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Ex-Politico reporters reveal editors quashed, slow-walked negative Biden stories 'with no explanation'
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John Smyth
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'Ex-Politico reporters reveal editors quashed, slow-walked negative
Biden stories 'with no explanation''

''Don’t write about the laptop, don’t talk about the laptop, don’t tweet
about the laptop,' ex-Politico reporter Marc Caputo recalled'

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'Two former Politico reporters spoke candidly about efforts made by
their bosses to either slow-walk or completely quash their reporting on
the Biden family during their time at the news outlet.

Marc Caputo and Tara Palmeri, now journalists for Axios and Puck
respectively, reflected on their time at Politico on Palmeri's
"Somebody's Gotta Win" podcast.

Caputo called out Politico's "ill-fated headline" downplaying the Hunter
Biden laptop scandal during the 2020 election.


"I mean, Politico, my former employer, and I knew at the time, didn’t do
itself any favors," Caputo said in the exchange, which was shared
Thursday on YouTube. "I was covering Biden at the time, and I remember
coming to my editor and saying, ‘Hey, we need to write about the Hunter
Biden laptop.’ And I was told this came from on high at Politico: Don’t
write about the laptop, don’t talk about the laptop, don’t tweet about
the laptop. And the only thing Politico wound up writing was that piece
that called it disinformation, which charitably could be called
misinformation, at the least."

Caputo was referencing Politico's report, which had the headline "Hunter
Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say,"
on the open letter signed by 51 intelligence officials declaring that
the material from Hunter Biden's laptop had "all the earmarks of a
Russian intelligence operation." The report came days after The New York
Post published its bombshell reporting about the laptop in October 2020.

Hunter Biden and a Politico headline
Politico published a report in October 2020 that said 51 intelligence
officials signed a letter claiming the Hunter Biden laptop story had
"all the earmarks of a Russian information operation." (Main: (Photo by
Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images), Screenshot/Politico)

Caputo also shed light on a report he had written in 2019 that stemmed
from opposition research from a rival Democratic campaign of
then-candidate Joe Biden regarding a "tax lien" of Hunter's pertaining
to his work at Ukrainian energy company Burisma.

"And I wrote what would have been a classic story saying, you know, ‘The
former vice president’s son was slapped with a big tax lien for the
period of time that he worked for this controversial Ukrainian oil
concern, or natural gas concern, which is haunting his father on the
campaign trail.' That story was killed by the editors,' Caputo said.
"And they gave no explanation for that either. So that the general
experience- obviously the public doesn't know about those things."

When reached out by Fox News Digital, Caputo provided video showing the
original Word document created May 8, 2019 of his tax lien reporting on
Hunter Biden.


Marc Caputo
Former Politico reporter Marc Caputo says his bosses "killed" a story
about Hunter Biden's shady finances involving Bursima as his father, Joe
Biden, competed in the Democratic presidential primary in May 2019.
(William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images)


Palmeri similarly shared an experience at Politico regarding the
"serious reporting" she had done on then-President Biden's son. She had
broken the story of Hunter Biden's gun incident that led to a felony
charge for lying about his drug use on a gun form.

"I spent three months on it, I went to the laptop shop, and I did all of
the reporting in Delaware, and I did all of that. But yeah it had, it
had to be like much- it had to be 100% nailed down," Palmeri told
Caputo. "I had everything, you know, the police reports… I’m a solid
reporter. But I do wonder if it could have, if it would have been
published a little quicker if it was a different type of story."

Speaking with Fox News Digital, Palmeri expanded on how her bosses
dragged their feet before running her story.

"I certainly had to push very hard to get that reporting published.
Like, it was a constant, 'Hey, when are we going to do this? Hey, when
are we going to get this out there? Hey, when we're going to do this?'
Because it was so difficult. Like it was kind of a known feeling that
like, it's gonna be difficult to report stuff that's really tough on the
Biden administration and family. It's just like a culture." Palmeri told
Fox News Digital. "And I think when the culture is that a reporter has
to push so hard that it just creates a feeling that there's not an
interest in that type of reporting. And ultimately, you know, we work to
be published and to get our editors to support our work."


Palmeri said she first obtained the police report shortly after Biden's
inauguration in late January 2021, but her story wasn't published until
late March 2021.

"I just think if it was a Trump kid, it would have been published much
sooner," Palmeri said. "I just had to work really hard to like- you're
like 'Hey, what's going on with the story? Hey, what's going on with the
story? Like, what's going on with the story?' We gave the White House a
lot of time, like a week or so to respond. I don't know if that would
have been the case for a Trump story."

The former Politico journalist went on to cite the "honeymoon phase" of
the Biden administration as being a factor behind the slowed pace of her
story.


"I think a lot of people there, including reporters, wanted to get on
the good side of the new administration," Palmeri said. "And so I could
understand the reluctance to put out a piece like that within the first
few months."

Tara Palmeri
Ex-Politico reporter Tara Palmeri told Fox News Digital her story about
Hunter Biden would have been published sooner if it was a "Trump kid."
(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Palmeri also suggested her bosses wouldn't run the story unless she was
able to link it to a federal agency.

"It had to be about the fact that the Secret Service was involved,"
Palmeri told Fox News Digital. "I just think the fact that, you know,
the president's son is getting in a domestic dispute that involves a gun
being thrown out next to a school is pretty shocking. And the police had
to be involved."

"I think they preferred that angle because I think it increased the
gravity of the situation. The fact that the Secret Service may have been
improperly used to cover up what could have been a crime if the gun was
found and used by someone else. The blanket fact that he lied on the gun
form, which I had. I had the gun form and I pointed out that he lied on
it. But in the piece, we downplayed it and said, ‘Although many people
lie on gun forms and are not prosecuted for it’ which is true, by the
way. But it's not like the headline wasn't ‘Hunter Biden lies on gun
form,’ which is a felony. That was not the headline even though I had
the gun form in which he lied," she continued.

"They felt like for it to be worthy of being published, it had to rise
to that occasion that a federal department was involved and they misused
power, basically. Like the crime itself was not important- was not
worthy of just running the story on that alone," Palmeri went on to say.
"In fairness, they wanted to make sure the story was buttoned up, but
they also felt like it needed to be elevated beyond the crime, the
obvious crime which we had from the form. We had to nail down that
element of the Secret Service part."

HUNTER BIDEN ‘LAPTOP FROM HELL’ SCANDAL TURNS 4: HOW MEDIA, INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY MISLED AMERICANS

Hunter Biden gets off plane with president
Palmeri suggested Politico's coverage was impacted by the "honeymoon"
period that took place in the early months of the Biden administration.
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A spokesperson for Politico previously released a statement pushing back
at Caputo and Palmeri's comments made on the podcast by touting how its
journalists "led the way on wide-ranging reporting on the business
dealings of Joe Biden’s closest relatives" as well as its verification
of the Hunter Biden laptop, suggesting the former staffers have "a case
of false memory."


The spokesperson even called their claims "bulls---."

"Our editors uphold rigorous standards, ensuring every story is
thoroughly vetted and ‘buttoned up’ before publishing. This approach
reflects our unwavering commitment to accuracy and
accountability—principles that have guided us and will continue to do
so," the statement read.

Politico did not immediately respond to follow-up questions sent by Fox
News Digital.

Several members of the media have reflected on their past coverage of
Biden in recent months, particularly after his disastrous CNN debate
performance that put his cognitive decline on full display.

Fox News contributor Joe Concha compared reporters speaking out about
the Hunter Biden laptop scandal to those who waited to address the
former president's mental decline and legitimacy of the COVId lab leak
theory.

"It completes what has become a trend in the media," he said'
pothead
26 days ago
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This should come as no surprise.
The radical, left wing MSM should be forced to register as another organization/lobbyists
for the DNC because that is what they are.
They are in lockstep with the DNC as well as each other and it's been obvious for a long time.
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pothead

Why did Joe Biden pardon his family?
Read below to learn the reason.
The Biden Crime Family Timeline here:
https://oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-influence-peddling-timeline/
Mitchell Holman
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Everything that disagrees with
Trump is "radical left wing". Even his
own appoitees.

"Actually Mr President you cannot
fire a governor" "Who are you to contradict
me, you left wing radical, you are fired"
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They are in lockstep with the DNC as well as each other and it's been
obvious for a long time.
pothead
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Spin. Spin. Spin.

Sorry Hollow, when the media lies by omission and that ends up
influencing an election, then we have a problem.

There is no way you can defend the radical left wing media.
None.
Move on to another TDS induced topic.

How about answering the question "why did Joe Biden pardon his family".
And claiming Trump was going to attack them is not an acceptable answer.

You will run.

Or of course, you can explain the Biden timeline

Why did Joe Biden pardon his family?
Read below to learn the reason.
The Biden Crime Family Timeline here:
https://oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-influence-peddling-timeline/


And of course you will run again.
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pothead

Why did Joe Biden pardon his family?
Read below to learn the reason.
The Biden Crime Family Timeline here:
https://oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-influence-peddling-timeline/
Mitchell Holman
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'Ex-Politico reporters reveal editors quashed, slow-walked negative
Biden stories 'with no explanation''
''Don’t write about the laptop, don’t talk about the laptop,
don’t tweet about the laptop,' ex-Politico reporter Marc Caputo
recalled'
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intelligence
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officials signed a letter claiming the Hunter Biden laptop story had
"all the earmarks of a Russian information operation." (Main: (Photo
by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images),
Screenshot/Politico)
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editors,'
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"honeymoon"
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Remember when Trump boycotted a
debate because the Fox News moderator
was "too liberal?

http://tinyurl.com/zxh3td5

Everything you don't like is
"radical liberal"
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None.
Move on to another TDS induced topic.
How about answering the question "why did Joe Biden
Biden!

Your BDS is showing.
Jim Coon
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Smart decision on his part. Who's president and who's not now?

Siri Cruise
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This should come as no surprise.
The radical, left wing MSM should be forced to register as another organization/lobbyists
for the DNC because that is what they are.
They are in lockstep with the DNC as well as each other and it's been obvious for a long time.
The first amendment is election interference.
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Gosh darn that pesky first amendment.
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J Carlson
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'Ex-Politico reporters reveal editors quashed, slow-walked negative
Biden stories 'with no explanation''
No, that did not happen.