Fox News passed up chance to run Hunter Biden email story amid credibility concerns, reports say | The Independent
Even Fox News is running from the Russian disinformation campaign.
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Reporters at the New York Post were also allegedly wary of the story's veracity
Graeme Massie Los Angeles Monday 19 October 2020 23:11
Fox News reportedly declined the chance to run Rudy Giuliani's Hunter Biden emails story amid reported concerns on its credibility.
The Rupert Murdoch-owned news channel was offered the story by Donald Trump's personal lawyer but refused it until it could be properly vetted, according to political news site mediaite.com.
Mr Giuliani then took the story to the tabloid New York Post, also owned by Mr Murdoch, who ran the controversial stories with material they claim was taken from Mr Biden's laptop.
Fox News was reportedly unhappy at the lack of verification that the laptop actually belonged to Mr Biden and had concerns about Mr Giuliani's reliability as a source, insiders told mediaite.com.
Reporters at the New York Post, including Bruce Golding, refused to let their names be put on the story because of their own concerns, according to the New York Times.
In the end the story appeared in the paper with two bylines, Emma-Jo Morris and Gabrielle Fonrouge.
Ms Morris is a former associate producer on Sean Hannity's Fox News show and had never had a New York Post byline before, according to the Times.
Her Instagram account, which is now private, had pictures of her posing with Steve Bannon, who is quoted in the story, and Roger Stone, a friend of the president.
New York Post insiders told the Times that Ms Fonrouge had little to do with the story and only found out she was bylined on it after it was published.
Joe Biden's campaign has denied any impropriety and says that Mr Giuliani is involved in a Russian disinformation campaign.
The White House was previously warned about Mr Giuliani's alleged dealing with alleged Russian spies and the FBI has now reportedly launched a probe into the former mayor of New York, NBC News reports.
Some of the biggest names on Fox News have also gone to lengths to distance themselves from the story.
"I can understand the concern about this story," said host Chris Wallace.
"It is completely unverified and frankly, Rudy Giuliani is not the most reliable source anymore. I hate to say that, but it's just true."
Fox News declined to comment on this story.
In desperation Trump's campaign is now openly and obviously colluding with Putin's Russian Intelligence Services in these recent efforts to harm Biden and to help Trump. The saddest and most worrisome aspect of this all this is how many Americans are willing to serve as Putin's willing dupes in Trump's desperate disinformation campaign. Which, by the way, is not even working, this time around. Thank Goodness!
Well at least there's one thing we can be grateful for--- at least we don't have any of Putin's gullible dupes here on NT.
Than goodness for that!!!
Woops...silly me!
I "inadvertently" forgot to insert the /sarcasm tag.
My bad...
Lol this "strory" is so fucking dumb that no one outside of the New York Post, a homeless dude, and the body of a vagrant, took it seriously. Even people within the post didnt take it seriously.
Yet, a lot of people around here are still all in on it...
Should we ignore illegal Russian interference?
Can you see pyramids from that river you're on?
Is the Earth flat?
Where did Noah land?
Just ignore that ridiculousness...
Russia.......Russia......Russia......
or
China......China......China!
Take your pick!:
Russia.......Russia......Russia......
or
China......China......China!
Take your pick!:
I wouldn't be surprised if many on The Post realized that it was totally fake news-- but posted it anyway to boost circulation!
Is this trmp's October surprise?
It comes straight from Vlad Putin and Russian State Intelligence Services. So, yeah, it probably is the same as last time. Russia illegally interfers in our elections and the gop welcomes it and plays along.
Trump says this story is so true that he wants his opponent to be arrested, along with the former POTUS (you know, the black one that makes fun of him). He is one of the most amateur dictators in human history, and he has supporters. It’s a sad time in the history of this country. Even Donald Trump isn’t stupid enough to believe this story.