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The New York Times quietly acknowledged that the contents were probably legitimate in a story on a related subject. Unsurprisingly, it hasn't been a very high profile story in the mainstream media.

edit: link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/us/politics/hunter-biden-...




I guess I don’t really understand what you’re looking for here. You’re complaining about a lack of mainstream media coverage then pointing to mainstream media coverage. Typically papers write a follow up story when new facts have emerged, what new facts have emerged?


> Typically papers write a follow up story when new facts have emerged, what new facts have emerged?

Great question. What new facts HAVE emerged that caused the New York Times to change their stance on the provenance of these emails? Seems like a story should have been written about that, right? Unless no new facts did emerge, but that would be even more concerning, wouldn't it? That would mean they were either intentionally misleading people or changing their mind capriciously.

It's bizarre to me the way people treat this as a non-issue. I myself wanted the story to be false because I didn't want it to cost Biden the election. I don't, however, approve of being mislead about things, even if I agree with the goals. This is doubly true for a news organization. It's a failure of their primary responsibility.

edit: even more strange to get downvoted for saying this. I wish some of you who think poorly of what I said would offer a reason. I don't care about the internet points, but I'd like to know what the contrary position actually is.




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