It should also be noted that the NY Post was one of several media outlets the hard drive data was pitched to by Giuliani. They were offered printouts of select

It should also be noted that the NY Post was one of several media outlets the hard drive data was pitched to by Giuliani. They were offered printouts of select data and no access to a clone of the hard drive in question or the laptop itself. The NY Post was the only outlet willing to take the bait with those restrictions, and I don't blame them. I'll grant you that many stories never receive the type of scrutiny that this story did by social media companies, but given the factors surrounding it, I don't necessarily fault the decision. I also recently learned that the computer shop owner that ended up with the laptop is legally blind. Seems like a convenient place to drop off a stolen and possibly altered laptop.