Bozell: Big Tech, Media ‘Censorship’ Protects Bidens from Scandal

In a Tuesday appearance on Fox Business Network’s Evening Edit, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell called out the liberal Big Tech companies and media for their “censorship” of the Hunter Biden laptop story that has recently been confirmed by The New York Times. He also pointed out the double standard used to scrutinize presidential adult child business deals.

“Brent, how is the media doing covering this story,” asked anchor Elizabeth MacDonald, noting how “[i]t could have affected the entire election.”

Bozell recalled that the MRC had conducted a poll following the 2020 elections. If Twitter didn’t take the issue seriously and the liberal media hadn’t covered the story it would have been possible to swing voters away from Biden.

Well, yeah. We documented it Liz. If you looked at the coverage of the Hunter Biden scandal, 9.4 percent in a national survey we took, 9.4 percent of Biden’s voters said they would not have voted for Joe Biden had they known. Almost 50 percent of Biden’s voters have never heard about this.

“Censorship,” Bozell pointed deduced. “We all know that Trump was censored – and that his campaign was censored on Twitter – but what people don’t realize is that, how many times he was censored before he was officially knocked off Twitter? 625 different times. What number of times did Joe Biden get censored in the big media outlets? Not once.”

Adding: “And this is the difference between how they treat Democrats and Republicans.”

Later in the segment, Bozell brought up a recent study by NewsBusters documenting how it’s been 259 days since the broadcast networks have mentioned Hunter Biden’s name and called out their double standard for scrutiny:

It’s something we all say over and over. What would the media reaction have Don, Jr., been traveling on Air Force One with his father, making deals with China when he fled the country? What would be the media reaction if they found Eric Trump’s laptop and on it he had a deal with 10 percent going to the quote, unquote, “big man?” The media wouldn’t sleep until they got to the bottom of this.

“This is a deliberate attempt to keep the truth from the American people. There’s no easy way of saying that,” he said.

Concluding with: “[T]hey’ll cover anything, any allegation about Donald Trump. What you get is concrete evidence regarding the Bidens. Notice this: never once have Bidens ever disputed this laptop.”

Below is the transcript. Click “expand to read:

Fox Business Network’s Evening Edit
March 29, 2022
Eastern at 6:28:43

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ELIZABETH MACDONALD (Brent): How is the media covering this story? The entire election could have been affected.

BRENT BOBZELL: Yes. We documented it Liz. If you looked at the coverage of the Hunter Biden scandal, 9.4 percent in a national survey we took, 9.4 percent of Biden’s voters said they would not have voted for Joe Biden had they known. Almost 50 percent of Biden’s voters have never heard about this.

Censorship, Liz. Here’s something and the Congressman will enjoy this one. We all know that Trump was censored – and that his campaign was censored on Twitter – but what people don’t realize is that, how many times he was censored before he was officially knocked off Twitter? 625 different times. What number of times did Joe Biden get censored in big media outlets? It was not once. It is this difference that distinguishes Republicans from Democrats.

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6:30:20 pm Eastern

MACDONALD: You know, the watchdog group to the congressman’s point, Brent, Poynter – the Poynter group, they report that they are censoring, that big tech is censoring on their own without waiting for fact-checkers or news outlets to report into them. Twitter, by the way, has not yet reported on how they detected the issue. New York Post story. They aren’t able to say if the Biden campaign reached them to talk to them about stopping the story.

Brent of the Biden campaign is bullying journalists. They said that you commit journalistic malpractice by covering things we don’t want covered. Twitter and Facebook were silent. The media is silent on this matter The New York TimesIt said it validated Hunter Biden’s laptop email accounts.

Let’s now get to Darrell Issa, congressman. Brent, I’m sorry I took a lot of time there. But Republican Congressman Darrell Issa he’s the guy telling us that, yeah, he wants Twitter, Facebook, the intelligence officials called on the carpet. This is what you should see.

[Cuts to video]

REP. DARELLISSA (R-CA),: The second Russian collusion case is that of Brennan and Clapper, in concert with Facebook. The New York TimesIt was false information that led to the election. Hunter Biden flew on Air Force Two and had done business with some very unseemly people, making a lot of money and giving 10% to the big man.

[Cuts back to live]

MCDONALD – Brent, how do you feel?

BOZELL – We repeat it often and need it to be repeated again. But what would the media react if Don, Jr. had been flying with his dad on an air force one flight, and made deals with the Chinese government after he fled the US? What would be the media reaction if they found Eric Trump’s laptop and on it he had a deal with 10 percent going to the quote, unquote, “big man?” The media wouldn’t sleep until they got to the bottom of this.

It is an intentional attempt to hide the truth from American citizens. There’s no easy way of saying that.

MACDONALD Right?

BOZELL: Well, they’ll cover anything, any allegation about Donald Trump. What you have is concrete evidence about the Bidens. This is what you should notice: Bidens have never disputed the laptop.

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