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

Washington Put up 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 exhausting drive till mid-2021.

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

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

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 Put up a replica of the exhausting drive. Then my colleagues went instantly (to) work on it,” he tweeted. “We employed consultants to evaluate the veracity and produced articles primarily based on materials that might be verified.”

Not till mid-2021 did a supply present The Washington Put up a replica of the exhausting drive. Then my colleagues went instantly work on it. We employed consultants to evaluate the veracity and produced articles primarily based on materials that might 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 Masking Hunter Biden’s Laptop computer Doesn’t Maintain Water

It’s inconceivable 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 objects that they had direct entry to, they’d be out of enterprise relatively shortly for an absence of fabric.

Second, accepting Kessler’s premise means the Washington Put up 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 Put up 532 days to lastly affirm that emails attained from Hunter Biden’s notorious laptop computer have been real. And but, they someway provided repeated commentary making an attempt to downplay the validity of the story quite a few occasions throughout these 532 days.

The Washington Put up was a part of the media blackout on the story, stating the emails have been “unverified,” they “have by no means been authenticated,” and printed a information evaluation dismissing the New York Put up’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 exhausting drive?

Glenn, Philip & WaPo have been very cautious to present any opinions on the @nypost Hunter Biden laptop computer story till they might 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 Put up 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 relating to 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 many others.

These subjects weren’t verified earlier than print as a result of they couldn’t be verified. The Washington Put up 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 replica of the laptop computer’s exhausting 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 replica of Hunter’s laptop computer stay on Battle 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 relating to the Hunter Biden story.

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

Yeah, proper. There was merely no approach to get hold of the exhausting 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 choice to not report on it with the intention to assist Biden.

The newest excuse is that they don’t report on something until 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 Put up are both actively misrepresenting the reality about why they refused to cowl the story, or they’re extremely unhealthy at their jobs (equally possible).