Attentive students of the journalistic arts can train themselves to recognize liberal media bias. When a politician breaks the law and the story doesn’t identify his party in the first paragraph, it’s a safe bet the offender is a Democrat. When Republicans “pounce” in the New York Times or the Washington Post, you can be sure the real story is that a Democrat has done something foolish or outrageous. Consider how the big outlets have covered the Hunter Biden tax-investigation saga. The president’s son’s convoluted business dealings have been known for years. Now, Republican-controlled House committees are coughing up juicy details. These pages have covered them. The mainstream press is reporting those details too—if grudgingly—but insists you remember one thing: Important elements of the story remain . . . unclear. This is journalese for, “Nothing to see here, folks!”

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