Many of them didn't talk about it in the first place, because it was originally reported by a source that refused to let anyone independently verify their claim

Many of them didn't talk about it in the first place, because it was originally reported by a source that refused to let anyone independently verify their claims. The first people to speak up on it were the least educated, and by the time an actually reputable and detailed report was making the rounds everyone either moved on or had already accused the media of "lying". You really cannot choose a worse example than the Hunter Biden laptop story. That was one of the few examples of liberal media taking the necessary precautions, and even the conservative news outlets were afraid to make claims that could be seen as libel if they weren't independently verified. No serious news sources, conservative or liberal, reported on the original Hunter Biden laptop story. If you're going to be pissed when 4chan threads don't make national news overnight, I've got a hell of a political bridge to sell you.