CBS News is the latest news organization go completely 180 on its coverage of the Hunter Biden laptop as part of a remarkable evolution from the legacy media.
A report that aired on Monday's installment of "CBS Mornings" offered a deep dive into the network's efforts to authenticate the device purportedly belonging to President Biden's son.
"As Republicans take control of the House, Hunter Biden, the president’s son will be a target for investigations and that means data from a laptop purported to belong to Biden could be crucial to the investigatory process. CBS News has obtained its data, not through a third party or political operative, but directly from the source who told us they provided it to the FBI under subpoena. We commissioned an independent forensic review to determine its authenticity," CBS host Tony Dokoupil told viewers leading into the report.
However, CBS News didn't always take the controversy seriously.
CBS NEWS VERIFIES HUNTER BIDEN'S SCANDALOUS LAPTOP TWO YEARS AFTER DISMISSING IT
In October 2020, just days after the New York Post published its bombshell reporting about the laptop that shed light on Hunter Biden's shady business dealings overseas, then-President Trump had a contentious exchange with "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl during an interview that aired ahead of the presidential election.
Stahl pushed back on Trump's assertion that then-candidate Joe Biden was "in the midst of a scandal.
"He's not," Stahl gleefully replied.
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