{"id":523200,"date":"2022-12-08T04:52:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T01:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/reaction-to-hunter-biden-laptop-story-illustrates-how-elite-media-have-given-up-doing-their-job\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T04:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T01:52:24","slug":"reaction-to-hunter-biden-laptop-story-illustrates-how-elite-media-have-given-up-doing-their-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/reaction-to-hunter-biden-laptop-story-illustrates-how-elite-media-have-given-up-doing-their-job\/","title":{"rendered":"#Reaction to Hunter Biden laptop story illustrates how elite media have given up doing their job"},"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-6a23e9abb8023\" 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-6a23e9abb8023\" 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\/reaction-to-hunter-biden-laptop-story-illustrates-how-elite-media-have-given-up-doing-their-job\/#%E2%80%9CReaction_to_Hunter_Biden_laptop_story_illustrates_how_elite_media_have_given_up_doing_their_job%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Reaction to Hunter Biden laptop story illustrates how elite media have given up doing their job&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/reaction-to-hunter-biden-laptop-story-illustrates-how-elite-media-have-given-up-doing-their-job\/#Catch_up_on_Twitters_censorship_of_The_Posts_Hunter_Biden_laptop_story\" >Catch up on Twitter\u2019s censorship of The Post\u2019s Hunter Biden laptop story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CReaction_to_Hunter_Biden_laptop_story_illustrates_how_elite_media_have_given_up_doing_their_job%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Reaction to Hunter Biden laptop story illustrates how elite media have given up doing their job&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>In years past, when journalism was trusted by consumers much more than it is today, The New York Post might have been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting about Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop. New <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> owner Elon Musk might have also won awards for his revelations of collusion between Twitter, intelligence officials who claimed the story was Russian disinformation and leading Democrats who were in touch with social-media owners to suppress stories that might have harmed Joe Biden\u2019s election as president.<\/p>\n<p>There is a snobbery among the journalistic elite, which distrusts information that doesn\u2019t come from certain organs, like The New York Times, The Washington Post and major broadcast media. One of many examples occurred prior to the 2020 election when \u201c60 Minutes\u201d reporter Lesley Stahl interviewed President Donald Trump. The president mentioned the Biden laptop, and Stahl cut him off, twice saying \u201cit can\u2019t be verified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just days ago and long after even some major media reluctantly \u201cverified\u201d the laptop and its contents, even CBS acknowledged its existence.<\/p>\n<p>All of this had implications for the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and the continued decline of public trust in the major media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-111.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Hunter Biden\" class=\"wp-image-24936126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-111.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-111.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-111.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-111.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>The New York Post might have been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting about Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop in years past.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the election, The Post reported, \u201cNearly four of five Americans who\u2019ve been following the Hunter Biden laptop scandal believe that \u2018truthful\u2019 coverage would have changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, according to a new poll. A similar percentage also said they\u2019re convinced that information on the computer is real, with just 11% saying they thought it was \u2018created by Russia,\u2019 according to the survey conducted by the New Jersey-based Technometrica Institute of Policy and Politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One might think that a story big enough to influence the outcome of a presidential election and the future of the country might motivate journalists to do their job, but it <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>ears the media\u2019s greatest power is to ignore stories that don\u2019t fit their largely liberal worldview or twist stories to reflect that worldview.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-114.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Hunter Biden\" class=\"wp-image-24936125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-114.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-114.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-114.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-114.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Nearly four of five Americans who\u2019ve followed the Hunter Biden laptop story believe truthful coverage would have changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Have any of those responsible for covering up the laptop story apologized for failing to do their job and verify the story when it mattered? Nope. Have the more than 50 former senior intelligence officials who signed a letter saying the laptop story \u201chas all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation\u201d issued a corrective statement, admitting their error? Again, no.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the Pew Center surveys of the public\u2019s growing distrust of the media. American adults under 30 were found to trust information from social media almost as much as they do from national <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> outlets. This is dangerous because an accurately informed public by trustworthy journalists is critical to maintaining our constitutional republic.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Catch_up_on_Twitters_censorship_of_The_Posts_Hunter_Biden_laptop_story\"><\/span>Catch up on Twitter\u2019s censorship of The Post\u2019s Hunter Biden laptop story<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>The Pew Research Center has been reporting on public attitudes about the press for some time, and the trend is not good for the industry. In a survey last January, Pew reported, \u201cThe declining public trust in the news media and polarization of news audiences have profound effects on civic life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pew also found that American journalists differ from the public in their views when it comes to reporting more than one side of an issue: \u201c55% of journalists surveyed say that every side does not always deserve equal coverage in the news. 22% of Americans overall say the same.\u201d Why should journalists make these decisions?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-112.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Elon Musk speaks during an interview with head of TED Chris Anderson on April 14, 2022 in Vancouver, Canada.\" class=\"wp-image-24936135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-112.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-112.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/thomas-media-112.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Elon Musk might have won awards for his revelations of collusion between Twitter, intelligence officials and leading Democrats in the past.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">TED Conferences, LLC\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, there is a tendency with so many sources of information for people to go to those places that simply reinforce what they already believe. This is why good and trustworthy journalism is so important.<\/p>\n<p>If \u201cDemocracy Dies in Darkness\u201d \u2014 the slogan of The Washington Post \u2014 so does journalism if much of the major media turn off the lights when it comes to accurate and fair reporting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cal Thomas\u2019 latest book is \u201cAmerica\u2019s Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superpowers and the Future of the United States.\u201d<\/em>\n                        <\/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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