The Biden Classified Document "Scandal" Is Another Utter Failure By The Press

The desperate need to create an equivalence between Biden and his predecessor has meant grotesque distortions of reality that are getting harder to ignore.

by Justin Rosario

Since the Joe Biden document story broke, the media has not exactly covered itself in glory. The desperate need to create an equivalence between Biden and his predecessor has meant grotesque distortions of reality that are getting harder to ignore.

Let’s look at the facts. Donald Trump stole hundreds of classified documents, up to and including nuclear secrets with the highest security level. After he was asked to return them, he hand-picked documents to hide from the National Archives before the FBI showed up and reclaimed most of the stolen material. We still don't know what happened to the files from the dozens of empty folders they found. Sold for money? Traded for favors? Handed over to pay off debts? Maybe John Durham can investigate that since he has a lot of free time on his hands these days.

Biden, on the other hand, had a dozen or so classified files scattered throughout his old paperwork that no one knew were missing. The files were then returned immediately. The fact that the National Archives knew what files Trump had stolen and had no idea that any of Biden’s files were missing at all suggests that Biden’s files were not particularly important.

But apparently none of this matters, because the press was never going to pass up a golden opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.