April 3, 2022 4:16pm EDT
Washington Post editorial board admits Hunter Biden story is a 'reckoning' for media
Washington Post authenticated emails from Hunter's infamous laptop on Wednesday
By Lindsay Kornick | Fox News
A Sunday op-ed from the Washington Post editorial board called for a public reckoning over the media's handling over the Hunter Biden laptop story.
The editorial is titled "The Hunter Biden story is an opportunity for a reckoning," and discusses what the press should learn from the saga surrounding Hunter Biden's laptop. In particular, the article referenced why news outlets like themselves are now authenticating thousands of emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop when the emails were first reported in 2020. While the editorial board insisted that did not prove any corruption on the part of President Biden, this did raise several questions about the media.
"For now, what’s more compelling than the assorted accusations about the Bidens’ behavior is this question: Why is confirmation of a story that first surfaced in the fall of 2020 emerging only now? When the New York Post published its blockbuster exclusive on the contents of a laptop said to have been abandoned at a Delaware repair shop by Hunter Biden, mainstream media organizations balked at running with the same narrative. Social media sites displayed even greater caution," the editorial board wrote.
During the 2020 presidential election, Twitter suspended the New York Post after they were the first to report on Hunter's emails. Prominent news outlets, including the Washington Post, either downplayed the news or accused it of being Russian disinformation.
However, the Post's editorial board insisted there was additional context behind media’s reluctance to cover the story, the publication admitted that it "doesn’t necessarily exonerate every action of every publication and platform."
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