• PeanutButterGubGub@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Why is there any buzz about this?
    Why does every top comment talk about trump when it comes to Hunter?
    Why can’t people see a person commiting a crime and think “Ok, that shouldn’t be done, hope they are caught” and that be it?

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      1 year ago

      The problem is that almost all American media prides itself on being “unbiased,” and is completely terrified of appearing otherwise. They spend millions to avoid appearing biased toward the left, specifically.

      So, when they have spent lots of time talking about Trumps recent indictment, they feel the most “unbiased” thing to do is also to give a similar amount of coverage to this story, because that way they avoid accusations of being “biased.”

      Every top comment talks about trump because that is the actually relevant story. An ex-president being indicted for potentially jeopardizing national security is a SIGNIFICANTLY more important story that the presidents son dodging taxes and maybe illegally owning a gun. The two are in different universes of importance. It’s frustrating to see the media in general get so easily distracted by a story like this with questionable importance when there are significantly more important things happening right now.

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    1 year ago

    I think it’s interesting how Trump cultists have been screaming for months that the DoJ should leave their guy alone, and look into Hunter Biden instead.

    Turns out, they have been looking into him, and Hunter’s going to enter a guilty plea. Because the DoJ can conduct multiple investigations simultaneously.

    Sooo… Trump supporters should be happy now, right? Everyone can shut up about the Trump investigations being witch hunts?

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      1 year ago

      Its particularly interesting that Hunter got nabbed for evading taxes (technically failing to pay on time, but I suspect he wouldn’t have paid at all if the IRS didn’t enforce it.)

      I bet all those Republicans who voted to gut the recent increase in funding for the IRS will never understand the irony.