{"id":1998554,"date":"2023-08-12T05:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T09:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drews-receipts-media-react-to-appointment-of-hunter-biden-special-counsel\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T05:08:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T09:08:25","slug":"drews-receipts-media-react-to-appointment-of-hunter-biden-special-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drews-receipts-media-react-to-appointment-of-hunter-biden-special-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Media reacts to appointment of Hunter Biden special counsel in Drew&#8217;s Receipts."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fdrews-receipts-media-react-to-appointment-of-hunter-biden-special-counsel%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=1998554&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>\n<h2>Where&#8217;s Hunter?:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Media <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1690046210940227596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a> the Justice Department&#8217;s Hunter Biden investigation over \u200cin June \u2062when the first son reached a plea deal\u200c with his father&#8217;s Justice Department.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A judge&#8217;s rejection of the agreement <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/the-media-throw-hunter-biden-under-the-bus-to-save-the-big-guy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did little<\/a> to change the consensus that there was nothing to see here. \u2064Nor did mounting evidence uncovered by House Republicans.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White House\u200c comms.<\/p>\n<p>Politico has since deleted the tweet, presumably because it establishes the opposite of \u200dwhat Kate says here.<\/p>\n<p>You be the judge. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y7ALnQ66Ld\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y7ALnQ66Ld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g0Rkake9jE\">pic.twitter.com\/g0Rkake9jE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin Smothers (@colinsmo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colinsmo\/status\/1689361574698360832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, many journalists are at a loss \u2062to explain \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/garland-appoints-special-counsel-to-oversee-hunter-biden-probe\/\">announcement<\/a> that Biden\u200b is getting his own special \u2062counsel.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ABC is definitely riding the struggle bus after hearing AG Merrick Garland\u2063 name David Weiss as \u200ba\u2064 special counsel to continue investigating Hunter\u2063 Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring chief Biden apple polisher Mary Bruce &#038; anti-Trump author Jonathan Karl!\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mHCk5gRtXP\">pic.twitter.com\/mHCk5gRtXP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1690046210940227596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For Republican\u200d critics, however, the explanation remains the same: It&#8217;s a cover-up.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This action by Biden\u2019s DOJ \u200bcannot be used to obstruct \u200dcongressional investigations or whitewash\u200b the Biden family \u2064corruption.<\/p>\n<p>If Weiss negotiated the sweetheart deal \u2064that\u2063 couldn\u2019t get approved, how can he be trusted as a Special Counsel?<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans will continue\u200d to pursue\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin \u2064McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy\/status\/1690049403824807939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Climate files:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Gas prices are\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/gas-prices-stop-rising-experts-weigh\/story?id=102128924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rising<\/a> \u200c again as OPEC+ \u2063clamps down on the global supply.<\/strong> It could\u200d be a moment for journalists to question President Joe Biden&#8217;s hostility to U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-technology-climate-26908b855045d5ce7342fd01be8bcc10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/20\/climate\/biden-drilling-federal-lands.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">production<\/a> or his failed Middle East <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/blinken-travels-to-saudi-arabia-as-kingdom-snubs-biden-on-oil-and-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diplomacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But instead, the media blame a more ephemeral actor for the growing pain \u2064at the pump: climate change.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Climate change plays a huge role in increased\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economists-bidens-policies-to-lift-oil-and-gas-prices-hurt-u-s-households\/\" title=\"Economists: Biden\u2019s policies to lift oil and gas prices, hurt U.S. households\">gas prices<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6vYjvbcR8p\">pic.twitter.com\/6vYjvbcR8p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dDr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JebraFaushay\/status\/1688176241981980677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/03\/why-gas-prices-are-rising-again-00109619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;The Heat Behind The Jump in Gasoline Prices&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s a glaring example of how the heat that\u2019s been baking much of the United States in\u200c recent weeks \u2014 and which scientists say is exacerbated by climate change \u2014 is threatening the economy with\u2062 new inflationary pressures, as well as public health.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/04\/business\/gas-prices-extreme-heat\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>: &#8220;How Extreme Heat is Making Your Gas More Expensive&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><em>Ironically, all of this \u2062shows that not even oil and\u200b gas companies \u2014 an industry \u2063that scientists \u2062blame in part for global warming \u2014\u200c are immune from\u2063 the consequences of the climate crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Things were more straightforward under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-worthy-recipient-pro-life-group-names-trump-pro-life-person-of-the-year\/\" title=\"\u201cA Worthy Recipient\u201d- Pro-Life Group Names Trump Pro-Life \u201cPerson Of The Year\u201d\">previous president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH:\u200c Who\u2019s to blame for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-energy-sec-i-drive-on-sunshine\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Energy Sec: \u2018I Drive On Sunshine\u2019\">rising gas prices<\/a>? Putin \u2064tells Trump, \u2018Look in the mirror\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P2sQ1jzQNn\">https:\/\/t.co\/P2sQ1jzQNn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsHour\/status\/1047597157207891968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, \u200b2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Fear\u200c index:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Speaking of Donald Trump, a \u200cfourth criminal indictment of the \u2062former president is looming in Atlanta, \u2064and journalists are manning the barricades, or at \u2063least breathlessly photographing them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fulton \u2062County Courthouse security heightened ahead of a \u200dpossible Trump \u200cindictment in an investigation into interference in the 2020 Georgia election.<\/p>\n<p>       <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VnRWuCOsqF\">https:\/\/t.co\/VnRWuCOsqF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usatodayDC\/status\/1689371482827141120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The media \u200dis 0-for-3 when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1639986090751688704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hyping<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrOlmos\/status\/1668270441620811776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1686858616236548096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concerns<\/a> ahead of Trump&#8217;s indictments.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The media circus outside Manhattan Courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>Currently more press than actual supporters \u200cor\u200c counter protesters\u200c awaiting former President Trump\u2019s arraignment this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YXLtbtKb1D\">pic.twitter.com\/YXLtbtKb1D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebsBrannon\/status\/1643257849366171649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TV media seem to be begging for increase in activity outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-antiquities-loaned-to-trump-white-house-being-kept-at-mar-a-lago-report\/\" title=\"Israeli antiquities on loan to Trump White House stored at Mar-a-Lago: Report\">federal \u2064courthouse<\/a> in Miami as journalists still outnumber demonstrators \u2064in \u2062run up\u2063 to Trump arraignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bEric Lisann (@EricLisann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLisann\/status\/1668668838014070785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Journalists far outnumbered the\u2063 slow trickle\u2062 of demonstrators who made their way\u200b to the E. Barrett\u200c Pettyman U.S.\u200b Courthouse on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Media trucks lined the perimeter, and reporters took turns lounging on lawn chairs and talking to the handful of people who showed up\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AqgECv0Yot\">pic.twitter.com\/AqgECv0Yot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1687167655818465280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s hoping for another slow\u200d news day if and when the new charges drop \u2062next week.<\/p>\n<h2>Profile in courage:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/08\/07\/palestinian-militants-west-bank-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sat down<\/a> with a group \u200dof Palestinian terrorists to hear their side of suicide bombing Israeli civilians:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As the mayhem has spread, though,\u2064 hundreds of Palestinians like Zoufi have jumped into the fight. Some are aligned with organized cells \u2014 al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Hamas, the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Many \u200dsay they\u2064 were compelled to take up arms because the Palestinian Authority has stayed on the sidelines. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Israel &#8230; accuses Palestinian officials\u2062 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drews-receipts-media-react-to-appointment-of-hunter-biden-special-counsel\/\" title=\"Media reacts to appointment of Hunter Biden special counsel in Drew's Receipts.\">letting militants operate freely<\/a>\u2064 and of allowing thousands of \u200dsmuggled\u2062 or homemade weapons to flood the territory. In turn, many Palestinians see their government as another arm of the occupation, sharing intelligence with Israel and\u2063 arresting fighters \u200bfrom rival political factions to shore up its diminishing power.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s the latest example of the media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/community\/articles\/need-to-talk-about-way-we-talk-about-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">both-sides-ing<\/a> a conflict between the democratic state of Israel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/backgrounder\/what-hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">genocidal maniacs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Palestinian teens, anticipating the possibility of death, are writing \u200dfarewell messages\u200b in one of the deadliest periods in years in the \u200cIsraeli-occupied\u2063 West Bank.\u2064 &#8220;It\u2019s\u2064 not \u2063that they want\u200c to die, but it\u2019s that\u200b they feel like there\u2019s nothing else to give.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GknPcNVzI7\">https:\/\/t.co\/GknPcNVzI7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1676572995576266753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where&#8217;s Hunter? Despite a plea deal with the Justice Department, media declared the investigation over. A judge&#8217;s rejection and evidence from House Republicans failed to alter the consensus that there was nothing to see. 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