CNN is selling the journalist Natasha Bertrand, who wrote the 2020 Politico report on intel officers who referred to as the Hunter Biden laptop computer Russian disinformation.
In different phrases, as an alternative of paying a worth for pushing disinformation, she is being rewarded for it.
It is a excellent instance of why so many People now not belief the information media.
CNN’s @NatashaBertrand has been promoted to correspondent the place she’s going to proceed to cowl nationwide safety and politics throughout CNN’s platforms. Congratulations, Natasha! https://t.co/vTkxntheoP pic.twitter.com/RPsTzMECKs
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) February 13, 2024
Natasha Bertrand promoted to CNN Correspondent
CNN’s Natasha Bertrand has been promoted to correspondent overlaying nationwide safety, the information group introduced in the present day. She is predicated in Washington, DC and can proceed to concentrate on nationwide safety and politics throughout CNN’s platforms
Bertrand’s sturdy protection stays an integral a part of CNN’s nationwide safety and political newsgathering operation, breaking a wide range of tales together with the widespread use of dumb bombs by Israel in Gaza and the extent of secrecy surrounding Secretary Austin’s hospitalization. Bertrand additionally performed a significant function on the workforce that broke the story of the lacking Russian intelligence binder below former President Donald Trump, and was a part of the workforce that received an Emmy for protection of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine the place she was reporting on the bottom from NATO.
Right here’s the Politico story Bertrand wrote in 2020:
Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officers say
Greater than 50 former senior intelligence officers have signed on to a letter outlining their perception that the latest disclosure of emails allegedly belonging to Joe Biden’s son “has all of the traditional earmarks of a Russian info operation.”
The letter, signed on Monday, facilities round a batch of paperwork launched by the New York Put up final week that purport to tie the Democratic nominee to his son Hunter’s enterprise dealings. Below the banner headline “Biden Secret E-mails,” the Put up reported it was given a replica of Hunter Biden’s laptop computer onerous drive by President Donald Trump’s private lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who mentioned he received it from a Mac store proprietor in Delaware who additionally alerted the FBI.
Whereas the letter’s signatories introduced no new proof, they mentioned their nationwide safety expertise had made them “deeply suspicious that the Russian authorities performed a major function on this case” and cited a number of components of the story that recommended the Kremlin’s hand at work.
Always remember that Natasha “Fusion GPS” Bertrand funneled the Russia Collusion lie into print and in addition was the writer of the disinformation op claiming America’s intel specialists mentioned Hunter Biden’s laptop computer was Russian. CNN now rewarding her for her propaganda with a promotion. https://t.co/BM4vPruFNk
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) February 13, 2024
Information orgs have laid off a whole lot of journos, however CNN is selling the one who pushed the pretend information about Hunter Biden’s laptop computer and superior the Russia collusion hoax for years https://t.co/BUn0qusVKF
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) February 13, 2024
Bertrand began the “Hunter laptop computer is Russian disinfo” conspiracy concept created by the Biden marketing campaign proper earlier than the election. https://t.co/aBNZaT7P3G pic.twitter.com/GuPaI9QCd3
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 13, 2024
There seems to be no penalties for being the Biden marketing campaign’s disinformation scribe. https://t.co/89q67WAoUk pic.twitter.com/zKwnWU7Ukr
— Steve Visitor (@SteveGuest) February 13, 2024
That’s our media. They misinform us and provides one another awards for doing so.
