This last sentence makes no sense -- it HAS been reported, but Biden is doing the right thing politically as he did with Tara Reade which is choking it off as a topic or firing the hypocrisy rejoinder (as he should) directly at Trump given his own kids' issues. It's a thin story with a bad trail, and the MSM can't find any evidence reed to hang onto and the Tara Reade thing fizzled and that was easier to understand and arguably more scurrilous because it directly involved the candidate. If there isn't good evidence whatever Hunter did benefitted Joe, then there is no story. If we want to make the story about Hunter, fine; let's cover the Trump kids in detail too. It's a loser.
From Politico today:
The Wall Street Journal and Fox News have both reported finding no evidence that former Vice President Joe Biden benefited from the Hunter Biden business dealings that have drawn scrutiny. More explicitly pro-Trump media outlets — OAN, Breitbart, Newsmax — have mostly shied away from publishing fresher, more salacious allegations. And conservative talking heads — pundits, politicians and loud MAGA Twitter personalities alike — have been more focused on the meta narrative around the laptop, arguing that mainstream media, social media companies and the deep state are conspiring to prevent President Donald Trump’s reelection by suppressing the story.
This paragraph makes it clear what's going on: everyone sees things slipping away from Trump. THIS is the real issue.
The "meta-narrative" is red meat to a few on here who are used to the UK press. I worked in media and whenever I see generalizations made about media narratives and good journalists mixed in with bad ones to create a generalized "MSM" narrative about "ALL" the press it raises my hackles because so many here don't have clue one how investigative journalism works.
The reputable portions of the MSM see the writing on the wall -- they have their own futures to think about, like what happens if it looks like they're in Trump's pocket and then Trump goes to zero? The clock is ticking on bad conservative-leaning media to retain relevance and an audience. The WSJ and Fox have futures because they are real companies with real reporters and real investigative practices and journalistic integrity (or they have had in the past) and Breitbart et al don't because they aren't.