My colleague Kira Davis wrote earlier about the interview President Donald Trump did with “60 Minutes'” Lesley Stahl. But I wanted to point out one particular exchange which shows how broken the media has become.

Now, many in liberal media have tried to run from the explosive and ever-burgeoning Biden scandal involving influence peddling.

Twitter tried to throttle the story and many have either not run it or tried to suggest it was “Russian disinformation.”

As we reported, NPR actually claimed they weren’t running it because they didn’t want to waste their time on “distractions.” Seriously?

Why haven't you seen any stories from NPR about the NY Post's Hunter Biden story? Read more in this week's newsletter➡️ https://t.co/CJesPgmGvo pic.twitter.com/jAi7PnpbZf

— NPR Public Editor (@NPRpubliceditor) October 22, 2020

So, did Stahl and “60 Minutes,” that show that once upon a time was known for its investigative journalism, actually want to know or to pursue the Biden scandal?

Nope. Listen to this incredible exchange between the president and Lesley Stahl as she claims media should ignore the story because the Biden laptop can’t be verified.

This exchange between Trump and Lesley Stahl is insane. She repeatedly insists the Biden laptops “can’t be verified” so reporters shouldn’t talk about it.

Trump asks her why it can’t be verified.

Her answer: “Because it can’t be verified.” pic.twitter.com/cf9hcSGnrm

— Anders Hagstrom (@Hagstrom_Anders) October 22, 2020

So, we wouldn’t do our job as journalists to actually investigate and verify the information because we’ll just stick out fingers in our ears and yell “it can’t be verified?” That’s essentially what she’s saying — they abdicate any part of what’s supposed to be their jobs.

Now, of course, a lot of it has been verified, including real email addresses, a signed receipt by Hunter, and Hunter Biden’s attorney allegedly asking to get the laptop back. Add to that now people like Biden business associate Tony Bobulinski confirming emails were real, Joe Biden got part of the take, and Joe Biden was lying to the American people when he told us he never discussed business with his son Hunter.

So, either Stahl was not telling the truth to the audience or hadn’t done her homework on the matter. That’s the problem, they just don’t see any need to do their job to put a spotlight on Joe Biden for such issues. And this isn’t just about Hunter Biden, it’s all about Joe’s alleged involvement in influence-peddling, including with people connected to foreign governments. That’s something media should care about and certainly would care about, even trumpet, if it were about President Donald Trump. We saw they had absolutely no problem spending more than three years on the debunked Russia collusion story, despite nothing supporting it and despite knowing even that Democrats had paid for the Steele dossier behind it.

this stuff is annoying and embarrassing on its own, but it’s particularly galling after nearly four solid years of Red Scaring from the “WE CANT VERIFY IT” crowd.

— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) October 22, 2020

The Steele Dossier couldn’t be verified but it didn’t stop the media from running with the Russian collusion hoax for two years https://t.co/Bonctn4xCW

— Ashe Short (@AsheSchow) October 22, 2020

Yet another example of the media explicitly saying they don't think the Hunter emails should be discussed let alone reported — a corrupt abdication of their role.

Of course it can be – and has been – verified: by others in the email chains, by the hard drive, by *asking Biden*. https://t.co/Hg2a0rL6J2

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 22, 2020

“The laptop can’t be verified” – super serious journalist for a news organization. https://t.co/X9rT1I90gZ

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 22, 2020

Ryan Girdusky reminded people about what 60 Minutes did to the election in 2004, when they ran something that really “can’t be verified.”

3 months before the 2004 election, 60 minutes released fake documents relating to President George W. Bush's time with the Texas Air National Guard…. but they don't release documents they can't verifyhttps://t.co/Hda0KJmpvr

— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) October 22, 2020

Point is, when it was going to hurt a sitting Republican President… the media was willing to say and release anything

— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) October 22, 2020

That’s the bottom line. If it’s against a Republican president, it’s all in, damn whether it’s real or not.

HT: Twitchy