Former Politico Reporters Marc Caputo and Tara Palmeri Reveal Their Previous Employer Blocked Negative Stories About Joe Biden, Hunter Biden Laptop

CAPUTO Another great example ░░░░░░░░ Politico did that terrible ░░░░░░░░ fated headline Fifty one ░░░░░░░░ agents or former intelligence ░░░░░░░░ say that the Hunter ░░░░░░░░ laptop was disinformation PALMERI ░░░░░░░░ CAPUTO or bore the ░░░░░░░░ of disinformation Turns out ░░░░░░░░ story was closer to ░░░░░░░░ because the Hunter Biden ░░░░░░░░ appeared to be true ░░░░░░░░ But then Facebook also ░░░░░░░░ all stories down about ░░░░░░░░ Hunter Biden laptop and ░░░░░░░░ think Twitter CAPUTO Right ░░░░░░░░ did it at the ░░░░░░░░ time too CAPUTO Right ░░░░░░░░ PALMERI Yeah CAPUTO They ░░░░░░░░ The New York Post ░░░░░░░░ didn t help I ░░░░░░░░ Politico my former employer ░░░░░░░░ I knew at the ░░░░░░░░ didn t do itself ░░░░░░░░ favors I was covering ░░░░░░░░ at the time and ░░░░░░░░ remember coming to my ░░░░░░░░ and saying Hey we ░░░░░░░░ to write about the ░░░░░░░░ Biden laptop And I ░░░░░░░░ told this came from ░░░░░░░░ high at Politico Don ░░░░░░░░ write about the laptop ░░░░░░░░ t talk about the ░░░░░░░░ and don t tweet ░░░░░░░░ the laptop And the ░░░░░░░░ thing Politico wound up ░░░░░░░░ was that piece that ░░░░░░░░ it disinformation which charitably ░░░░░░░░ be called misinformation at ░░░░░░░░ least PALMERI Yeah I ░░░░░░░░ I had a hard ░░░░░░░░ You know I wrote ░░░░░░░░ pretty serious reporting on ░░░░░░░░ Biden which actually ended ░░░░░░░░ getting him prosecuted The ░░░░░░░░ on the gun CAPUTO ░░░░░░░░ And I mean PALMERI ░░░░░░░░ wrote that CAPUTO you ░░░░░░░░ with me because you ░░░░░░░░ the original report PALMERI ░░░░░░░░ CAPUTO on the gun ░░░░░░░░ Yeah CAPUTO And you ░░░░░░░░ to me like how ░░░░░░░░ I write about this ░░░░░░░░ m like honestly I ░░░░░░░░ t know PALMERI Yeah ░░░░░░░░ it was hard to ░░░░░░░░ it done CAPUTO Because ░░░░░░░░ like 4 years ago ░░░░░░░░ figured it out PALMERI ░░░░░░░░ spent three three months ░░░░░░░░ it I went to ░░░░░░░░ laptop shop and I ░░░░░░░░ all of the reporting ░░░░░░░░ Delaware and I did ░░░░░░░░ of that But yeah ░░░░░░░░ had to be 100 ░░░░░░░░ nailed down I had ░░░░░░░░ you know the police ░░░░░░░░ everything Like you know ░░░░░░░░ m a solid Reporter ░░░░░░░░ I do wonder if ░░░░░░░░ have if it would ░░░░░░░░ been published a little ░░░░░░░░ those different types of ░░░░░░░░ CAPUTO Well since we ░░░░░░░░ spilling tea about PALMERI ░░░░░░░░ CAPUTO a former employer ░░░░░░░░ still have a copy ░░░░░░░░ the story on my ░░░░░░░░ hard drive In 2019 ░░░░░░░░ rival presidential Democratic campaign ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden s gave ░░░░░░░░ me the tax lien ░░░░░░░░ oppo research the tax ░░░░░░░░ on Hunter Biden for ░░░░░░░░ period of time that ░░░░░░░░ worked at Burisma And ░░░░░░░░ wrote what would have ░░░░░░░░ a classic story saying ░░░░░░░░ know the former vice ░░░░░░░░ s son was slapped ░░░░░░░░ a big tax lien ░░░░░░░░ the period of time ░░░░░░░░ he worked for this ░░░░░░░░ Ukrainian oil concern or ░░░░░░░░ gas concern which is ░░░░░░░░ his father on a ░░░░░░░░ trail That story was ░░░░░░░░ by the editors PALMERI ░░░░░░░░ CAPUTO And they gave ░░░░░░░░ explanation for that either ░░░░░░░░ Interesting CAPUTO So that ░░░░░░░░ experience you know obviously ░░░░░░░░ public doesn t know ░░░░░░░░ those things but as ░░░░░░░░ Reporter having witnessed the ░░░░░░░░ in which the two ░░░░░░░░ PALMERI We just get ░░░░░░░░ just get called the ░░░░░░░░ mainstream media CAPUTO Yeah ░░░░░░░░ It s like you ░░░░░░░░ t understand the process ░░░░░░░░ CAPUTO We also don ░░░░░░░░ understand the dumb decision ░░░░░░░░ The man CAPUTO of ░░░░░░░░ cowardly editors crosstalk PALMERI ░░░░░░░░ man above us when ░░░░░░░░ re trying to do ░░░░░░░░ jobs CAPUTO Yeah PALMERI ░░░░░░░░ know what I mean ░░░░░░░░ re just looking for ░░░░░░░░ man Laughter CAPUTO The ░░░░░░░░ bias is toward a ░░░░░░░░ story.”