And it’s even more dangerous than before
Read this thread by Emptywheel and you’ll see what I’m talking about:
WaPo’s 1800-word, 4 reporter story on the upcoming decision on whether to charge Hunter or not says it matters bc it’ll affect Biden’s campaign.
Here's WaPo's front page, with the Hunter story on it.
Can someone point me to where the story on the rape trial, the one in which TRUMP, not his son, is a defendant?
How about the news that Trump's long-time digial media guru spent all day before Jack Smith's grand jury yesterday (on a Tuesday)?
Now check out story. It's not until ¶¶10 & 11 that WaPo tells you that EVEN IF Hunter is indicted, it's not the stuff that right wing has been drooling abt non-stop for 5 years, it's a charge that Trump's campaign manager, personal lawyer, and OWN CORPORATION were convicted of.
HOW FUCKING STUPID DO YOU HAVE TO BE to say that a Hunter Biden prosecution on tax charges would hurt Biden's reelection campaign, w/o mentioning Trump Org's conviction on tax charges?
Trump is mentioned ~11 times.
None of those times are a description that Trump's eponymous company was ALREADY CONVICTED, by a jury, of tax charges.
MOST hilarious paragraph in this really embarrassing article is this one: Questions about Hunter Biden's foreign businesses have dogged Joe Biden's political life.
BUT WAIT!! You've already told us this AT WORST is a tax and false statement charge. That's not the Burisma stuff.
And, I kid you not, Devlin Barrett et al present as proof that HUNTER's business life dogged his dad's political life …
Because Trump was impeached for trying to gin up a false scandal about it.
"dogged Joe's political life" = Trump being impeached.
Again, FOUR JOURNALISTS put their name on that article. None of the four apparently thought a rape trial or Dan Scavino's testimony was newsworthy enough to get coverage. None of the four seem to remember that Trump Org has ALREADY been convicted on tax charges.
Originally tweeted by emptywheel (@emptywheel) on May 3, 2023.
I’m sure CNN will make sure all this is put into context in the Trump town hall next week, right? Right.