A WSJ columnist said Biden was part of Hunter's business deal. Later its reporters said the opposite

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A Wall Street Journal columnist said Joe Biden was part of Hunter’s business deal. Hours later, its news reporters said the opposite.

Readers of the Wall Street Journal may have felt a bit of whiplash on Thursday over a news story and an opinion column that presented sharply conflicting accounts of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s alleged role in one of his son’s business ventures.

The Journal column — hailed as a bombshell before the final presidential debate by Biden critics, including President Trump — asserted that Biden was involved in a deal arranged by his son Hunter with a Chinese energy conglomerate in 2017.

Columnist Kimberley Strassel relied on the account of Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Tony Bobulinski, who provided documents that “suggest Hunter was cashing in on the Biden name and that Joe Biden was involved.”

But a few hours after Strassel’s column was published, the Journal’s news side offered a much different take.

“The venture .?.?. never received proposed funds from the Chinese company or completed any deals, according to people familiar with the matter,” Journal reporters Andrew Duehren and James Areddy wrote. “Corporate records reviewed by the Wall Street Journal show no role for Joe Biden.” The reporters also quoted another partner in the venture, James Gilliar, who said he was “unaware of any involvement at anytime of the former vice president.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/a-wall-street-journal-columnist-said-joe-biden-was-part-of-hunters-business-deal-hours-later-its-news-reporters-said-the-opposite/2020/10/23/c4f9689a-1532-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html

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1. The WSJ is is a den of rightwing doofuses. It's all Murdoch's NewsDerp.

[pnwmom]

4. Not on the reporting side. Their reporters are very different than their columnists.

On the same day their columnist was pushing a fake story about Hunter Biden, their reporters were thoroughly debunking it.

[underpants]

2. WSJ Opinion Page is a cesspool

and has been for a long time. Breaking news in an opinion piece? Just think about that.

[regnaD kciN]

3. There was nothing to "HER E-MAILS," either...

...but when has that ever stopped Republicans before?

[greenjar_01]

5. Was sad to see a long-time poster promoting the Opinion Column propaganda

and presenting it as a WSJ newsroom story.