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> One must wonder why almost all foreign interests opposed to the United States maintaining our superpower status - the Russians, the PRC - are opposed to a par

> One must wonder why almost all foreign interests opposed to the United States maintaining our superpower status - the Russians, the PRC - are opposed to a particular candidate (President Joe Biden). They're not. Your perception is based on selection bias. https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ICA-declass-16MAR21.pdf https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ICA-dec... It may be more informative to wonder why misinformation in support of one candidate is so over-represented in the discourse. It may be related to why the same outlets that share this perspective were participating in disinformation with the Democrat-led federal government to suppress negative news about the Democratic candidate in the 2020 election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden_laptop_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden_laptop_controvers...

wumeow 3y ago
As the wikipedia article says, the Hunter Biden laptop story was an obvious October surprise that ended up proving nothing about Joe Biden. There sure was disinfo being peddled during that saga, but not from the Democrats.
- trelane 3y ago
  "There sure was disinfo being peddled during that saga, but not from the Democrats." Good one. Please pull my other leg. Update: if it's sincerely not clear why the precious comment about "not from the Democrats" was a farce, read the "Reactions" section. The efforts to quash the Post story and characterize it as misinformation are what I'm talking about.
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  - wumeow 3y ago
    Given the extremely sketchy provenance of the story’s data, the timing of the story’s publishing, the fact it was published by a tabloid and that even the reporters who wrote it questioned its validity, and that two subsequent investigations found no evidence of corruption by Joe Biden, I would say the media was right to treat the Post story as misinformation.
    - trelane 3y ago
      Looking at new stories with skepticism is always warranted. As you point out, the original sources provided just that. Immediately quashing them as "misinformation" is not legitimate in a free society. That the report was true makes calling it "misinformation" exceedingly naive, at best.
      - wumeow 3y ago
        > That the report was true … And now you’re pulling my leg

wumeow 3y ago

As the wikipedia article says, the Hunter Biden laptop story was an obvious October surprise that ended up proving nothing about Joe Biden. There sure was disinfo being peddled during that saga, but not from the Democrats.

trelane 3y ago
"There sure was disinfo being peddled during that saga, but not from the Democrats." Good one. Please pull my other leg. Update: if it's sincerely not clear why the precious comment about "not from the Democrats" was a farce, read the "Reactions" section. The efforts to quash the Post story and characterize it as misinformation are what I'm talking about.
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- wumeow 3y ago
  Given the extremely sketchy provenance of the story’s data, the timing of the story’s publishing, the fact it was published by a tabloid and that even the reporters who wrote it questioned its validity, and that two subsequent investigations found no evidence of corruption by Joe Biden, I would say the media was right to treat the Post story as misinformation.
  - trelane 3y ago
    Looking at new stories with skepticism is always warranted. As you point out, the original sources provided just that. Immediately quashing them as "misinformation" is not legitimate in a free society. That the report was true makes calling it "misinformation" exceedingly naive, at best.
    - wumeow 3y ago
      > That the report was true … And now you’re pulling my leg