Two former Politico reporters accused Politico of suppressing negative reporting about former President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during the 2020 presidential election in a video clip posted to YouTube on Thursday.
Dozens of former intelligence officials signed it in October 2020 letter Bombshell statement from the New York Post published by Politico report The emails from Hunter Biden’s allegedly abandoned laptop “contain all the classic hallmarks of a Russian intelligence operation.” Pac News reporter Tara Palmeri and Axios reporter Mark Caputo discussed the Politico newsroom’s approach to disparaging reporting about the Bidens on Palmeri’s podcast, “Somebody’s Gotta Win,” but the outlet said they denied the claim.(Related: ‘Believe now’: Kayleigh McEnany says letter on Hunter Biden’s laptop proves the ‘deep state’ is real)
“Politico did a terrible job. unlucky headline: 51 agents or former agents say Hunter Biden’s laptop was disinformation or had characteristics of disinformation. It turns out that the story bordered on disinformation because Hunter Biden’s laptop appeared to be true,” Caputo told Palmeri. “But then Facebook also took down all the articles about Hunter Biden’s laptop. I think Twitter took them down at the same time.”
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Twitter locked multiple accounts that shared the Oct. 14, 2020 report, including the New York Post and then-White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s personal account, citing its “hacked materials” policy. Documents released by Elon Musk to journalist Michael Shellenberger show that the FBI: I contacted you Prior to the New York Post report, Hunter Biden tweeted about a possible leak involving him.
“Yes, they punished the New York Post, but it didn’t help. I mean, my former employer, Politico, as I knew it at the time, gave them no benefit. ,” Caputo said. “I was covering Biden at the time, and I remember coming to my editor and saying, ‘I need to write about Hunter Biden’s laptop.'” I was told that it was from the department. Don’t write about laptops, don’t talk about laptops, don’t tweet about laptops. And all Politico ended up writing was an article that called it disinformation, or at least charitably could be called disinformation. ”
Palmeri claimed he had trouble publishing an article about Hunter Biden’s purchase of a .38 caliber revolver in 2018. Hunter Biden was convicted of three felonies related to the gun purchase in June 2024, but was pardoned by his father on December 1st. (Related: ‘Everyone knows it’s real’: Jim Jordan slams Democratic congressman who suggested Hunter’s laptop was ‘manipulated’ by Russia)
Biden pardoned five other family members just before the end of his term.
“Yeah, I mean, I had a hard time. You know, I wrote a pretty serious report on Hunter Biden that ended up actually indicting him. It’s about guns.” Mr. Palmeri said, and Mr. Caputo said, “Yes! And I remember you consulting with me, because you wrote your first report on guns and you said, ‘How should I write about this? ?” because they came to me. I’m like, “Honestly, I don’t know.” ”
“Because it was hard to get through. I spent three months on this and I went to the shop and did all the reports in Delaware. But sure enough, it had to be a lot and I had to nail the police report. I had everything, I mean, I’m a solid reporter, but I think it could have been published a little faster if it was a different type of story,” Palmeri said. “It was the beginning of his administration, the honeymoon period, you know what I mean?”
Caputo recalled that Hunter Biden’s laptop was not the only article about the Biden family allegedly murdered by a Politico editor.
“I spilled the tea about my former employer, and I still have a copy of that article saved on my external hard drive.” They gave me a tax lien (opposition investigation) for a period of time,” Caputo said. “And I was like, ‘The former vice president’s son was hit with a huge tax lien during the time he was working on this controversial oil issue or natural gas issue in Ukraine.’ The article was deleted by the editor, and no explanation was given. ” (Click here to watch the Daily Caller documentary “Fraud: The Death of the American Voter”)
“We just get called things like, ‘terrible mainstream media.’ You don’t seem to understand the process there,” Palmeri said, to which Caputo replied, “Well, the meanness that goes on on us.” “You don’t even understand the stupid decisions of these editors.”
Politico disputed Caputo’s recollection in response to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation, which sent the list below. References to their past report About the Biden family.
“That’s bullshit. During the years mentioned, POLITICO journalists led extensive reporting on the business dealings of Joe Biden’s closest relatives. Ben Schreckinger is probably the top person in this country reporting on these issues. , and literally wrote the book on this issue,” a Politico spokesperson told DCNF. “Through in-depth pre- and post-election coverage, POLITICO provided readers with a nuanced understanding of the responses of James Biden, Hunter Biden, and other members of the president’s family, and the ethical questions they raised. Notably, POLITICO was the first to confirm that Hunter Biden’s laptop contained genuine material and to report on the gun incident that led to his conviction.
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