{"id":377446,"date":"2021-04-02T12:45:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=377446"},"modified":"2021-04-02T12:45:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:45:49","slug":"the-media-told-us-the-bombshell-hunter-biden-scandal-was-russian-disinformation-he-just-admitted-the-laptop-could-be-his","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-told-us-the-bombshell-hunter-biden-scandal-was-russian-disinformation-he-just-admitted-the-laptop-could-be-his\/","title":{"rendered":"The Media Told Us The \u2018Bombshell\u2019 Hunter Biden Scandal Was Russian Disinformation. He Just Admitted The Laptop \u2018Could\u2019 Be His"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fthe-media-told-us-the-bombshell-hunter-biden-scandal-was-russian-disinformation-he-just-admitted-the-laptop-could-be-his%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=377446&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-347.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Speaking with CBS News, Hunter Biden admitted that the laptop at the center of the New York Post\u2019s bombshell October report, \u201cSmoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad\u201d could, in fact, be his.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After being repeatedly asked whether the laptop in question could have been his, the son of President Biden finally <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hunter-biden-admits-laptop-at-center-of-scandal-might-be-his-promotes-debunked-claim\"><span>answered<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cOf course, certainly. There could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. It could be that I was hacked. It could be that was the \u2014 that it was Russian intelligence. It could be that it was stolen from me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This admission flies squarely in the face of both Democratic Party and legacy media messaging on the subject, with a coordinated effort during the election to bury this story as a \u201cRussian hoax\u201d or conspiracy theory. Yet again, however, the legacy media appear to have failed to report the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here\u2019s how the legacy media covered the Hunted Biden \u201claptop scandal\u201d as we approached November\u2019s election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Politico \u2014 \u201cHunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In October 2020, Politico <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/10\/19\/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201c<\/span><span>More than 50 former senior intelligence officials have signed on to a letter outlining their belief that the recent disclosure of emails allegedly belonging to Joe Biden\u2019s son \u2018has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The report admitted that \u201cthe letter\u2019s signatories presented no new evidence,\u201d basing their conclusion on their supposed \u201cnational security experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NPR \u2014 \u201cHunter Biden\u2019s Memoir \u2018Beautiful Things\u2019 Seeks To Tell Just Where He\u2019s Been\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/npr-admits-major-error-after-claiming-hunter-biden-laptop-reports-discredited\"><span>original version<\/span><\/a><span> of this piece, the publicly-funded outlet wrote \u201cThe last gasp of Giuliani\u2019s campaign against the Bidens featured a laptop supposedly obtained from sources that would document the younger Biden\u2019s drug use and other offenses. The laptop story was discredited by U.S. intelligence and independent investigations by news organizations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On April 1, they added the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/03\/31\/983159102\/hunter-bidens-memoir-beautiful-things-seeks-to-tell-just-where-hes-been\"><span>correction<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cA previous version of this story said U.S. intelligence had discredited the laptop story. U.S. intelligence officials have not made a statement to that effect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>New York Times \u2014 \u201cNew York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/18\/business\/media\/new-york-post-hunter-biden.html\">attempted<\/a> to undermine the story itself by undermining the credibility of the report, writing that \u201c<\/span><span>The New York Post\u2019s front-page article about Hunter Biden on Wednesday was written mostly by a staff reporter who refused to put his name on it, two Post employees said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The article claimed that \u201c<\/span><span>Many Post staff members questioned whether the paper had done enough to verify the authenticity of the hard drive\u2019s contents, said five people with knowledge of the tabloid\u2019s inner workings. Staff members also had concerns about the reliability of its sources and its timing, the people said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Washington Post \u2014 \u201cHunter Biden\u2019s alleged laptop: An explainer\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Towards the end of the Washington Post\u2019s \u201cexplainer\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/10\/14\/hunter-bidens-alleged-laptop-an-explainer\/\">piece<\/a>, the \u201cRussian disinformation\u201d theory was subtly included.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>As Giuliani has sought to locate information about Hunter Biden and Ukraine, he has regularly interacted with a Ukrainian lawmaker who was recently sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department as being an \u2018active Russian agent for over a decade\u2019 and was engaged in an influence operation to affect the 2020 election. Those interactions have given rise to fears that the emails could be part of a broader disinformation campaign,\u201d the Post wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Associated Press \u2014 \u201cTrump\u2019s Unverified Allegations About Hunter Biden, Explained\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In a post shared by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/ap\/2020\/10\/29\/ap-explains-trump-pushes-questions-about-joe-bidens-son\/\"><span>Snopes<\/span><\/a><span>, the Associated Press report began, \u201cLooking to undermine Democratic rival Joe Biden, President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign is pushing a familiar line of attack: unverified allegations about Biden\u2019s son and his foreign business ties.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Associated Press then appeared to imply that the FBI endorsed John Ratcliffe\u2019s conclusion that such \u201cleaks\u201d were the result of Russian disinformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, knocked down the possibility of a Russian disinformation campaign, saying, \u2018The intelligence community doesn\u2019t believe that because there\u2019s no intelligence that supports that,\u2019\u201d the Associated Press continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe FBI appeared to endorse Ratcliffe\u2019s position in a letter to a Senate committee that requested information on the laptop. \u2018Regarding the subject of your letter, we have nothing to add at this time to the October 19th public statement by the Director of National Intelligence about the available actionable intelligence,\u2019 wrote Jill Tyson, director of the office of Congressional Affairs, in the letter to Sen. Ron Johnson, the Republican chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Vox \u2014 \u201cMysterious emails and convenient leaks: The Trump campaign\u2019s Hunter Biden attacks, explained\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Vox were less subtle, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/10\/22\/21529237\/hunter-biden-debate-laptop-tony-bobulinski\"><span>describing<\/span><\/a><span> the \u201cleaks\u201d as \u201cattacks.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>In what\u2019s a remarkable series of coincidences or \u2014 more likely \u2014 an orchestrated campaign, three separate sources have begun providing emails and text messages involving Joe Biden\u2019s son Hunter to conservative journalists and Republican politicians over the past week,\u201d Vox reported.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Some of this new material has been tied directly to the Trump camp \u2014 through Rudy Giuliani, who claimed a computer store owner gave him Hunter\u2019s laptop, which had supposedly been left there. No concrete evidence has yet emerged to disprove that story, but authorities are reportedly investigating whether these emails are tied to a foreign influence campaign<\/span><span>,\u201d Vox added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking with CBS News, Hunter Biden admitted that the laptop at the center of the New York Post\u2019s bombshell October report, \u201cSmoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311580,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-347.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"The Media Told Us The \u2018Bombshell\u2019 Hunter Biden Scandal Was Russian Disinformation. 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