NPR reporter breaks ranks with outlet to condemn their handling of Hunter Biden story

American News Apr 8, 2022 7:10 PM
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“The ‘Hunter Biden laptop’ investigation may end up being a tax case, a hill of beans, or something else. But what it’s always been is a story,” says Laura Sullivan.
An NPR reporter with over 18 years of experience at the outlet decided to call out her own bosses on Thursday afternoon over how their editorial management decided to largely ignore covering the leaked contents of Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop.“Add @NPR to the list. Newsroom editors called it ‘not a real story.’ The ‘Hunter Biden laptop’ investigation may end up being a tax case, a hill of beans, or something else. But what it’s always been is a story.“Add @NPR to the list. Newsroom editors called it “not a real story.” The “Hunter Biden laptop” investigation may end up being a tax case, a hill of beans, or something else. But what it’s always been is a story. https://t.co/d3UbKDa0RO— Laura Sullivan (@LauraSullivaNPR) April 7, 2022
What the investigative reporter was responding to was a tweet by Glenn Greenwald about how there has been a lack of public apologies from establishment media outlets for their initial flawed handling of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal.The viewpoint that people like Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic still maintains is that the Hunter Biden story is “totally irrelevant.“Greenwald applauded Sullivan’s bravery to call out the shortcomings of her employer. This tweet from NPR investigative reporter @LauraSullivaNPR shows a huge amount of integrity and courage, of …

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