It doesn’t take a particularly impressive imagination to predict how the liberal media would cover one of Donald Trump’s sons if he had a major crack and alcohol addiction. Stories would begin with the notion that Trump was a terrible father, obviously too self-absorbed and absent to raise his children right.
CNN would certainly strike that pose. But on Sunday’s Reliable Sources, host Brian Stelter was deeply impressed with the “extraordinary” and “breathtaking” Hunter Biden memoir. Stelter gleefully promoted every tabloidish Trump-trashing book — from Omarosa to Scaramucci — but he’s doing the exact opposite now.
“Take out the last name, Biden. This is about addiction, and how to help people, and it’s going to resonate,” Stelter promised. The wishful thinking is presented as analysis. Regular panelist and TV writer David Zurawik, seconded that emotion. “It’s going to have real resonance with people…I think the power of this is going to be positive for the Bidens.” Isn’t that the whole point of this book strategy? To flim-flam past Hunter’s actual behavior by congratulating him for turning his life around? And congratulating the Bidens for their wonderful compassion and saving grace?
Stelter can’t even accurately describe the media coverage.