election if I knew about the laptop. True story about something that is true.
- baskethead 4y ago
  The laptop was all over the news at the time. But the news said it was Russian misinformation.
  - ohiovr 4y ago
    My skepticism of the media didn't quite reach the level it should have at the time.
    - desindol 4y ago
      At least there is telegram for real news am I Right?
      - ohiovr 4y ago
        I've stopped using smart phones for the most part this year so I won't be using it I don't think. I've been scared enough by what I've already learned come to pass that I think I don't need to be scared further by rumor mongering. All I know is that it seems the quality of the media is viewed by my peers as about the same as I'd expect the soviets thought of theirs back in 1986.
  - myko 4y ago
    > But the news said it was Russian misinformation. And pushing the story was Russian misinformation, peddled via Rudy. Weird how trump world folks keep pushing Russian ops.
- pstuart 4y ago
  That was the only point about the laptop -- to smear Biden.
  - refurb 4y ago
    It’s relevance is for the American voter to decide, not the FBI or Zuckerberg. The best part is that the attempted suppression only sheds even more light on it.
    - deleted 4y ago
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  - someguydave 4y ago
    But it was a true story? You don’t want to hear about true bad things if they are about people you like?
    - pstuart 4y ago
      The only part of the story that's true is that Hunter Biden was given money with the expectation that he'd have political influence over his father. There's zero evidence to show that happened. Turnabout is fair play: are you willing to hear true bad things about the people you like?
    - pstuart 4y ago
      My (current) understanding of the truth: * Hunter Biden was (is?) a drug addict * Hunter Biden has done stuff to be ashamed of * Hunter Biden got a board member seat on Burisma because of who his dad is * Content (some percentage) on the laptop in question came from Hunter Biden I could do this all day long, because I have no partisan loyalty/ideology binding me. I care about corruption regardless of which party is committing it. Do you want to hear the awful truth about people you like?
      - someguydave 4y ago
        I think the politcaly relevant points were: * Hunter Biden appeared to have sold access to Joe Biden to Chinese officials And suppressing that story before the election was a form of “election interference”
lalaland1125 4y ago
I think a lot of people forgot how sketchy the laptop story seemed when it came out. Even conservative media sources like Tucker Carlson and the WSJ refused to touch it because the idea of Hunter Biden just leaving a water damaged laptop with a blind laptop repair guy (blind so the repair person could never testify to who left the laptop) just seemed so absurd.
- rufus_foreman 4y ago
  Hunter Biden once rented a car which was then returned in the middle of the night with his driver's licenses and credit cards left behind, along with a crack pipe that had residue of cocaine on it. In addition, the car keys were left in the gas tank compartment instead of the car key drop box. Do you actually know anyone who smokes crack? They don't always make the most sensible decisions. I don't find the story absurd in the slightest.

ohiovr 4y ago

I would not have voted in the election if I knew about the laptop. True story about something that is true.

baskethead 4y ago
The laptop was all over the news at the time. But the news said it was Russian misinformation.
- ohiovr 4y ago
  My skepticism of the media didn't quite reach the level it should have at the time.
  - desindol 4y ago
    At least there is telegram for real news am I Right?
    - ohiovr 4y ago
      I've stopped using smart phones for the most part this year so I won't be using it I don't think. I've been scared enough by what I've already learned come to pass that I think I don't need to be scared further by rumor mongering. All I know is that it seems the quality of the media is viewed by my peers as about the same as I'd expect the soviets thought of theirs back in 1986.
- myko 4y ago
  > But the news said it was Russian misinformation. And pushing the story was Russian misinformation, peddled via Rudy. Weird how trump world folks keep pushing Russian ops.
pstuart 4y ago
That was the only point about the laptop -- to smear Biden.
- refurb 4y ago
  It’s relevance is for the American voter to decide, not the FBI or Zuckerberg. The best part is that the attempted suppression only sheds even more light on it.
  - deleted 4y ago
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- someguydave 4y ago
  But it was a true story? You don’t want to hear about true bad things if they are about people you like?
  - pstuart 4y ago
    The only part of the story that's true is that Hunter Biden was given money with the expectation that he'd have political influence over his father. There's zero evidence to show that happened. Turnabout is fair play: are you willing to hear true bad things about the people you like?
  - pstuart 4y ago
    My (current) understanding of the truth: * Hunter Biden was (is?) a drug addict * Hunter Biden has done stuff to be ashamed of * Hunter Biden got a board member seat on Burisma because of who his dad is * Content (some percentage) on the laptop in question came from Hunter Biden I could do this all day long, because I have no partisan loyalty/ideology binding me. I care about corruption regardless of which party is committing it. Do you want to hear the awful truth about people you like?
    - someguydave 4y ago
      I think the politcaly relevant points were: * Hunter Biden appeared to have sold access to Joe Biden to Chinese officials And suppressing that story before the election was a form of “election interference”

lalaland1125 4y ago

I think a lot of people forgot how sketchy the laptop story seemed when it came out. Even conservative media sources like Tucker Carlson and the WSJ refused to touch it because the idea of Hunter Biden just leaving a water damaged laptop with a blind laptop repair guy (blind so the repair person could never testify to who left the laptop) just seemed so absurd.

rufus_foreman 4y ago
Hunter Biden once rented a car which was then returned in the middle of the night with his driver's licenses and credit cards left behind, along with a crack pipe that had residue of cocaine on it. In addition, the car keys were left in the gas tank compartment instead of the car key drop box. Do you actually know anyone who smokes crack? They don't always make the most sensible decisions. I don't find the story absurd in the slightest.