Hunter Biden Lashes Out at Fox News and NY Post Over ‘Vile And Sustained Disinformation Campaign’ Against President Biden
First Son Hunter Biden tore into Fox News, The New York Post, and a host of others for “weaponizing” his addiction to fuel a “vile and sustained disinformation campaign” against President Joe Biden.
Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty a month ago after Special Counsel David Weiss secured a grand jury indictment against Biden on three charges related to his purchase of a firearm. He has also been the fulcrum on which House Republicans have rested an investigation of President Biden that is widely acknowledged to have uncovered no evidence of wrongdoing by the president.
On Thursday, Hunter Biden hit back at critics in a blistering op-ed denouncing the exploitation of his addiction and resulting behavior, the charges that have been brought against him, and the stigmatization of those who struggle with substance abuse.
But he had choice words for certain members of the media, including Fox News — about whom he dropped a shocking stat:
My struggles and my mistakes have been fodder for a vile and sustained disinformation campaign against him, and an all-out annihilation of my reputation through high-pitched but fruitless congressional investigations and, more recently, criminal charges for possessing an unloaded gun for 11 days five years ago – charges that appear to be the first-ever of their kind brought in the history of Delaware.
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What troubles me is the demonization of addiction, of human frailty, using me as its avatar and the devastating consequences it has for the millions struggling with addiction, desperate for a way out and being bombarded by the denigrating and near-constant coverage of me and my addiction on Fox News (more airtime than GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis) and in The New York Post (an average of two stories a day over the past year).
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My recent haircut turned into a wild conspiracy to evade drug tests, tabloids steadily splash nude pictures of me on their covers, and even a member of Congress displayed revenge porn of me on national television.
My addiction doesn’t justify Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui posting altered nude photos of me with “editorial creativity over the pictures.” My addiction shouldn’t permit the likes of Rudy Giuliani or a former Peter Navarro aide to debase and dehumanize me for their own gains.
It is already a near-impossible decision for addicts to get sober, and the avalanche of negativity and assault of my personal privacy may only make it harder for those considering it.
Biden concluded by writing “The effort of recovery is something that should be celebrated, and I hope that despite my role as the punchline and punching bag for some, others will also make the effort I have made, one day at a time, and get honest with themselves and the people who love and rely upon them.”
Read the full op-ed here.
