CBS News Finally Notices Hunter Biden's Infamous Laptop...Two Years Later
TownhallNov 21, 2022
The Facts
On Monday, CBS News said it confirmed the authenticity of data from Hunter Biden’s laptop – 769 days after the story first broke. CBS's report follows long-delayed verification by the Washington Post and New York Times in March.
Initial 2020 reports on the laptop by The New York Post were widely dismissed as unreliable, and even labeled Russian disinformation by some. Twitter and Facebook blocked or limited sharing of the article, which was published just days before the presidential election.
The Spin
Republican narrative
It’s bad enough CBS News commissioned an independent analyst to confirm what was already proven two years ago. But then it provided the sanitized version of the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop. The details are more salacious than CBS cares to acknowledge, and House Republicans are going to get to the bottom of his shady dealings starting in January.
Democratic narrative
So this is how the GOP is going to celebrate its House majority? There are numerous subjects, domestic and foreign, they could be investigating, but instead they’re going to focus on Hunter Biden’s laptop. This will do nothing to help the American people. Instead it will serve conspiracy theory fodder to supporters of former Pres. Trump and degrade trust in government investigations. They should be ashamed.
Nerd narrative
There's a 40% chance that Hunter Biden will be indicted in the US on any charges alleging violation of state or federal law before the next presidential election on November 5, 2024, according to the Metaculus Prediction Community.
