Rex Murphy Nails It!! : Suppressing the Biden stories is a journalistic crime of historic proportions

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https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-suppressing-the-biden-stories-is-a-journalistic-crime-of-historic-proportions">Rex Murphy: Suppressing the Biden stories is a journalistic crime of historic proportions



It is an exhibition of blatant and massive bias during the exercise of the most central event of every democracy — the election of its leaders



As I write it is now the seventh day — and a bare two weeks till the presidential vote — that Twitter, Facebook and their co-operative partners in the television networks and mainline newspapers have smothered or refused to print or broadcast the devastating reports concerning the dealings of Hunter Biden and his father, presidential candidate Joe Biden.



The suppression of a major, no, an explosive and potentially result-changing news story by 90 per cent of the establishment media, is a journalistic crime.



It is the willing, the voluntary adoption by a (once) free press of the practice of information control that up to this period has been the hallmark, solely, of tinpot tyrannies, Communist governments everywhere, and most notably in the modern era the present information-throttling government of China.



It is the willing adoption by a (once) free press of information control



It is an exhibition of blatant, undeniable and massive bias during the exercise of the most central event of every democracy — the election of its leaders. A great swathe of the media of the United States is deliberately — by refusing to exercise its proper function, and by acting as guardian and accessory to the campaign of its favourite, Mr. Biden — nullifying its purpose, wrecking its prestige and standing with the public, and practicing the single largest dereliction of its democratic function since the founding of the republic.



All under the specious, hollow anti-morality of "If it hurts Donald Trump, it is not only justifiable, but righteous."



A child of five, or the mute beasts of the field would find tongue to tell you that if some equally potentially damaging story placed Donald Trump Jr. in its crosshairs and implicated his father, it would be crowding the screens of Facebook and Twitter; the Washington Post and the New York Times would have exhausted the nation's supply of newsprint with special and interminable reports of its every minutiae; and television's main talking-heads would be choking with the zeal to report it and damnify Trump.





Should anyone want something of an honest, independent and clear view of what is happening, turn to the recent utterances of Jonathan Turley, a legal scholar, professor at George Washington University Law School, and frequent witness at U.S. Congressional proceedings about constitutional and statutory issues.



Prof. Turley is NOT a Trump supporter. He is something far more significant and singular in these partisan-insane times — a fair and intelligent mind. Here's just a few of his observations — which up until recent days would be the views of everyone with the slightest understanding of democracy and a free press:



"... The companies' actions are an outrageous example of open censorship and bias. It shows how companies effectively can become state media working for one party.



"... The point is that free speech allows us to call out those who say false or reckless things without Twitter engaging in private censorship. As soon as these companies embraced censorship, it put social media on the slippery slope of biased and selective speech controls.



"... Despite a letter (signed by) dozens of former officials saying this is Russian disinformation, the FBI reportedly has confirmed that it has the laptop and it is not Russian disinformation" (my emphasis).





There are others of equal standing making the same points. I'd add a few of my own. Where are the journalism schools and their mentor-professors? Why are they not howling in outrage at a canonical violation of the standards of objectivity and fair-dealing, the hallmarks of an independent press?

[Anonymous]

It's a journalistic crime and it's the most blatant example of domestic election interference.

[Anonymous]

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It is an exhibition of blatant and massive bias during the exercise of the most central event of every democracy — the election of its leaders



As I write it is now the seventh day — and a bare two weeks till the presidential vote — that Twitter, Facebook and their co-operative partners in the television networks and mainline newspapers have smothered or refused to print or broadcast the devastating reports concerning the dealings of Hunter Biden and his father, presidential candidate Joe Biden.



The suppression of a major, no, an explosive and potentially result-changing news story by 90 per cent of the establishment media, is a journalistic crime.



It is the willing, the voluntary adoption by a (once) free press of the practice of information control that up to this period has been the hallmark, solely, of tinpot tyrannies, Communist governments everywhere, and most notably in the modern era the present information-throttling government of China.



It is the willing adoption by a (once) free press of information control



It is an exhibition of blatant, undeniable and massive bias during the exercise of the most central event of every democracy — the election of its leaders. A great swathe of the media of the United States is deliberately — by refusing to exercise its proper function, and by acting as guardian and accessory to the campaign of its favourite, Mr. Biden — nullifying its purpose, wrecking its prestige and standing with the public, and practicing the single largest dereliction of its democratic function since the founding of the republic.



All under the specious, hollow anti-morality of "If it hurts Donald Trump, it is not only justifiable, but righteous."



A child of five, or the mute beasts of the field would find tongue to tell you that if some equally potentially damaging story placed Donald Trump Jr. in its crosshairs and implicated his father, it would be crowding the screens of Facebook and Twitter; the Washington Post and the New York Times would have exhausted the nation's supply of newsprint with special and interminable reports of its every minutiae; and television's main talking-heads would be choking with the zeal to report it and damnify Trump.





Should anyone want something of an honest, independent and clear view of what is happening, turn to the recent utterances of Jonathan Turley, a legal scholar, professor at George Washington University Law School, and frequent witness at U.S. Congressional proceedings about constitutional and statutory issues.



Prof. Turley is NOT a Trump supporter. He is something far more significant and singular in these partisan-insane times — a fair and intelligent mind. Here's just a few of his observations — which up until recent days would be the views of everyone with the slightest understanding of democracy and a free press:



"... The companies' actions are an outrageous example of open censorship and bias. It shows how companies effectively can become state media working for one party.



"... The point is that free speech allows us to call out those who say false or reckless things without Twitter engaging in private censorship. As soon as these companies embraced censorship, it put social media on the slippery slope of biased and selective speech controls.



"... Despite a letter (signed by) dozens of former officials saying this is Russian disinformation, the FBI reportedly has confirmed that it has the laptop and it is not Russian disinformation" (my emphasis).





There are others of equal standing making the same points. I'd add a few of my own. Where are the journalism schools and their mentor-professors? Why are they not howling in outrage at a canonical violation of the standards of objectivity and fair-dealing, the hallmarks of an independent press?

That letter is BS.

[Anonymous]

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-suppressing-the-biden-stories-is-a-journalistic-crime-of-historic-proportions">Rex Murphy: Suppressing the Biden stories is a journalistic crime of historic proportions



It is an exhibition of blatant and massive bias during the exercise of the most central event of every democracy — the election of its leaders



As I write it is now the seventh day — and a bare two weeks till the presidential vote — that Twitter, Facebook and their co-operative partners in the television networks and mainline newspapers have smothered or refused to print or broadcast the devastating reports concerning the dealings of Hunter Biden and his father, presidential candidate Joe Biden.



The suppression of a major, no, an explosive and potentially result-changing news story by 90 per cent of the establishment media, is a journalistic crime.



It is the willing, the voluntary adoption by a (once) free press of the practice of information control that up to this period has been the hallmark, solely, of tinpot tyrannies, Communist governments everywhere, and most notably in the modern era the present information-throttling government of China.



It is the willing adoption by a (once) free press of information control



It is an exhibition of blatant, undeniable and massive bias during the exercise of the most central event of every democracy — the election of its leaders. A great swathe of the media of the United States is deliberately — by refusing to exercise its proper function, and by acting as guardian and accessory to the campaign of its favourite, Mr. Biden — nullifying its purpose, wrecking its prestige and standing with the public, and practicing the single largest dereliction of its democratic function since the founding of the republic.



All under the specious, hollow anti-morality of "If it hurts Donald Trump, it is not only justifiable, but righteous."



A child of five, or the mute beasts of the field would find tongue to tell you that if some equally potentially damaging story placed Donald Trump Jr. in its crosshairs and implicated his father, it would be crowding the screens of Facebook and Twitter; the Washington Post and the New York Times would have exhausted the nation's supply of newsprint with special and interminable reports of its every minutiae; and television's main talking-heads would be choking with the zeal to report it and damnify Trump.





Should anyone want something of an honest, independent and clear view of what is happening, turn to the recent utterances of Jonathan Turley, a legal scholar, professor at George Washington University Law School, and frequent witness at U.S. Congressional proceedings about constitutional and statutory issues.



Prof. Turley is NOT a Trump supporter. He is something far more significant and singular in these partisan-insane times — a fair and intelligent mind. Here's just a few of his observations — which up until recent days would be the views of everyone with the slightest understanding of democracy and a free press:



"... The companies' actions are an outrageous example of open censorship and bias. It shows how companies effectively can become state media working for one party.



"... The point is that free speech allows us to call out those who say false or reckless things without Twitter engaging in private censorship. As soon as these companies embraced censorship, it put social media on the slippery slope of biased and selective speech controls.



"... Despite a letter (signed by) dozens of former officials saying this is Russian disinformation, the FBI reportedly has confirmed that it has the laptop and it is not Russian disinformation" (my emphasis).





There are others of equal standing making the same points. I'd add a few of my own. Where are the journalism schools and their mentor-professors? Why are they not howling in outrage at a canonical violation of the standards of objectivity and fair-dealing, the hallmarks of an independent press?

This is why journalism ranks as one the least respected careers.

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/progressive-journalist-slams-corporate-media-ignoring-hunter-biden">Progressive journalist slams corporate media for 'dangerous' blackout of Hunter Biden scandal - 'This is dangerous for the future of journalism,' Jordan Chariton says



Progressive journalist Jordan Chariton slammed corporate media on Thursday for ignoring the ongoing scandal surrounding Hunter Biden's laptop in a scathing Twitter thread that blasted MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times and Washington Post for selective censorship.  



"The corporate media—and Twitter/FB—are still crickets as Hunter Biden's biz partner confirms the emails in @nypost story are real," Chariton wrote in response to a Fox News report that Tony Bobulinski — who was listed as the recipient of an email published by the New York Post that appeared to detail a business arrangement involving a Chinese company and members of the Biden family — confirmed that the email is "genuine" and provided more information regarding the Bidens' role in the deal.



Chariton, who worked a variety of media organizations before starting Status Coup in an attempt to dissociate himself with corporate media, noted that he isn't a fan of Trump but the blackout on coverage of Hunter Biden is simply unfair.  



"None of the social platforms (Twitter/FB) blocked users from posting or sharing them or locked news' outlets accounts (NY Post). Instead, they pushed them as trending topics which then led to endless hours of TV news airtime. Yet, for a story that may hurt @JoeBiden 3 weeks before the presidential election—WITH NO ACTUAL EVIDENCE that the emails the story reported on were fake—these same outlets that recklessly ran with dubious Russia/Trump stories collectively censored this story," Chariton continued. "This is dangerous for the future of journalism."

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jim-hunter-biden-china-joint-venture-key-contacts">Harris, prominent Democrats listed as 'key contacts' for Biden family business venture projects



EXCLUSIVE: A list of "key domestic contacts" for a joint venture involving Jim and Hunter Biden and now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co. included former Vice President Joe Biden's current running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, among other prominent Democrats, Fox News has learned.



An email exclusively obtained by Fox News, with the subject line "Phase one domestic contacts/ projects" and dated May 15, 2017, Biden's brother, Jim Biden, shared a list of "key domestic contacts for phase one target projects."



The email is unrelated to the laptop or hard drive purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden, the former vice president's son.



The list, included Harris, D-Calif.; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; former Virginia Gov. Terry McCauliffe, among others.



It is unclear if any of the Democrats were ever contacted about the "target projects."



The email was sent from Jim to Hunter Biden, Tony Bobulinski, Rob Walker and James Gilliar.



Bobulinksi was an institutional investor who was recruited by the Biden family to run their joint-venture with now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co.



Bobulinski is a former Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and served as the CEO of SinoHawk Holdings, which he said was the partnership between the CEFC/ Chairman Ye and the Biden family.

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Tony Bobulinski's Navy photo. (Courtesy: Tony Bobulinski)



"I was brought into the company to be the CEO by James Gilliar and Hunter Biden," Bobulinski said in a statement to Fox News. "The reference to "the Big Guy" in the much-publicized May 13, 2017 email is in fact a reference to Joe Biden.  The other "JB" referenced in that email is Jim Biden, Joe's brother."



Bobulinski was referring to an email, Fox News obtained last week, dated May 13, 2017, which included a discussion of "remuneration packages" for six people in a business deal with a Chinese energy firm. The email appeared to identify Biden as "Chair / Vice Chair depending on agreement with CEFC," in an apparent reference to now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co.



"I was brought into the company to be the CEO by James Gilliar and Hunter Biden," Bobulinski said in a statement to Fox News. "The reference to "the Big Guy" in the much-publicized May 13, 2017 email is in fact a reference to Joe Biden.  The other "JB" referenced in that email is Jim Biden, Joe's brother."



Bobulinski was referring to an email, Fox News obtained last week, dated May 13, 2017, which included a discussion of "remuneration packages" for six people in a business deal with a Chinese energy firm. The email appeared to identify Biden as "Chair / Vice Chair depending on agreement with CEFC," in an apparent reference to now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co.



"I've seen Vice President Biden saying he never talked to Hunter about his business," Bobulinski said "I've seen firsthand that that's not true, because it wasn't just Hunter's business, they said they were putting the Biden family name and its legacy on the line."

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Harris, prominent Democrats listed as 'key contacts' for Biden family business venture projects



EXCLUSIVE]ncluded former Vice President Joe Biden's current running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, among other prominent Democrats, Fox News has learned.[/b]



An email exclusively obtained by Fox News, with the subject line "Phase one domestic contacts/ projects" and dated May 15, 2017, Biden's brother, Jim Biden, shared a list of "key domestic contacts for phase one target projects."



The email is unrelated to the laptop or hard drive purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden, the former vice president's son.



The list, included Harris, D-Calif.; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; former Virginia Gov. Terry McCauliffe, among others.



It is unclear if any of the Democrats were ever contacted about the "target projects."



The email was sent from Jim to Hunter Biden, Tony Bobulinski, Rob Walker and James Gilliar.



Bobulinksi was an institutional investor who was recruited by the Biden family to run their joint-venture with now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co.



Bobulinski is a former Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and served as the CEO of SinoHawk Holdings, which he said was the partnership between the CEFC/ Chairman Ye and the Biden family.

 

[Renee]

It's all starting to unravel. Unfortunately we may never know the outcome because if Trump is not reelected this will all be swept under the rug politically and the majority of the media will go along for the ride.



There is a few bright spots though. In new voter registration, Republicans have swamped Democrats across the board. Furthermore at least 51% of Americans say they are better off now than 4 years ago and that is with a depressed COVID economy and democrap efforts to stall growth. If that is any indication of the country's actual mood then we know for sure that polls showing Biden in the lead are a steaming pile of libertard manure.

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I agree. Things are not as advertised. That was established last go round and if anything, media / polls are far more slanted this time



Registrations is a very  good signal



I'm hearing a lot on black and Latino support increasing significantly, but media is pretty quiet on that and on anything positive for the "bad guy" / evil villain

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PICTURED: Joe Biden Smiling Alongside Kazak Businessman Who 'Hired Hunter To Help Broker US Investments When He Was VP' – Yet Still Joe Maintains He NEVER Discussed His Son's Business Dealings



A newly unearthed photo appears to show Joe Biden meeting with Kenes Rakishev, his son Hunter's alleged business partner in Kazakhstan.

The undated photograph resurfaced in the wake of a New York Post report claiming that emails found on Hunter's laptop could purportedly implicate Joe in his embattled son's international business dealings during his time as vice president.



In the image – which was published on the website of an anti-corruption group called the Kazakhstani Initiative on Asset Recovery and has not been independently verified – Joe and Hunter are seen smiling alongside Rakishev and Kazakhstan's former prime minister Karim Mossimov.

[Anonymous]

Russian disinformation.

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/breaking-bidens-former-business-partner-china-scheme-tony-bobulinski-will-trumps-special-guest-final-debate/">BREAKING: Biden's Former Business Partner in China Scheme, Tony Bobulinski, Will Be Trump's Special Guest at Final Debate



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Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, Joe Biden and Joe's brother Jim in the now-infamous China scheme, will be President Donald Trump's special guest at the final presidential debate on Thursday evening.



Bobulinski recently made massive waves after a bombshell statement to the New York Post "asserting that the former vice president was a willing and eager participant in a family scheme to make millions of dollars by partnering with a shady Chinese Communist firm."



The former business partner also admitted that he was one of the recipients of an email published by the post, confirming that it was authentic.



"That claim alone rips out the heart of nearly everything Joe Biden has ever said about Hunter's many businesses and Joe's knowledge of them. His repeated insistence that the two never spoke of the son's global sources of money didn't pass the laugh test," the New York Post notes. "After all, they traveled together to China on Air Force Two, where Hunter landed a $1.5 billion commitment from a government-controlled Chinese bank. Then there was Hunter's $83,000-a-month gig on the board of a Ukrainian energy company — despite his lack of experience in Ukraine or knowledge of energy."

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/breaking-bidens-former-business-partner-china-scheme-tony-bobulinski-will-trumps-special-guest-final-debate/">BREAKING: Biden's Former Business Partner in China Scheme, Tony Bobulinski, Will Be Trump's Special Guest at Final Debate



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Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, Joe Biden and Joe's brother Jim in the now-infamous China scheme, will be President Donald Trump's special guest at the final presidential debate on Thursday evening.



Bobulinski recently made massive waves after a bombshell statement to the New York Post "asserting that the former vice president was a willing and eager participant in a family scheme to make millions of dollars by partnering with a shady Chinese Communist firm."



The former business partner also admitted that he was one of the recipients of an email published by the post, confirming that it was authentic.



"That claim alone rips out the heart of nearly everything Joe Biden has ever said about Hunter's many businesses and Joe's knowledge of them. His repeated insistence that the two never spoke of the son's global sources of money didn't pass the laugh test," the New York Post notes. "After all, they traveled together to China on Air Force Two, where Hunter landed a $1.5 billion commitment from a government-controlled Chinese bank. Then there was Hunter's $83,000-a-month gig on the board of a Ukrainian energy company — despite his lack of experience in Ukraine or knowledge of energy."

As I posted in Rejected, I recorded the debate, but I haven't seen it yet.

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New Documents Shed Light On Hunter Biden's Links To Russian Billionaire Oligarch

https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/22/hunter-biden-elena-baturina-devon-archer-russian-oligarch-money-launder/?utm_source=piano&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2680&pnespid=1upi8PMIHwGNR6t4lW8NwaMOe06lOWYfpIzu2V9n">https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/22/hunt ... YfpIzu2V9n">https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/22/hunter-biden-elena-baturina-devon-archer-russian-oligarch-money-launder/?utm_source=piano&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2680&pnespid=1upi8PMIHwGNR6t4lW8NwaMOe06lOWYfpIzu2V9n



Newly surfaced documents shed light on Hunter Biden's relationship with Elena Baturina, a Russian billionaire.  

Emails released on Monday show that Biden's business partners scrambled to set up bank accounts in the U.S. for Baturina.

John Galanis, who has a history of white collar fraud convictions, also claimed in a court affidavit that his son worked with Biden and another associate, Devon Archer, to set up bank accounts to help Baturina launder money into the U.S.

A Senate report released last month said that millions of dollars in wire transfers from Baturina to accounts for Biden were flagged for possible criminal activity.