And a good take from Jonathan Turley published recently in The Hill
News anchor Lester Holt recently declared that “it has become clearer that fairness is overrated,” adding that “the idea that we should always give two sides equal weight and merit does not reflect the world we find ourselves in.” Fortunately for Hunter Biden, that world is the one in which he lives and thrives. In interviews about his memoir “Beautiful Things,” some reporters either misstate the facts of his prior scandals or ignore certain leads, including potential evidence of a federal crime.
Facts, like fairness, appear overrated to much of the media today. Hunter spent the last few months evading questions, notably before the election, when an abandoned laptop apparently belonging to him was found to have hundreds of embarrassing photos and emails showing drug abuse and raw influence peddling. He is also said to be under investigation for possible federal tax violations linked to his foreign dealings.
Yet one of the “beautiful things” in his life is a media that puts a blackout on the laptop story and wraps him and his father in a protective press cocoon. That was evident in an interview by National Public Radio. The article by Ron Elving stated that the laptop story was “discredited” by American intelligence and investigations by news outlets. That is entirely and demonstrably false. National Public Radio issued a correction that news outlets “cast doubt on the credibility” of the laptop story.
There was, of course, an easy way to confirm the facts, rather than citing other news outlets which failed to pursue the story. Elving was talking to Hunter, so why not simply ask him if the laptop was his? CBS News did ask him that and received a bizarre answer that it might or might not be his. Hunter said, “There could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. It could be that I was hacked. It could be that it was Russian intelligence.” Or perhaps it could be an initial attack by an alien technology.
Hunter denies any knowledge of the authenticity of the laptop months after its existence was disclosed by the New York Post and even longer since it was seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...
Efforts to look into that issue should include additional probes. “How can you remember details from your period of addiction going back 20 years, detailed in your book, but you cannot remember this laptop?” The media could have put it another way. “Even if you cannot remember your own laptop, you have seen the pictures and emails. Are those authentic?” But instead the media showed the flag and then left the field.
The problem is that Hunter has confirmed facts which could implicate him not just in a federal crime but in the very crime the administration is now making a priority as a policy matter ...
His interview shows the lack of fairness with the media.
thehill.com
Anyone who says there isn't a left-wing bias in most of the country's mass media simply has no idea what they're talking about (or they're lying to you).
