{"id":1426700,"date":"2022-04-09T08:29:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T12:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1426700"},"modified":"2022-04-09T08:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T12:29:50","slug":"npr-reporter-condemns-their-handling-of-hunter-biden-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-reporter-condemns-their-handling-of-hunter-biden-story\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR Reporter Condemns Their Handling of Hunter Biden Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnpr-reporter-condemns-their-handling-of-hunter-biden-story%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1426700&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"header\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"label\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">American News<\/span> <span class=\"published\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">Apr 8, 2022 7:10 PM<br \/>\n                                EST<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt mb-4\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n                            &#8220;The &#8216;Hunter Biden laptop&#8217; investigation may end up being a tax case, a hill of beans, or something else. But what it&#8217;s always been is a story,&#8221; says Laura Sullivan.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"content\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"reader-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<section class=\"cover\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"author\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"show-sm\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"story-body\" class=\"article\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"html-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<article class=\"html\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>An NPR reporter with over 18 years of experience at the outlet decided to call out her own bosses on Thursday afternoon over how their editorial management decided to largely ignore covering the leaked contents of Hunter Biden\u2019s abandoned laptop.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Add @NPR to the list. Newsroom editors called it &#8216;not a real story.&#8217; The &#8216;Hunter Biden laptop&#8217; investigation may end up being a tax case, a hill of beans, or something else. But what it&#8217;s always been is a story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Add <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NPR<\/a>  to the list. Newsroom editors called it &#8220;not a real story.&#8221; The &#8220;Hunter Biden laptop&#8221; investigation may end up being a tax case, a hill of beans, or something else. But what it&#8217;s always been is a story. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d3UbKDa0RO\">https:\/\/t.co\/d3UbKDa0RO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Sullivan (@LauraSullivaNPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraSullivaNPR\/status\/1512136220394115076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>What the investigative reporter was responding to was a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1511706941348798467\">tweet<\/a> by Glenn Greenwald about how there has been a lack of public apologies from establishment media outlets for their initial flawed handling of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The viewpoint that people like Anne Applebaum of <em>The Atlantic <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/watch-the-atlantic-writer-calls-hunter-bidens-laptop-totally-irrelevant\">still maintains<\/a> is that the Hunter Biden story is &#8220;totally irrelevant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Greenwald applauded Sullivan\u2019s bravery to call out the shortcomings of her employer. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This tweet from NPR investigative reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraSullivaNPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LauraSullivaNPR<\/a> shows a huge amount of integrity and courage, of the kind way too rare for modern-day corporate journalism. Many in large media know their outlets lied and deceived to protect Joe Biden on this story. Few will say: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lMP6HGoLl9\">pic.twitter.com\/lMP6HGoLl9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1512408787755405316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Political scientist Ian Bremmer expressed admiration for her admission, adding it was easier for him to freely talk as he didn\u2019t have &#8220;anyone that can fire me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">spot on, credit due<\/p>\n<p>easy for me to say, i don\u2019t have anyone that can fire me. well done <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraSullivaNPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LauraSullivaNPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianbremmer\/status\/1512412667532746773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>At the time in October 2020 when NPR\u2019s Managing Editor Terence Samuels publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/state-funded-npr-refuses-to-cover-hunter-biden-story-calling-it-a-waste-of-time\">denounced<\/a> the Hunter Biden story as a waste of time, Sullivan issued a similar condemnation of her employer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Really love it when managers make our jobs harder. I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HunterBiden?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HunterBiden<\/a> &#8216;s laptop or what&#8217;s on it, but it&#8217;s certainly not a &#8220;waste of time&#8221; to find out. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NPR<\/a> managers better hope that laptop was built out of an old Russian blender in Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vIg9wgS0zA\">https:\/\/t.co\/vIg9wgS0zA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Sullivan (@LauraSullivaNPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraSullivaNPR\/status\/1319639757123715078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In April 2021, NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/busted-npr-forced-to-issue-huge-correction-after-us-intelligence-debunks-their-story\">had to issue<\/a> a significant correction in their reporting, after initially claiming that US intelligence officials &#8220;discredited&#8221; the Hunter Biden laptop story. The outlet had to admit that wasn\u2019t true.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The resurgence of widespread attention on the scandals surrounding Joe Biden\u2019s son were enough to encourage House Judiciary committee Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/house-judiciary-republicans-demand-intel-officials-answer-hunter-biden-laptop-russian-disinfo-claims\">send out<\/a> a public request letter this week. It was addressed to the 51 intelligence community officials who infamously published a group statement that pushed the claim that the Hunter Biden story was so-called &#8220;Russian disinformation.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Republicans want answers about how the group\u2019s statement came about in the first place. This as <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/new-york-times-finally-acknowledges-legitimacy-of-nyps-hunter-bidens-laptop-story\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/washington-post-reveals-details-about-biden-family-influence-peddling-after-ignoring-bombshell-reporting-from-new-york-post\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>have since acknowledged the laptop\u2019s legitimacy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Meanwhile, a Hunter Biden whistleblower <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/hunter-biden-hard-drive-leaker-flees-to-switzerland-promises-to-recover-and-publish-deleted-materials\">recently fled<\/a> to Switzerland over his promises that there are recoverable deleted files from the Hunter Biden hard drive still yet to be published.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"revcontent-slot\" data-v-4da339e1=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p>Ads by revcontent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"contributions-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"partial contributions-epic\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"inner\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<h2 data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">Join and support independent free thinkers!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"words\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<p data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n                We\u2019re independent and can\u2019t be cancelled. 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