After months of Biden and his press aides denying the president would pardon his son Hunter, when he went back on his word, the media didn’t want to say he “lied.” It was an “about face” or “a reversal from promises he made during the campaign.”
Managing editor Curtis Houck talks about what he found on CNN after the news broke, They played up the “very close” family ties and proclaimed it a “poignant” moment. Many Americans don't find anything "poignant: in this moment. Then there were the Monday morning shows (ABC, with George Stephanopoulos and Mary Bruce, was the worst.)
On ABC's The View, Whoopi Goldberg popped off angrily at Alyssa Farah Griffin when she stated that Biden lied when he said he wouldn't pardon his son. No L word!
The New York Times had NOTHING in the Monday paper we received at the office. because they print at like 5 pm? Our Wall Street Journal had the story on Page One. So did The Washington Post. The Journal headline was bland: "Biden Pardons Son, Calls Cases Unfair." Inside the headline was even blander: “Biden Pardons His Son.” All the copy on page one was Biden’s view of things. James Comer’s GOP take was right inside the paper. How convenient.
The Washington Post headline was “Biden pardons his son Hunter, going back on a pledge.” Inside on A-6, the headline was "Biden says son was 'selectively and unfairly prosecuted.'" The man I like to call Matt Viser, Biden Adviser also featured only Biden’s view on page one. Viser didn’t get to Comer until paragraph 32!
And this was the sentence right before that: “No evidence has surfaced publicly to suggest wrongdoing by Joe Biden.” This is a Pants On Fire lie. Joe's wrongdoing was all over Hunter's laptop, schmoozing with Hunter's foreign clients and helping his son rake the bucks.
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