WaPo ‘Reality-Checker’ Mocked Over Excuse for Newspaper Ignoring Hunter Biden Laptop computer Story

Washington Submit fact-checker Glenn Kessler is getting a hefty serving of pushback after suggesting the newspaper needed to ignore the Hunter Biden laptop computer story as a result of they weren’t given entry to the arduous drive till mid-2021.

Kessler joined Washington Submit nationwide columnist Philip Bump in getting defensive over the Elon Musk Twitter information exposé and providing a protection for their very own unwillingness to report on the Biden laptop computer.

Bump argued that “different retailers” couldn’t match the bombshell story, initially reported by the New York Submit, as a result of “they weren’t given entry to the laptop computer knowledge.”

Kessler, who we wish to reiterate has the time period ‘fact-checker’ in his title, agreed.

“Not till mid-2021 did a supply present The Washington Submit a duplicate of the arduous drive. Then my colleagues went instantly (to) work on it,” he tweeted. “We employed specialists to evaluate the veracity and produced articles based mostly on materials that may very well be verified.”

Not till mid-2021 did a supply present The Washington Submit a duplicate of the arduous drive. Then my colleagues went instantly work on it. We employed specialists to evaluate the veracity and produced articles based mostly on materials that may very well be verified. https://t.co/ERaFoPLwel https://t.co/330JZculDa

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 5, 2022

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Glenn Kessler’s Excuse For Not Protecting Hunter Biden’s Laptop computer Doesn’t Maintain Water

It’s unimaginable to overstate the absurdity of Glenn Kessler’s excuse for not masking the Hunter Biden laptop computer story.

First, if main newspapers solely reported on gadgets that they had direct entry to, they’d be out of enterprise moderately rapidly for an absence of fabric.

Second, accepting Kessler’s premise means the Washington Submit ought to by no means have reported on the validity of the laptop computer in any respect. However that’s not what occurred.

It took the Submit 532 days to lastly affirm that emails attained from Hunter Biden’s notorious laptop computer have been real. And but, they one way or the other provided repeated commentary making an attempt to downplay the validity of the story quite a few occasions throughout these 532 days.

The Washington Submit was a part of the media blackout on the story, stating the emails have been “unverified,” they “have by no means been authenticated,” and revealed a information evaluation dismissing the New York Submit’s reporting as “sketchy.”

In addition they ran opinion columns calling the Hunter story a “non-scandal” and “pretend.”

How might they presumably have reported so definitively with out gaining access to the arduous drive?

Glenn, Philip & WaPo have been very cautious to offer any opinions on the @nypost Hunter Biden laptop computer story till they may confirm it… Oh wait pic.twitter.com/NG3DjUBaxH

— TheRightWingM 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@TheRightWingM) December 5, 2022

Third, needing first-hand verification doesn’t appear to have stopped the Washington Submit from reporting on different information tales that really turned out to be ‘pretend’ or ‘non-scandals.’

Russia collusion, the Steele file – which they made quite a few corrections concerning after it was disproved – a narrative about Rudy Giuliani receiving advance discover from the FBI that he was the goal of a Russia affect marketing campaign, the Nicholas Sandmann smear, and so on.

These subjects weren’t verified earlier than print as a result of they couldn’t be verified. The Washington Submit ran with them anyway.

And fourth, opposite to Kessler’s declare, Human Occasions senior editor Jack Posobiec made a “standing provide to any member of the MSM” for a duplicate of the laptop computer’s arduous drive.

“None of them have even tried to simply accept it,” he claimed.

It has now been 18 months since I provided @JakeTapper and CNN a duplicate of Hunter’s laptop computer stay on Struggle Room

Standing provide to any member of the MSM too

None of them have even tried to simply accept it

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) April 1, 2022

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Skepticism Abounds

Suffice it to say, Twitter followers weren’t essentially shopping for what Glenn Kessler was promoting concerning the Hunter Biden story.

A number of responded providing little greater than skepticism over his excuse for the Washington Submit not masking the scandal.

Yeah, proper. There was merely no approach to acquire the arduous drive sooner.

h/t @JackPosobiec https://t.co/kdumc2Rn2V pic.twitter.com/aA1mz9QQSD

— IT Man (@ITGuy1959) December 5, 2022

However how did you identify it was “Russian Disinfo” such as you claimed it was?

Additionally why doesn’t WashPo do that with information articles about Republicans? Heck you all ran with Russian Collusion which was a lie. https://t.co/5hAFIXZXJn

— The Nice Mental (Corn/Pop) (@TheGreatIntell1) December 5, 2022

They’re nonetheless desperately making an attempt to justify their lockstep resolution to not report on it with the intention to assist Biden.

The newest excuse is that they don’t report on something except they’ve the unique materials of their private possession. Calvinball. https://t.co/uRIX1SIIeF

— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) December 5, 2022

Certain Glenn https://t.co/YyKoeUrJDH pic.twitter.com/AsJw2GQp8I

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 5, 2022

Right here comes much more psychological gymnastics from the crew that actively averted the story. https://t.co/i4h4WZCMhH

— Ford O’Connell 🐊 (@FordOConnell) December 5, 2022

Kessler, Bump and the Washington Submit are both actively misrepresenting the reality about why they refused to cowl the story, or they’re extremely unhealthy at their jobs (equally possible).