A lot of people in the right-wing blogosphere are gloating because the New York Times stealthily admitted that the Hunter Biden laptop story was true. Well whoop-de-fucking doo. We already knew this back in 2020. Not suspected. Knew it. For a fact. And guess what? So did the New York Fucking Times. But it would have hurt Biden and helped Trump, so they declared it to be unsubstantiated and probably “Russian disinformation.” The Times is stupid. But not that stupid. They knew it wasn’t Russian disinformation. In fact, they could have confirmed (or disproved) the New York Post / Tucker Carlson reporting in a few hours if they wanted to. But they already knew the answer, so they deliberately chose not to ask the question. Now a year and a half later, when all the news bandwidth is being sucked up by Ukraine, they quietly admit the truth. All to keep up the façade that the Times is a real news organization with journalistic integrity. Just like Politico did a few months ago. “See, wingnuts? We didn’t bury a story we didn’t like. We reported on it just like everyone else. Don’t dare question our integrity. We are journalists!” It is the digital version of pissing in your face and telling you it is raining.
Anyways, who cares what the partisan hacks at the New York Times admit to (or not)? The arrogant amoral bastards that run that sleazy rag fancy themselves the arbiters of truth. And a lot of people on the right agree, judging by how they act. Especially within the media. That undeserved reverence needs to stop. Fuck the Times and the horse they rode in on. Stop treating them as the one and only gatekeepers of what is factual. One of the things supporters of Donald Trump absolutely loved about him was the way he called out and disrespected the “Fake News” media. They don’t deserve our respect. They don’t even deserve our attention. They are truly trash. Why pretend otherwise?