EXCLUSIVE: Fox News Passed on Hunter Biden Laptop Story Over Credibility Concerns

[demmiblue]

Source: Mediaite

Mediaite has learned that Fox News was first approached by Rudy Giuliani to report on a tranche of files alleged to have come from Hunter Biden’s unclaimed laptop left at a Delaware computer repair shop, but that the news division chose not to run the story unless or until the sourcing and veracity of the emails could be properly vetted.

With the general election just three weeks away, Giuliani ultimately brought the story to the New York Post, which shares the same owner, Rupert Murdoch. The tabloid has been exhaustively covering the contents of the laptop — which include everything from emails regarding Hunter Biden’s work for a Ukrainian company to personal photos of the recovering addict — with each morsel being amplified in the conservative media world, including on Fox News’ top-rated opinion programs. Thus far, the Fox’s News division has only been able to verify one email from the tranche leaked.

The former New York City mayor and personal attorney to President Donald Trump has long had a working relationship with Fox News, the cable news network whose opinion shows have an overwhelmingly pro-Trump point of view.

But according to two sources familiar with the matter, the lack of authentication of Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop, combined with established concerns about Giuliani as a reliable source and his desire for unvetted publication, led the network’s news division to pass. Fox News declined to comment on this story.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/exclusive-fox-news-passed-on-hunter-biden-laptop-story-over-credibility-concerns/

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. How bogus does the story have to be for Fox to turn it down

This says a LOT about the NY Post.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. The irony is that both are owned by the same man

Yup. That guy, who also owns the WSJ.

[Bayard]

2. Well.....

They're sure hyping it now. Its all they're talking about when Mr. Bayard has to play devil's advocate and switch over for a few minutes before I start screaming.

[Claustrum]

8. Exactly!!!

They turned down the story due to credibility problem but hyped and amplified it non-stop the second NYP published the story.

[catrose]

13. Yeah, hiding behind the Post's publication.

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. Seems like that was the plan all along by Murdoch

Pretend still that they are a "real" news network so they won't run it. Get the Post to run it, so they can claim they are only re-running a story already "vetted" by some other paper. This way they can rail on about 24/7 under cover of the Post.

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. That didn't last long,

Smarmy mouthpiece Jason Chafetz (R-tRump's Ass) is on there now whining that Facebook and others blocked the fake story.

Never mind that it's fake, the only thing that matters is that Facebook etc blocked a "bad story about Hunter"

[DFW]

4. Fox was probably temporarily pissed

They were probably on the phone to the Republican leadership saying, “Look. You don’t tell US what to say. WE tell YOU what to say.”

[redstatebluegirl]

5. So Murdoch just used another one of his "properties" to run it.

[keithbvadu2]

6. How about Hannity, Carlson and other Fox propagandists?

How about Hannity, Carlson and other Fox propagandists?

[mobeau69]

7. Unless Joe walks onto the debate stage only wearing a mask

the cake is baked.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

23. He could borrow Borrow Borat's

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https://bigstarsite.com/tv-movies/sacha-baron-cohen-turns-covid-mask-into-mankini-in-outrageous-borat-2-poster-with-film-dropping-this-month/

[GeorgeGist]

9. As if the owner of FOX and NYPost couldn't be more transparent.

Deport the fucker ASAP.

[TwilightZone]

12. He's been a naturalized US citizen since 1985.

That ship has long since sailed.

[Lock him up.]

15. Break up his lying media stRonghold in tiny little pieces.

[yardwork]

20. Why should we play fair? They never do.

Deport Murdoch now.

[underpants]

11. I'll bet Hannity was howling at the moon and jumping on desks

Rudy and he are THE inside of Team Trump

[ffr]

14. #EvenFoxNews trending

[rockfordfile]

17. That's not true

[mainer]

18. I have a question about photos of Hunter asleep with a crack pipe

Who took those photos? Obviously he didn't take the photos of himself if he was asleep. So who took them and how would they get onto Hunter's (supposed) laptop? Who loaded them on there? And if it was his laptop, why on earth would he keep them there?

If someone takes an embarrassing and incriminating photo of you, you would certainly not want it on your own laptop.

I'm surprised no one's asking this question.

[jmowreader]

19. Next question: DID anyone take those photos?

It seems like it'd be pretty easy to manufacture a few incriminating photos.

[mainer]

21. That would be my conclusion

Since it makes no sense for Hunter to have such embarrassing photos on his own laptop -- and how do you take photos of yourself sleeping? -- then they must be fake photos.