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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77103596" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><h3><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/21/how-hunter-biden-conspiracy-theory-grew-lone-tweet-big-megaphone/" target="_blank"><em>How a Hunter Biden conspiracy theory grew, from lone tweet to a big megaphone</em></a></h3><p></p><p><em>It started with a tweet on Jan. 12 by an anonymous account — a photo of a rental application by Hunter Biden, plucked from the hard drive of his laptop left behind for repair in a Delaware shop in April 2019.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Then it quickly exploded across the internet, into articles posted on right-wing media, onto Tucker Carlson’s Fox News evening show and into the talking points of Republican lawmakers who pledged an investigation into why Hunter Biden was paying his father $49,910 a month in rent at the Biden residence where classified documents have been found.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>But the rental application was misconstrued — an example of how speculation about material from the laptop often lacks context or careful scrutiny. The reality is that Hunter Biden was paying $49,910 every three months for office space in D.C.</em></p><p><em>Some who pushed the embroidered narrative quietly distanced themselves. Others adjusted their claims.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Chairman Comer has never said that he believed Hunter Biden was paying $49k in monthly rent to his father or for office rent,” said a statement from the Oversight Committee.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Geoffrey Ingersoll, the editor in chief of the Daily Caller, said he had retracted the article featured on Hannity’s show in light of The Fact Checker’s findings. “All our reporters really strive to get things absolutely correct, but mistakes still happen,” Ingersoll said. “Documents can be tantalizing in this business and tempting to take at face value. Clearly in this case, more reporting should have been done.”</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>"The rental application was for a Los Angeles apartment."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 77103596, member: 294566"] [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/21/how-hunter-biden-conspiracy-theory-grew-lone-tweet-big-megaphone/'][I]How a Hunter Biden conspiracy theory grew, from lone tweet to a big megaphone[/I][/URL][/HEADING] [I]It started with a tweet on Jan. 12 by an anonymous account — a photo of a rental application by Hunter Biden, plucked from the hard drive of his laptop left behind for repair in a Delaware shop in April 2019. Then it quickly exploded across the internet, into articles posted on right-wing media, onto Tucker Carlson’s Fox News evening show and into the talking points of Republican lawmakers who pledged an investigation into why Hunter Biden was paying his father $49,910 a month in rent at the Biden residence where classified documents have been found. But the rental application was misconstrued — an example of how speculation about material from the laptop often lacks context or careful scrutiny. The reality is that Hunter Biden was paying $49,910 every three months for office space in D.C. Some who pushed the embroidered narrative quietly distanced themselves. Others adjusted their claims. “Chairman Comer has never said that he believed Hunter Biden was paying $49k in monthly rent to his father or for office rent,” said a statement from the Oversight Committee. Geoffrey Ingersoll, the editor in chief of the Daily Caller, said he had retracted the article featured on Hannity’s show in light of The Fact Checker’s findings. “All our reporters really strive to get things absolutely correct, but mistakes still happen,” Ingersoll said. “Documents can be tantalizing in this business and tempting to take at face value. Clearly in this case, more reporting should have been done.”[/I] [I]"The rental application was for a Los Angeles apartment."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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