Politico Remains Silent on Changing ‘Russian disinfo’ Hunter Biden Laptop Story Headline
Politico refused to say on Friday whether it would change a headline that implies The Post's bombshell expose on Hunter Biden's infamous laptop is Russian disinformation.
Politico kept quiet Friday when asked whether it would change a notorious headline wrongly implying The Post’s
bombshell expose on Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation.
The Post reached out one day after it broke the story that former acting CIA Director Michael Morell
told the House Judiciary Committee that Biden 2020 campaign official Antony Blinken, now Secretary of State, reached out to him in the days after America’s favorite tabloid dropped the first of several bombshells on Hunter Biden’s laptop Oct. 14, 2020.
Morell said Blinken’s call prompted him to “help [Joe] Biden” by organizing his colleagues to sign a letter questioning The Post’s scoop, which was subsequently strategically leaked.
The fifth paragraph of the letter
stated that the officials “do not have evidence of Russian involvement” related to the laptop story, yet the headline attached to Bertrand’s report stated as a matter of fact that the spooks believed The Post was peddling “Russian disinfo.”
The letter was used by Biden during the Oct. 22 debate against former President Donald Trump to deflect accusations about his involvement in overseas influence-peddling schemes by claiming The Post had reported on “a Russian plant.”
Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell told the House Judiciary Committee that Antony Blinken reached out to him in the days after Politco dropped the first of several bombshells on Hunter Biden’s laptop on Oct. 14, 2020.
Politico silent on changing 'Russian disinfo' Hunter story headline