{"id":2613499,"date":"2026-06-11T20:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-time-leslie-stahl-claimed-hunters-laptop-couldnt-be-verified-as-60-minutes-finally-confronts-its-bias\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:45:31","slug":"that-time-leslie-stahl-claimed-hunters-laptop-couldnt-be-verified-as-60-minutes-finally-confronts-its-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-time-leslie-stahl-claimed-hunters-laptop-couldnt-be-verified-as-60-minutes-finally-confronts-its-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"That Time Leslie Stahl Claimed Hunter&#8217;s Laptop Couldn&#8217;t Be &#8216;Verified&#8217; as &#8217;60 Minutes&#8217; Finally Confronts Its Bias"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fthat-time-leslie-stahl-claimed-hunters-laptop-couldnt-be-verified-as-60-minutes-finally-confronts-its-bias%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=2613499&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--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts and prayers for the folks over at \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d who have been subjected to a bit of a shake-up due to Bari Weiss and actual journalistic standards being introduced.<\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ve probably heard, the biggest departure was host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-scott-pelley-genuinely-confused-learn-americans-saw-60-minutes-biased-fired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Pelley<\/a>, who whinged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/07\/magazine\/scott-pelley-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> this weekend about how he could berate management, have it somehow leaked to the media as if he were a hero (a leak which I\u2019m sure had nothing to do with Pelley or his camp), and somehow get fired. Why, the nerve of these folks!<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who missed it, your 21st-century <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JOViEBlk-C0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Baxter<\/a>, America:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss asked 60 Minutes staffers: \u201cWhy do you think the country thinks you\u2019re biased?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelley: \u201cWhy do you think so? Do you have a poll? Is there market research? What are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause we certainly didn\u2019t believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Incredible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dFYYob38Xj\">pic.twitter.com\/dFYYob38Xj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/2063601197211140365?\">June 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scott Pelley sobs when he argues he\u2019s just like U.S. troops because both go to war to serve the country and might even be more important because \u201cthere is no democracy without journalism\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t care about the country? [CRYING] I\u2019ve never worn the uniform, but I\u2019ve been in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/omB9uteXFq\">pic.twitter.com\/omB9uteXFq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/2063688382333497445?\">June 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wow, man. Wow. This brave soldier of democracy put his life on the line for his profession\u2019s ideals, and all he got was a boss who insisted \u201c60 Minutes\u201d get better and win America\u2019s trust.<\/p>\n<p>But why wouldn\u2019t we trust them? Well, how about this bit of journalisming from 2020, when CBS News\u2019 flagship show refused to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-take-immediate-action-51-intel-officials-called-hunter-bidens-laptop-russian-disinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop<\/a> because they said it wasn\u2019t verified.<\/p>\n<p>The interview aired in late October \u2014 and the section wasn\u2019t included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FdAh2HJ98WE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final cut<\/a>, tellingly \u2014 just after it had broken that Hunter Biden\u2019s toxic laptop was in the hands of both authorities and certain media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The laptop was reportedly dropped off at a repair shop in Delaware and forgotten while Hunter was at his lowest, which certainly made the story believable. Also, the laptop had apparently been in the hands of the FBI for some time, and they hadn\u2019t come out to say it was false.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, after Trump called it \u201cone of the biggest scandals I\u2019ve ever seen\u201d because of not only the contents of the laptop but the media cover-up of it \u2014 remember, you\u2019d get throttled for even sharing any of this on social media at the time \u2014 interviewer Leslie Stahl said she didn\u2019t want to talk about it \u201cbecause it can\u2019t be verified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course it can be verified,\u201d Trump said. \u201cExcuse me, they found the laptop \u2014 what can\u2019t be verified?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe laptop,\u201d Stahl responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you say that?\u201d Trump said, noting that even the Biden family didn\u2019t deny the laptop was Hunter\u2019s, just that some experts said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-panicking-brennan-spins-makes-physical-contact-repeatedly-conservative-asking-laptop-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smelled like disinformation<\/a>. (It wasn\u2019t.)<\/p>\n<p>But nope: can\u2019t be verified!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This exchange between Trump and Lesley Stahl is insane. She repeatedly insists the Biden laptops \u201ccan\u2019t be verified\u201d so reporters shouldn\u2019t talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>Trump asks her why it can\u2019t be verified.<\/p>\n<p>Her answer: \u201cBecause it can\u2019t be verified.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cf9hcSGnrm\">pic.twitter.com\/cf9hcSGnrm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anders Hagstrom (@Hagstrom_Anders) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Hagstrom_Anders\/status\/1319314523162107905?\">October 22, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Actually, it had been well verified by the FBI as <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/22\/fbi-verified-authenticity-of-hunter-bidens-abandoned-laptop-in-november-2019-irs-whistleblower-gary-shapley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">early as 2019<\/a>, an Internal Revenue Service whistleblower said, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-biden-fbi-set-anti-trump-october-surprise-virtually-no-one-knew-now-revolved-around-casino-gambling-plot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feds had told social media companies<\/a> it was legit when the story broke.<\/p>\n<p>But these crack gumshoe journalists at CBS News not only couldn\u2019t find any of this verification, it sounds as if they weren\u2019t particularly interested in finding it, either.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts and prayers at this difficult time, \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d where you might actually be forced to become interested in stories that can change presidential elections. 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