{"id":458138,"date":"2022-06-03T22:56:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/politicos-pusillanimous-pandering-for-hunter-biden\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T22:56:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:56:02","slug":"politicos-pusillanimous-pandering-for-hunter-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/politicos-pusillanimous-pandering-for-hunter-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"#Politico&#8217;s pusillanimous pandering for Hunter Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f639d95875\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f639d95875\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/politicos-pusillanimous-pandering-for-hunter-biden\/#%E2%80%9CPoliticos_pusillanimous_pandering_for_Hunter_Biden%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Politico&#8217;s pusillanimous pandering for Hunter Biden&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPoliticos_pusillanimous_pandering_for_Hunter_Biden%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Politico&#8217;s pusillanimous pandering for Hunter Biden&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Post has been leading the charge on digging up Hunter Biden\u2019s sleazy influence-peddling operations and other shady business ventures since fall 2020.\u00a0But to the great minds at Politico, we\u2019ve merely milked \u201cthe personal life of the president\u2019s son\u201d as \u201cdaily fodder\u201d while \u201chis overseas business relationships remain a focus of major mainstream <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> outlets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get one thing clear: <em>We <\/em>were the ones shining bright lights on Hunter\u2019s crooked deals in China, Ukraine and elsewhere.\u00a0Those \u201cmainstream <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> outlets\u201d \u2014 including Politico \u2014 either averted their eyes or suggested it was all Russian disinfo, only to recant after their favored candidate (i.e., Hunter\u2019s dad, a k a the \u201cbig guy\u201d) was safely in the Oval Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not focus: It\u2019s obfuscation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Politico\u2019s line here is utter bull. And its attempt to assign after-the-fact credit on revealing Hunter\u2019s ugly shenanigans to anyone <em>but <\/em>The Post is journalistic malpractice. It\u2019s as transparent as the year-plus-late so-called \u201cauthentication\u201d of our reporting by the New York Times and the Washington Post \u2014 and as pathetic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Politico\u2019s smearing sneer again exposes a festering problem in modern journalism:  incestuous ties to government insiders, as journos fluff politicians to get access, hype up trivial non-stories and blow smoke around real governance issues (like, say, when the veep\u2019s son was likely trying sell access to his dad, who then repeatedly lied about it before and after becoming president).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All in the service of protecting their insular, sanctimonious worldview, in which truth doesn\u2019t matter if it comes from an un<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved source and narrative trumps everything else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"961\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Postcover.jpg?w=961\" alt=\"New York Post cover for Wednesday, October 14, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-22526967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Postcover.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1441 1441w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Postcover.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=961 961w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Postcover.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=480 480w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Postcover.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\"\/><figcaption>The Post was the first to report on Hunter Biden\u2019s corrupt business deals during the 2020 presidential election.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NY Post Illustration<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A line variously attributed to William Randolph Hearst and Lord Northwell sums it up nicely: \u201cNews is something somebody doesn\u2019t want printed; all else is advertising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our paper is in the business of reporting actual news. Not catering its journalism to the bien-pensant whims of a Beltway audience with their heads buried in the sand when it comes to facts that endanger their pet politicians.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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