A bombshell report reveals the alleged cover-up of Joe Biden's shortcomings by legacy media outlets, particularly regarding his family's financial dealings and his cognitive decline. Former Politico reporter Marc Caputo sheds light on suppressed stories and reveals how CNN executives directed staff to ignore the Hunter Biden laptop controversy.
The alleged cover-up of Joe Biden's shortcomings is finally receiving public scrutiny. Longtime critics of legacy media outlets have accused them of shielding the 46th president from negative press, particularly regarding revelations about his family's questionable financial dealings and his apparent cognitive decline, which was on full display during last year's CNN debate, ultimately leading to his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race.
Efforts to suppress information about Biden began as early as May 2019 during the primary race for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Last week, former Politico reporter Marc Caputo shed light on a report he had written at the time, based on opposition research from one of Biden's Democratic rivals. The report concerned a 'tax lien' against Biden's son, Hunter, related to his work at Ukrainian energy company Burisma. At that time, the former vice president held a commanding lead in the polls over the other Democratic contenders. 'And I wrote what would have been a classic story saying, you know, ‘The former vice president’s son was slapped with a big tax lien for the period of time that he worked for this controversial Ukrainian oil concern, or natural gas concern, which is haunting his father on the campaign trail.' That story was killed by the editors. And they gave no explanation for that either,' Caputo revealed on the 'Somebody's Gotta Win' podcast.Fast-forward to October 2020. Biden had secured the Democratic nomination and maintained a narrower lead in the polls against then-incumbent President Trump. The New York Post published its bombshell report on Hunter Biden's laptop, offering unprecedented insights into his overseas finances and their potential ties to his father. 'I was covering Biden at the time, and I remember coming to my editor and saying, ‘Hey, we need to write about the Hunter Biden laptop.’ And I was told this came from on high at Politico: Don’t write about the laptop, don’t talk about the laptop, don’t tweet about the laptop,' Caputo recalled. Caputo, now with Axios, criticized Politico's only story about the laptop, which he called the 'ill-fated headline' that read 'Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say.' The report cited an open letter signed by 51 intelligence officials declaring that the material from the laptop had 'all the earmarks of a Russian intelligence operation.' Then-candidate Biden cited the open letter while dismissing the laptop revelations as a 'Russian plant' during the second presidential debate with Trump. Politico wasn't the only outlet that turned a blind eye to Hunter Biden's laptop. A leaked audio recording obtained by Project Veritas showed top CNN executives directing staff not to cover the controversy. 'Obviously, we're not going with the New York Post story right now on Hunter Biden,' CNN political director David Chalian said during a conference call on Oct. 14, the same day the Post published its first story on Hunter Biden's emails. Chalian later insisted the report was 'giving its marching orders' to the 'right-wing echo chamber about what to talk about today.' 'The Trump media, you know, moves immediately from – OK, well, never mind – the unmasking was, you know, found to be completely nonsensical to the latest alleged scandal and expects everybody to just follow suit,' then-CNN president Jeff Zucker told his staff on Oct. 16. 'So, I don't think that we should be repeating unsubstantiated smears just because the right-wing media suggests that we should.' Several CNN stars echoed their bosses' dismissive stance on the brewing scandal to their viewers. 'There's a lot about this story that does not add up,' CNN's Brian Stelter told his viewers at the time. 'And, I mean, for all we know, these emails were made up, or maybe some are real and some are fakes, we don't know. But we do know that this is a classic example of the right-wing media machine.' 'The right wing is going crazy with all sorts of allegations about Biden and his family. Too disgusting to even repeat here,' Jake Tapper said during a segment. 'I mean, some of the ones I've seen from the president's son and some of the president's supporters are just wildly unhinged.' Much of the legacy media either offered minimal coverage rejecting the scandal or offered zero coverage altogether. ABC News' George Stephanopoulos completely avoided mentioning the laptop during a Biden town hall he moderated. Social media giants blocked users from sharing The New York Post's reporting on their platforms. NPR public editor Kelly McBride addressed a listener's question about the news outlet's blackout of the Hunter Biden story.
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