Journalists Have Learned Nothing From the Laptop Fiasco, and They’re Not Sorry

Despite all the media “debunking,” fact-checking, censoring, and Russia-ing back in 2020, Hunter Biden’s laptop has proven to be legitimate. Given how aggressive the press were in their coordinated effort to tar the story as a wacky conspiracy theory, you’d think they might have learned something from their mistakes.

But they haven’t learned anything.

Instead of the apology that America rightly deserves from the media, we’ve received only There are no excusesFlippant dismissals

Journalists admire Anne ApplebaumAt Atlantic are still pretending the laptop has no relevance, while others, such as CNN’s Brian StelterWe deny the suggestion that Russian disinformation was ever suggested by media.

If you’re curious about the media establishment’s mindset right now, Atlantic’s Recently held conference about disinformationThis should be all the information you require. You can only imagine the courage of these journalists to hold such an event after having been exposed in one of the most infamous media leakages in recent times.

They’re not sorry. They’re not even ashamed. By all means, enjoy the embarrassment while it lasts, but don’t accept their excuses and non-apologies. Don’t let them live this one down.