November 22, 2019
British press drops bombshell story on Hunter Biden's sexcapades
By Peter Barry Chocks
https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...bshell_story_on_hunter_bidens_sexcapades.html
A new story about Hunter Biden with details almost completely unreported in the U.S. media sheds additional unfavorable blinding light on former vice president Joe Biden's son. On November 20, the Daily Mail of London dropped an article, "Hunter Biden, 49, IS the father of Arkansas woman's child, paternity test confirms" (emphasis original). The revelation suggested by the title is but the tip of an emerging, large iceberg of tawdry and salacious news about Biden the younger.
The opening paragraphs in the story are bad enough:
The article goes on to review the seldom reported recent personal history of Hunter Biden since, according to the Daily Mail, he "was discharged from the U.S. Naval Reserve in 2014, less than a year after being commissioned, after testing positive for cocaine and then his name, address, and email were included when the cheating website Ashley Madison suffered a security breach in 2015." For example, duly noted is the fact that Biden separated from his wife of 22 years, Kathleen Buhle Biden — the mother of the couple's three children — in October 2015. Within 17 months, he was reported to be "dating" his sister-in-law Hallie Biden, the widow of Hunter's older brother Beau, who died of cancer in April 2015.
Kathleen Biden, in her subsequent divorce from her husband, according to the Daily Mail, claimed:
The plot thickens as the Daily Mail reports a more recent update about Hunter Biden, which — considering the extensive reporting about him as part of the Ukraine scandal — is news to almost everyone:
As is often the case in its articles, the Daily Mail story is replete with photographs that help to advance the narrative. The article is highly recommended.
Of particular note is the article's sidebar titled "A Timeline of Hunter Biden's Relationships":
(Note: The Daily Mail reported earlier in the same article that the courtship of Hunter Biden and Melissa Cohen lasted ten days. In a puff piece report on ABC News's late night program Nightline on October 17, Biden said the two lovebirds knew each other for only six days before they were married.)
Once again, a U.S.-based story with implications for domestic politics that deserves reporting here is largely ignored by American mainstream media and is scooped instead by the British press.
Fox News followed up — or tried to — yesterday. As a news release emailed to journalists by Fox News Media Relations on Thursday afternoon noted:
The transcript does not convey Biden's sarcasm in responding to Doocy's question, which is evident in the video clip of the exchange provided by Fox News.
In addition to Fox News, in the wake of Wednesday's Daily Mail article a limited number of U.S. Internet media have started to pay some attention to the story of Hunter Biden's "baby mama."
Last month, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported on Roberts's legal filings in a story on October 22 "Hunter Biden willing to take DNA test in Arkansas paternity case, document shows," but this development was not reported much in national media. Since Roberts is a resident of Arkansas, the Democrat-Gazette was one of the first local media to report the story.
With Hunter Biden's name being mentioned as someone who Republicans would like to subpoena as a witness in the presumed upcoming impeachment trial of President Trump in the U.S. Senate, it will be interesting to see if there is much additional reporting about him.
Peter Barry Chowka writes about politics, media, popular culture, and health care for American Thinker and other publications. Peter's website is http://peter.media. His new YouTube channel is here. Follow Peter on Twitter at @pchowka.
British press drops bombshell story on Hunter Biden's sexcapades
By Peter Barry Chocks
https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...bshell_story_on_hunter_bidens_sexcapades.html
A new story about Hunter Biden with details almost completely unreported in the U.S. media sheds additional unfavorable blinding light on former vice president Joe Biden's son. On November 20, the Daily Mail of London dropped an article, "Hunter Biden, 49, IS the father of Arkansas woman's child, paternity test confirms" (emphasis original). The revelation suggested by the title is but the tip of an emerging, large iceberg of tawdry and salacious news about Biden the younger.
The opening paragraphs in the story are bad enough:
The article goes on to review the seldom reported recent personal history of Hunter Biden since, according to the Daily Mail, he "was discharged from the U.S. Naval Reserve in 2014, less than a year after being commissioned, after testing positive for cocaine and then his name, address, and email were included when the cheating website Ashley Madison suffered a security breach in 2015." For example, duly noted is the fact that Biden separated from his wife of 22 years, Kathleen Buhle Biden — the mother of the couple's three children — in October 2015. Within 17 months, he was reported to be "dating" his sister-in-law Hallie Biden, the widow of Hunter's older brother Beau, who died of cancer in April 2015.
Kathleen Biden, in her subsequent divorce from her husband, according to the Daily Mail, claimed:
The plot thickens as the Daily Mail reports a more recent update about Hunter Biden, which — considering the extensive reporting about him as part of the Ukraine scandal — is news to almost everyone:
As is often the case in its articles, the Daily Mail story is replete with photographs that help to advance the narrative. The article is highly recommended.
Of particular note is the article's sidebar titled "A Timeline of Hunter Biden's Relationships":
(Note: The Daily Mail reported earlier in the same article that the courtship of Hunter Biden and Melissa Cohen lasted ten days. In a puff piece report on ABC News's late night program Nightline on October 17, Biden said the two lovebirds knew each other for only six days before they were married.)
Once again, a U.S.-based story with implications for domestic politics that deserves reporting here is largely ignored by American mainstream media and is scooped instead by the British press.
Fox News followed up — or tried to — yesterday. As a news release emailed to journalists by Fox News Media Relations on Thursday afternoon noted:
The transcript does not convey Biden's sarcasm in responding to Doocy's question, which is evident in the video clip of the exchange provided by Fox News.
In addition to Fox News, in the wake of Wednesday's Daily Mail article a limited number of U.S. Internet media have started to pay some attention to the story of Hunter Biden's "baby mama."
Last month, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported on Roberts's legal filings in a story on October 22 "Hunter Biden willing to take DNA test in Arkansas paternity case, document shows," but this development was not reported much in national media. Since Roberts is a resident of Arkansas, the Democrat-Gazette was one of the first local media to report the story.
With Hunter Biden's name being mentioned as someone who Republicans would like to subpoena as a witness in the presumed upcoming impeachment trial of President Trump in the U.S. Senate, it will be interesting to see if there is much additional reporting about him.
Peter Barry Chowka writes about politics, media, popular culture, and health care for American Thinker and other publications. Peter's website is http://peter.media. His new YouTube channel is here. Follow Peter on Twitter at @pchowka.
