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There’s been a lot of talk about the coverage bias of the Hunter Biden laptop controversy.

A 🧵on how the original story and subsequent major developments have been covered by the media, starting with the original NYPost story, to the #TwitterFiles as reported by @mtaibbi.
The original Hunter Biden story reported by the @nypost was covered almost entirely by right-leaning media, with some exceptions. @business covered the story and the @washingtonpost wrote an analysis about the ‘alleged laptop’.

Coverage analysis: ground.news/article/12cf4deb-67b7-46c9-bd55-edf9fa78f9eb?utm_source=social&utm_medium=t9
Facebook and Twitter's decision to limit the story was more widely reported, but the coverage bias was still skewed to the right.

Coverage analysis: ground.news/article/703fcd5d-30ba-45e2-a4fc-0daf23c008e6?utm_source=social&utm_medium=t9
In the aftermath of the controversy, reports emerged that New York Post reporters 'refused to attach bylines to the Biden piece after doubting its accuracy.' The report was almost entirely covered by left-leaning media.

Coverage analysis: ground.news/article/some-journalists-at-the-new-york-post-were-reportedly-skeptical-of-publishing-smo...
Two days after the story broke, Jack Dorsey said that 'Straight blocking of URLs was wrong, and we updated our policy and enforcement to fix it'. The media coverage of his comments was skewed to the right.

Coverage analysis: ground.news/article/72830230-3566-40f9-810f-a57e7b246c66?utm_source=social&utm_medium=t9
In April 2022, Elon Musk entered the debate and said that Twitter’s move to limit the story was 'incredibly inappropriate'. His comments were covered mostly by right-leaning media.

Coverage analysis: ground.news/article/74f68b2d-f327-4066-a5a8-497b3e04652a?utm_source=social&utm_medium=t9
In May 2022, the repairman who revealed Hunter Biden's laptop sued Adam Schiff, CNN, Politico and the Daily Beast, saying they ‘falsely accused him of peddling Russian disinformation.' The news is not covered by left-leaning outlets.

Coverage analysis: ground.news/article/hunter-biden-laptop-repairman-sues-adam-schiff-news-outlets-for-defamation?utm_so...
That same month, the Daily Beast apologized to the repairman. 'An earlier version of this story mistakenly referred to Hunter Biden's laptop as "stolen." We apologize to Mr. Mac Isaac for the error.'

The apology is covered mostly by right-leaning media: ground.news/article/daily-beast-apologizes-to-delaware-repair-shop-owner-who-obtained-hunter-bidens-l...
In an August 2022 interview with Joe Rogan, Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook limited the Hunter Biden Laptop story because of 'warnings from the FBI about misinformation.'

Zuckerberg's comments were almost entirely covered by right-leaning media: ground.news/article/mark-zuckerberg-says-facebook-censored-the-hunter-biden-laptop-story-after-the-fb...
On Friday, @mtaibbi posted a series of tweets that revealed the internal deliberations around the company's decision to limit the story.

While the coverage distribution did skew to the right, some prominent left-leaning news outlets covered the story: ground.news/article/elon-musk-hails-release-of-internal-twitter-emails-linked-to-hunter-biden-laptop-...
18 left-leaning sources covered the initial story, including CNN, NBC, USA Today, New York Times, The Verge, Washington Post, Bloomberg & Politico.

However, the headlines differed between outlets.
Some examples from major left-leaning outlets:

CNN: Elon Musk's 'Twitter files': Emails reveal internal struggle on the handling of Hunter Biden's laptop

The Verge: Elon Musk’s promised Twitter exposé on the Hunter Biden story is a flop that doxxed multiple people
From the right:

NYPost: Hunter Biden laptop bombshell: Twitter invented reason to censor Post’s reporting

Fox News: Twitter Files: Elon Musk releases Hunter Biden discussions

Daily Wire: Elon Musk Releasing Full Details About How Twitter Censored Hunter Biden Laptop Scandal
The release of the #Twitterfiles prompted former President Donald Trump to suggest ‘terminating parts of the U.S. Constitution. While the story was covered by some major right-leaning news outlets, the coverage skewed to the left.
ground.news/article/trump-calls-for-suspension-of-the-constitution_905a2f?utm_source=social&utm_mediu...
After the release of the 'Twitter Files' on Friday, Musk tweeted 'Tune in for Episode 2 of the Twitter Files tomorrow!', but followed up with 'Looks like we will need another day or so' on Saturday.
ground.news/article/musk-teases-round-2-of-twitter-files-showing-company-suppressed-hunter-biden-lapt...
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