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NBC chief White House correspondent Hallie Jackson was a class-A fake news sprayer Thursday night, just before the debate. NBC Nightly News was the only evening newscast still desperately trying to defend Joe Biden for the Hunter Biden scandal laptop scandal. She continued to push the long-debunked claim that the emails were “unverified” and just “a foreign disinformation campaign,” the same day a former Hunter business associate came forward with new texts and confirmed the story.
Speaking on what to expect at the final presidential debate later that night, Jackson scoffed at President Trump’s strategy of bringing up the Biden family’s corruption:
The President's also expected to bring up Hunter Biden and unverified emails of his business dealings, described by many intelligence experts as having hallmarks of a foreign disinformation campaign. The Biden campaign says they're ready for the attack, hoping to flip the script to argue the President's more obsessed with Biden's family than American families.
Jackson would later note that Trump planned to “bring a former business associate of Hunter Biden’s” as his guest to the debate, and political director Chuck Todd griped about Trump’s “special guest” later on. But none of them cared to tell their viewers more about him.
That’s where Fox News Channel’s Mike Emanuel and Special Report come in.
For their engrossing report, co-anchor Bret Baier led into the segment by announcing: “One of the recipients of an email from Hunter Biden is confirming its authenticity, actually several emails, and text messages and shedding some new light on the family’s role in a business arrangement involving a Chinese company.”
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