Mon Mar 21, 2022 – 11:39 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — After legacy media outlets consistently dismissed the New York Post’s bombshell story of Hunter Biden’s laptop, frequently categorizing it as “Russian disinformation” The New York Times made waves by admitting on Wednesday the laptop and its scandalous contents were indeed authentic.
The admission has generated considerable buzz among conservative commentators and politicians, with some arguing that the suppression of the story by legacy news outlets and social media companies is at least as newsworthy as the laptop itself, whose contents suggest that Hunter Biden was engaged in overseas influence-peddling schemes in countries including China, Russia, and Ukraine.
FLASHBACK: Media pundits lied to you, falsely claiming that the Hunter Biden laptop story was “Russian disinformation.” pic.twitter.com/fSmQgfIq0N
— MediaResearchCenter (@theMRC) March 18, 2022
In a Friday commentary published by The Federalist, writer Tristan Justice argued that “news groups dedicated to discrediting misinformation” actually “have a history of amplifying” it.
In his piece, Justice highlighted the fact that news organizations which discredited the true Hunter Biden story continue to hold exceptional accuracy scores with NewsGuard, a prominent “fact checking” organization which analyzes news stories and organizations to determine
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