There is something seriously fucked up about M$Greedia presenting

[malaise]

the made up Hunter Biden bullshit as if it were comparable to Smelvis’ criminality and as if Hunter Biden is the US President.

In fact it is beyond fucked up when you think of the Trump family’s suspect financial dealing with the planet.

[2naSalit]

1. Very much so.

It's like we're in upsidedown world.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

2. And then there's Ana Cabrera: "Smelvis wanted to testify, but 'relented' to his lawyers to not testify"

Paraphrased (the Smelvis was mine). No MSNBC Ana, Smelvis DIDN'T want to testify, had no intention to testify, was SCARED to testify - He did not relent to his lawyers. That was him blaming others and that's YOU parroting his bullshit. Get a clue.

[malaise]

11. THI#

Rec

[calimary]

14. ... but she photographs well...

[agingdem]

21. suggestion...no MSNBC before 4:00 est..

Mitchell/Tur/Cabrera/Jansing...Mitchell..rambling non-sensical questions...Tur..deep concern for Trump's "feelings"...Cabrera...bad for Biden/good for Trump garbage...Jansing..both-sides-do-it bullshit...

and when Ari Melber does his rap schtick, hit mute button...

[mwooldri]

33. Or tune to BBC World Service News.

Go a whole day without hearing the words "Donald Trump" together. You will hear some important news that comes out of the United States but not about the dog and pony show that is DJT.

[triron]

3. I'd like to hear from Lanny Davis.

[Voltaire2]

4. Huge corporations do not give a shit about democracy

all they care about is ever increasing profits.

[Paul-EM]

10. beyond indifferent

To me, corporations go beyond not giving a shit about democracy or indifference to democracy. Corporations are outright hostile to democracy because democracy involves regulation, oversight, an orientation toward the public good, etc.

[Mr.Bill]

17. They would think differently

if they tried moving their corporations to Somalia.

[Paul-EM]

20. Oops.

Sorry, inadvertently recommended my own post. I don't post much.

[Evolve Dammit]

35. You wouldn't believe my learning curve when I started. card-carrying Luddite!

Welcome to DU! I still have issues.

[malaise]

12. Nailed it

Rec

[RANDYWILDMAN]

5. bothsiderism

is alive and profitable. I hate this crap
Trump and his family are true losers. Hunter is not great but not really any worse then Roger Clinton.

Billy Carter
Neil Bush
Jeb Bush
Jared Kushner
Eric and JR Trump
real potential financial crimes and should have been taken much more seriously then they were

Hunter
Roger Clinton
Not great people but not hurting anybody with the crap they did. More embarrassing than anything else

[Bettie]

6. If it were anyone else

they'd be screaming about the gun charge.

And he paid his taxes and the fine, which is more than most Republicans would do.

[Bev54]

7. I am out right now so can't link but read Empty Wheel

This am article. There is some real ratfuckery going on with the prosecutors. The form for the gun has 3 different colours of ink and writings, that it should be thrown out. Others filled in areas after it went to ATF.

[malaise]

13. Will find it

Thanks

[erronis]

37. Many recent EmptyWheel posts - all excellent.

I don't know how she does it but she (and many of the great commentators) uncover all sorts of BS.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/24/derek-hines-disappearing-three-colors-of-ink/
https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/22/david-weiss-maintains-he-can-use-hunter-bidens-diversion-statements-at-failed-plea-hearing/
https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/22/leo-wise-aspires-to-the-be-the-james-comer-of-john-durhams/

EmptyWheel has been all over this for many months. Hard to follow all the twists that the prosecution (US Gov't) is making to try to nail Hunter Biden.

[Bev54]

38. Yes it appears she is one of the only who is fully covering the Hunter Biden story, not just

occasional articles like most media who just gloss over the real facts of this case. I cherish Marcy and Empty Wheel, she is a treasure for her research and facts and common sense. She really should be read by all, because so many people do not know the facts of this case and others and therefore themselves spout misinformation. This includes Marcy's facts of the DOJ investigations and Garland's work that so many discount as do nothing but she has the facts that are all in public but scattered, she brings them together so we can see the full picture. She absolutely called the Durham cases and provided the proof for her assessments. She is concerned that with Hunter Biden's two Trump appointed Judges, he may well be found guilty but likely will be overturned on appeal.

[erronis]

40. It is so hard, and perhaps purposefully so, to follow the webs they weave.

As some have remarked, she must have a huge whiteboard covered with notes and colored threads. But still, bringing this all together in cogent articles is amazing. Her and Heather Cox Richardson.

[Bev54]

41. Yes her and Heather and Allison Gill is another. I wish I had the ability to put pieces in place like she does.

Even Abbe Lowell is following her and has mentioned her in one of his filings. I also get a lot of info in the comments section as many of her followers are lawyers.

[BoRaGard]

8. k and r

[H2O Man]

9. Recommended.

One won't find lobster at McDonald's. They don't serve that. Instead, they serve shit. The media tends to serve processed shit. There are a very few exceptions. I've always liked Lawrence, and think that he has been great this week at serving up serious journalism.

[MontanaMama]

15. Absolutely this!! Perfect analogy.

MSM is, for the most part, like McDonald's, is shit. They happily serve it disguised as facts and hope we come back for more. What a racket.

[malaise]

22. Nailed it

as always

[jaxexpat]

16. The gorge rises. It remains to be seen if the walls of the aortae will hold, Captain,

"we've done all we can, and I don't know how much longer she'll stay together, engine room out."

[malaise]

24. One of the great Melville

Lines
Lots of MAGA Dick heads in the media

[NanaCat]

32. Not Melville.

The 'engine-room' part gives it away, because the Pequod in Moby Dick was a sailing vessel, not engine-powered.

The quote is from Star Trek. Scotty was always whinging about the beating the Enterprise would take whenever Kirk wanted to do some outlandish maneuvre.

[malaise]

34. Good spot

Thanks

[Hiawatha Pete]

18. K&R

[oasis]

19. Kick

[Bundbuster]

23. This bothsideserism false equivalency has been McGeedia's go-to horseshit

since the rise of Limpballs, if not before. And hordes of murcans are still buying it.

[malaise]

25. It's sickening

For sure

[Blue Owl]

26. That fucking M$M has really outdone itself with the whole tRump disaster

Still trying to portray that morally and financially bankrupt fat fuck loser as some kind of legitimate contender -- please, you motherfuckers, give it a rest already!

[GreenWave]

27. Get thee to the front pages of all media!

[malthaussen]

28. Uh, yes.

In fact, it's sort of awesome. They have totally given up the appearance of impartiality, and really do seem to be rooting for a Fascist dictatorship. It's almost like the news sources are, I dunno, owned by billionaires or something.

-- Mal

[malaise]

42. Sad but true

Rec

[FoxNewsSucks]

29. I'm sure someone from a borough of New York will be along soon

to remind us why corporate establishment media is always right. And we should always "baaaah" while lining up behind them.

Always.



.....or is it....

[Lemon Lyman]

30. Ugh

They have to put their finger on the scale. They want their horse race!

[spanone]

31. ONE MILLION PERCENT

They are disgraceful.
They know this is nothing but ratfucking Hunter Biden/Joe Biden.
They have no shame.

[RandomNumbers]

36. What I can't figure out - can't the journalists involved actually LOOK AHEAD a teeny, teeny bit

and imagine what is going to happen to them - or at least their careers - if Trump wins? What decent journalist would want to continue openly in their profession under the "new reich" that Trump promises?

There's a chilling thought lurking there. As it gets closer to the election, do some of the heretofore reasonably sane (-ish) and decent (-ish) journalists decide to cave to what they perceive to be their best interests?

[malaise]

43. Apparently they will morph into whatever is reqyured

To survive

[Kid Berwyn]

39. See if they report on Russian disinformationists' role during trial.

Former U.S. spies warned in 2020 that the Hunter Biden scandal had Russian fingerprints. They feel vindicated now.

The Justice Department said this week that informant Alexander Smirnov invented a story about $5 million bribes paid to Joe and Hunter Biden and is also "peddling new lies."

by Ken Dilanian
NBC News, February 24, 2024

The Justice Department’s assertions this week that a longtime FBI informant was seeking to “spread misinformation” designed to hurt President Joe Biden after speaking to Russian intelligence operatives has put a new spotlight on an old debate:

To what extent, if any, has the Russian government manufactured or amplified unproven allegations of corrupt Ukraine dealings by Joe and Hunter Biden?

In a request to revoke his bail, prosecutors said that former informant Alexander Smirnov, charged last week with lying to the FBI in 2020 when he said Joe Biden had received a $5 million bribe, “is actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections after meeting with Russian intelligence officials” as recently as last fall.

The allegation that Smirnov was spreading new falsehoods about Joe Biden with an election looming hearkened back to an episode from the 2020 election, when the question of whether Russian spies were trying to smear Joe Biden was first raised.

Derogatory information, purportedly from Hunter Biden’s laptop, had surfaced in a New York Post article. Soon afterward, 51 former intelligence officials signed and blasted to the media a letter warning that the laptop story “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”

Continues…

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/former-us-spies-warned-2020-hunter-biden-scandal-russian-fingerprints-rcna140240