Earlier today we told you about a New York Post story about emails that were purportedly recovered from Hunter Biden’s laptop. The New York Post reported that leaked emails indicate that Hunter Biden leveraged connection to his father to boost his pay at Burisma.
While the story continues to unfold and be examined, the Biden campaign is being reminded why they can count on the firefighters in the mainstream media to help tamp down the story.
As for the Washington Post, fact-checker Glenn Kessler reminded everybody about the paper’s policy regarding leaked information:
Here's The Washington Post policy regarding hacked or leaked material during the final weeks of an election season. Be carefull what is in your social media feeds. pic.twitter.com/arXVH15o6q
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 14, 2020
We’ll get back to that policy in a second.
You mean this article?https://t.co/t5mkcIu6XJ
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 14, 2020
That’s the one!
As you might have guessed, many are noticing that the WaPo’s “policy” has been selectively enforced in the past:
For four years of Russia hysteria they broke every one of these rules. https://t.co/owodKCoL3E
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) October 14, 2020
The paper that was the uncritical receptacle for the sketchily edited leaks of the Russia collusion narrative had a policy against what it did? Interesting, but weird how it's unevenly applied. Also, the 2018 midterms and your smear operation against Kavanaugh would like a word.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) October 14, 2020
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In the weeks ahead of the 2018 election, your newspaper peddled a vicious rape hoax based on leaked therapist notes your newspaper never saw and which never even mentioned Brett Kavanaugh. Thanks for playing. https://t.co/t2wH6RC7zr
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 14, 2020
A strict policy: Never believe or pass on news from sketchy sources. Never. Unless it's a secret recording of the President. Or the First Lady. Or the National Security Adviser. Or tax returns. Or a dossier. Or a pee tape. Or head-of-state call transcripts. Or…
— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 14, 2020
But for this particular developing story about the Bidens, the media don’t seem to be in such a rush to report.
— I did not and will not vote for him. Calm down. (@jtLOL) October 14, 2020
*Damage control activated* pic.twitter.com/keuMOS06cs
— Ben Jammin ?? (@xBenJamminx) October 14, 2020
they love leaked tax returns though
— Game like Kobe, act like you know me (@wuhanjay) October 14, 2020
They sure do!
So, if i understand you correctly, no news will be reported if it was say a leak?
HAHAHAHAHA! Please, spare me.
— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) October 14, 2020
From the "Nothing To See Here, Move Along" Department https://t.co/I8SAZdVT25
— Aaron Lockhart ?? (@arabbitorduck) October 14, 2020
Kessler says the Post is looking into the story but won’t report it yet:
It would seem to me that the “fact checker” would be more interested in discerning whether the fact is true, no?
— PP (@PurportedPundit) October 14, 2020
Yes, The Washington Post is evaluating this material. But caveat emptor. Here's an example of a story leaked just before the election from a hacked email that turns out not to be true after we looked into it. –> https://t.co/SpheLOrMGY
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 14, 2020
Now imagine the story being about one of President Trump’s children and not having yet been mentioned in the Washington Post.