Former Reporters for Politico Claim Outlet Squashed Negative Stories About the Bidens
Two reporters who used to work for the liberal outlet Politico, Tara Palmeri and Marc Caputo, recently had a rather candid conversation about how their former employer suppressed negative stories about Hunter Biden and former President Joe Biden.
We all knew this was happening, particularly with regards to the Hunter Biden laptop story, but it’s nice to get confirmation on these things once in a while.
The Daily Caller reports:
‘Don’t Write About The Laptop’: Two Former Politico Reporters Allege Outlet Shot Down Negative Stories About BidensTwo former reporters with Politico accused the outlet of suppressing negative stories about former President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden during the 2020 presidential election in a video clip posted to YouTube Thursday.Dozens of former intelligence officials signed an October 2020 letter published by Politico that claimed a bombshell New York Post report about emails from a laptop supposedly abandoned by Hunter Biden “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” Puck News reporter Tara Palmeri and Axios reporter Marc Caputo discussed the Politico newsroom’s approach to unflattering reports about the Bidens on Palmeri’s podcast, “Somebody’s Gotta Win,” though the outlet has denied their allegations.“Politico did that terrible, ill-fated headline: 51 intelligence agents, or former intelligence agents, say that the Hunter Biden laptop was disinformation, or bore the hallmarks of disinformation. Turns out that story was closer to disinformation because the Hunter Biden laptop appeared to be true,” Caputo told Palmeri, who responded. “But then Facebook also pulled all stories down about the Hunter Biden laptop, and I think Twitter did at the same time, too.”…“Correct, they punished The New York Post, that didn’t help. I mean, Politico, my former employer and I knew at the time, didn’t do itself any favors,” said Caputo. “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.
Watch the clip below:
How brave of them to come clean about this… now.
FOX News has a response from Politico:
A spokesperson for Politico previously released a statement pushing back at Caputo and Palmeri’s comments made on the podcast by touting how its journalists “led the way on wide-ranging reporting on the business dealings of Joe Biden’s closest relatives” as well as its verification of the Hunter Biden laptop, suggesting the former staffers have “a case of false memory.”The spokesperson even called their claims “bulls—.””Our editors uphold rigorous standards, ensuring every story is thoroughly vetted and ‘buttoned up’ before publishing. This approach reflects our unwavering commitment to accuracy and accountability—principles that have guided us and will continue to do so,” the statement read.
This will do nothing to help with the media’s incredibly low approval rating, or encourage people to trust them more.
It also reinforces the idea that much of our media functions as a public relations arm for the Democratic party.
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