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From the horses mouth the New York Times.
and NBC;0)))

The New York Times admitted they were wrong about Hunters Lap top being Russian disinfomation.

Journalists lose face after NYT confirms Hunter Biden emails not Russian disinformation

by ALEC SCHEMMEL | The National DeskThursday, March 17th 2022

WASHINGTON (TND) — Journalists, Democrats, and anti-Trump commentators insisted the story about Hunter Biden’s laptop, which allegedly contained emails showing he was engaged in potentially illegal foreign business dealings, was Russian disinformation.

Major social media companies did the same, and blocked the story from their platforms for various lengths of time.






But now, many of those individuals and entities are eating their words in light of The New York Times report released Wednesday night, which indicated the laptop and its emails were indeed legitimate.

People familiar with the investigation said prosecutors had examined emails between Mr. Biden, Mr. Archer and others about Burisma and other foreign business activity,” the Times writes. “Those emails were obtained by The New York Times from a cache of files that appears to have come from a laptop abandoned by Mr. Biden in a Delaware repair shop. The email and others in the cache were authenticated by people familiar with them and with the investigation.
The Times’ piece even contradicted some of its own previous reporting downplaying the legitimacy of the story, according to The New York Post, which first reported the news on Hunter Biden’s laptop back in 2020. The Post broke the story leading up to the presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

Following the purported revelations about Hunter Biden's allegedly corrupt foreign business dealings, derived from what the Times has now determined was an abandoned laptop belonging to Hunter Biden, criticism of the story rained down. It was widely argued, especially among Democrats, that the laptop and its emails were nothing less than fake Russian disinformation meant to meddle with the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

“We don't want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don't want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions,” said NPR’s Managing Editor for News Terence Samuel. “And quite frankly, that's where we ended up, this was a politically driven event and we decided to treat it that way.”



In light of the NYT’s Wednesday night report, The National Desk (TND) reached out to NPR to ask if Samuel had any comment regarding his previous statement. TND wanted to know if he planned to retract his statement, apologize, or resign, but has not heard back. If a response is received, it will be added to this story.

Samuel wasn’t the only journalist parroting these claims. Many others in his profession argued the laptop was Russian disinformation meant to disrupt our electoral process.

read alot more and weep:

https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/journalists-lose-face-after-nyt-confirms-hunter-biden-emails-not-russian-disinformation