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>I have no idea where people who are saying NPR has made some kind of hard partisan shift are coming from. Perhaps this will help you out: A veteran National

by kernal 2y ago

>I have no idea where people who are saying NPR has made some kind of hard partisan shift are coming from. Perhaps this will help you out: A veteran National Public Radio journalist slammed the left-leaning broadcaster for ignoring the Hunter Biden laptop scandal because it could have helped Donald Trump get re-elected. >Of course, there is one group of people that has been casting NPR as particularly partisan for at least 25 years Congratulations on contradicting yourself.

dhosek 2y ago
He’s saying he doesn’t see the basis for the complaints. The Hunter Biden laptop scandal? Even the New York Post (not exactly a left-leaning publication) only ran with the story with the original reporter insisting his byline be omitted and the reporter who was given the byline wasn’t informed of this happening because while the laptop was Biden’s, the validity of the contents could not be verified and had roughly the validity of the Bush National Guard letter.
- kernal 2y ago
  >He’s saying he doesn’t see the basis for the complaints. Their partisan political coverage is the basis for the complaints. >the validity of the contents could not be verified The contents were verified as authentic. Additionally, the FBI had the contents years before the public release and they knew it was authentic. >Testimony Reveals FBI Employees Who Warned Social Media Companies about Hack and Leak Operation Knew Hunter Biden Laptop Wasn’t Russian Disinformation >DOJ confirms in new court filing it indeed belonged to Hunter Biden
  - astrange 2y ago
    They were not verified as authentic. You and whoever read that filing misunderstood it. (More importantly, if any component was verified that does not mean the whole thing is.) Also, in the same special counsel[0] filing they attached a picture of a table saw covered in sawdust and said it was a picture Hunter Biden had taken of "apparent cocaine". [0] who is a DOJ employee but it's misleading to call him "DOJ", since he's not controlled by them
    - kernal 2y ago
      Yes it was verified authentic. The emails were also verified.
wwweston 2y ago
As usually invoked the Melter Liden Bipbop Sandal is less a story people are actually interested in than a conceptual container for non-specific aspersions (hence it may as well be referred to as I just did). The most instructive thing about it is how readily certain people take enthusiastically to guilt by association with pretty vague allegations of ostensible corruption when they can't get anything closer (especially ironic when paired with denial about the absolutely overwhelming tidal wave of obvious and directly connected corruption for another figure). Maybe someday a story about someone who's never held public office and is barely a public figure will be actually be worthy of news when a court case or two conclude. But on a more concrete level, the idea that NPR ignored the specific topic invoked here is wrong, not just considering that there's no there there, but in absolute terms. I have heard NPR segments discussing it and seen posts about it. I don't expect you to take my word for it, here's some front page results from a search: https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231884999/fbi-informant-charged-lying-joe-hunter-biden-ukraine-burisma https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231884999/fbi-informant-char... https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201691151/hunter-biden-sues-rudy-giuliani-laptop https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201691151/hunter-biden-sues-... https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193465237/hunter-biden-investigation-special-counsel https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193465237/hunter-biden-inves... https://www.npr.org/2022/04/09/1091859822/more-details-emerge-in-federal-investigation-into-hunter-biden https://www.npr.org/2022/04/09/1091859822/more-details-emerg...
JoBrad 2y ago
The entire Hunter Biden obsession blows my mind. Rural America at large has been devastated by drug addiction, with very few families being spared. While I voted for Biden in the last election, and am very likely to do so again, I’ve also looked at most of the actual evidence that has been presented by Republicans. I’ll admit that a part of me has been dreading the day that we see evidence that he has been involved in fraudulent activity. And yet, nothing that I’ve seen connects the President to illegal activity beyond his familial connection to his son. What I have seen is a very caring father who has tried to help his addicted son in the wake of losing another son tragically. This is something that families across the nation, but especially rural families - Republicans and Democrats alike -have had to deal with as well. Should we disqualify all families who have members that struggle with addiction? That seems absurd. The origins of the laptop story have been fairly suspicious. The handling of the laptop by the computer repair shop, Giuliani, and others, has been shameful, in my opinion, and reflects their willingness to violate anyone’s rights in the pursuit of power. Lev Parnas’ recent comments seem to confirm many of the suspicions that were talked about back then. The fact that NPR didn’t immediately run the story seemed like a good idea to me, and they even reported on why they delayed reporting it, at the time. Maybe that’s my bias showing, but it’s hard to deny that this type of story would be relegated to tabloids a decade ago.

by kernal 2y ago

dhosek 2y ago

He’s saying he doesn’t see the basis for the complaints. The Hunter Biden laptop scandal? Even the New York Post (not exactly a left-leaning publication) only ran with the story with the original reporter insisting his byline be omitted and the reporter who was given the byline wasn’t informed of this happening because while the laptop was Biden’s, the validity of the contents could not be verified and had roughly the validity of the Bush National Guard letter.

kernal 2y ago
>He’s saying he doesn’t see the basis for the complaints. Their partisan political coverage is the basis for the complaints. >the validity of the contents could not be verified The contents were verified as authentic. Additionally, the FBI had the contents years before the public release and they knew it was authentic. >Testimony Reveals FBI Employees Who Warned Social Media Companies about Hack and Leak Operation Knew Hunter Biden Laptop Wasn’t Russian Disinformation >DOJ confirms in new court filing it indeed belonged to Hunter Biden
- astrange 2y ago
  They were not verified as authentic. You and whoever read that filing misunderstood it. (More importantly, if any component was verified that does not mean the whole thing is.) Also, in the same special counsel[0] filing they attached a picture of a table saw covered in sawdust and said it was a picture Hunter Biden had taken of "apparent cocaine". [0] who is a DOJ employee but it's misleading to call him "DOJ", since he's not controlled by them
  - kernal 2y ago
    Yes it was verified authentic. The emails were also verified.

wwweston 2y ago

As usually invoked the Melter Liden Bipbop Sandal is less a story people are actually interested in than a conceptual container for non-specific aspersions (hence it may as well be referred to as I just did). The most instructive thing about it is how readily certain people take enthusiastically to guilt by association with pretty vague allegations of ostensible corruption when they can't get anything closer (especially ironic when paired with denial about the absolutely overwhelming tidal wave of obvious and directly connected corruption for another figure). Maybe someday a story about someone who's never held public office and is barely a public figure will be actually be worthy of news when a court case or two conclude. But on a more concrete level, the idea that NPR ignored the specific topic invoked here is wrong, not just considering that there's no there there, but in absolute terms. I have heard NPR segments discussing it and seen posts about it. I don't expect you to take my word for it, here's some front page results from a search: https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231884999/fbi-informant-charged-lying-joe-hunter-biden-ukraine-burisma https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231884999/fbi-informant-char... https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201691151/hunter-biden-sues-rudy-giuliani-laptop https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201691151/hunter-biden-sues-... https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193465237/hunter-biden-investigation-special-counsel https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193465237/hunter-biden-inves... https://www.npr.org/2022/04/09/1091859822/more-details-emerge-in-federal-investigation-into-hunter-biden https://www.npr.org/2022/04/09/1091859822/more-details-emerg...

JoBrad 2y ago

The entire Hunter Biden obsession blows my mind. Rural America at large has been devastated by drug addiction, with very few families being spared. While I voted for Biden in the last election, and am very likely to do so again, I’ve also looked at most of the actual evidence that has been presented by Republicans. I’ll admit that a part of me has been dreading the day that we see evidence that he has been involved in fraudulent activity. And yet, nothing that I’ve seen connects the President to illegal activity beyond his familial connection to his son. What I have seen is a very caring father who has tried to help his addicted son in the wake of losing another son tragically. This is something that families across the nation, but especially rural families - Republicans and Democrats alike -have had to deal with as well. Should we disqualify all families who have members that struggle with addiction? That seems absurd. The origins of the laptop story have been fairly suspicious. The handling of the laptop by the computer repair shop, Giuliani, and others, has been shameful, in my opinion, and reflects their willingness to violate anyone’s rights in the pursuit of power. Lev Parnas’ recent comments seem to confirm many of the suspicions that were talked about back then. The fact that NPR didn’t immediately run the story seemed like a good idea to me, and they even reported on why they delayed reporting it, at the time. Maybe that’s my bias showing, but it’s hard to deny that this type of story would be relegated to tabloids a decade ago.