Re: Tucker Carlson/Hunter Biden. Why, as a journalist who exposes frauds, did I write about emails that haven't been confirmed as real?
Because when you report on fringe characters, you might not get the confirmation you want. So you trust your experience and your instinct.
Because when you report on fringe characters, you might not get the confirmation you want. So you trust your experience and your instinct.
Everything in these emails fits with what we know about the friendship between Tucker and Hunter. The timing matches. The chain of custody is a mess, but again, these are fringe characters. Their doings are never clean, so you go with what you have.
The email addresses are confirmed as belonging to both parties. And the source of the leak, Lin Wood, is a crank, yes. But that doesn't mean he's lying about this, or intentionally spreading a fake document. To do so would he inviting a massive lawsuit from Tucker.
This is not blindly believing Q drops are real. And I don't have an agenda or narrative to backstop. Tucker Carlson is loathsome enough already. But the evidence, combined with my own experience and instinct, tells me these are real emails.
If they're not, then I'll take the L and learn from my mistakes.
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