Hallie Biden, Hunter's former girlfriend and the widow of his late brother Beau, urged him to seek treatment for his addiction during their text messages.
Hunter Biden purchased a gun in Delaware within 48 hours of buying and smoking crack cocaine.
In the midst of a high-profile gun trial, Hunter Biden's past struggles with drug addiction have taken center stage. According to testimony from Hallie Biden, Hunter's former girlfriend and the widow of his late brother Beau, Hunter purchased a gun in Delaware within 48 hours of buying and smoking crack cocaine. Hallie urged him to seek treatment for his addiction during their text messages.
Hunter Biden's drug use was not an isolated incident. Both sources report that he regularly begged Hallie to go into treatment for his addiction, but she testified that he kept
Hallie Biden, the widow of Hunter Biden’s brother Beau, is a key witness in his gun trial.
Hunter Biden bought a gun at issue in his case from a Delaware dealer within 48 hours of buying and smoking crack cocaine, according to Ms. Biden’s testimony.
Ms. Biden urged Hunter Biden to seek treatment for his drug use in text messages.
Accuracy
Hallie Biden found a gun in Hunter Biden's vehicle on Oct. 23, 2018.
Hunter Biden bought a gun at issue in his case from a Delaware dealer within hours of buying and smoking crack cocaine.
Hallie Biden testified about Hunter Biden's drug addiction, specifically his use of crack daily.
Hallie Biden testified about finding a Colt Cobra revolver, a speedloader, and bullets in Hunter Biden’s vehicle on Oct. 23, 2018.
Former Delaware State Police lieutenant Millard Greer retrieved the gun from a man named Edward Banner who found it in a trash can outside the grocery store.
Accuracy
Hunter Biden bought a gun at issue in his case from a Delaware dealer within 48 hours of buying and smoking crack cocaine, according to Ms. Biden’s testimony.
Deception
(35%)
The article provides a detailed account of the events surrounding the discovery and disposal of the gun, which could be seen as sensationalizing certain aspects. The article also includes Hallie Biden's testimony about Hunter Biden's drug addiction, which could be seen as an attempt to establish a pattern of behavior. However, there is no direct evidence presented in the article that would indicate that Hallie Biden lied on an ATF form when she said she wasn't using drugs at the time she purchased the firearm. The article also does not link to any peer-reviewed studies or present any scientific facts about drug use and its effects, which could be seen as a missed opportunity for providing context.
The article provides a detailed account of the events surrounding the discovery and disposal of the gun, which could be seen as sensationalizing certain aspects.
Fallacies
(85%)
The article contains a few instances of appeals to authority and inflammatory rhetoric. It mentions the president's son being charged without specifying that he has denied the charges, which could be seen as an appeal to authority. Additionally, phrases like 'Hallie Biden recounts finding the gun', 'prosecutors say', and 'the president's son has denied the charges' indicate inflammatory rhetoric. Despite these issues, there are no formal or informal fallacies present in the content of the article itself.
Hunter Biden is on trial for lying about his drug use when he purchased a pistol on Oct. 12, 2018.
Hallie Biden, the widow of Beau Biden and Hunter’s girlfriend at the time, found the gun in his truck on Oct. 23, 2018.
Security camera footage showed an old man named Edward Banner near the trash can where Hallie Biden had left the gun. He was later identified as having found it.
Banner took police to his home, where they found the gun in a sock on a top shelf in his closet.
Accuracy
No Contradictions at Time
Of
Publication
Deception
(30%)
The article contains several examples of deception through selective reporting and sensationalism. The author focuses on the unusual circumstances surrounding the discovery and recovery of a gun purchased by Hunter Biden, rather than providing context or factual information about the gun purchase itself or its relevance to the criminal charges against Biden. The article also includes emotional manipulation through descriptions of 'raw, gut-wrenching testimony' and 'grumpy octogenarian' as well as sensationalist language such as 'slapstick caper' and 'quest for a missing gun'. Additionally, the author reports on Hallie Biden trying to dispose of the gun in a trash can without disclosing that she had found it in her boyfriend's truck, implying deception by omission.
What did he do with the gun? I put it on the top shelf in the closet, he said.
As soon as she opened the door, Banner rushed up the stairs. Woah, woah, woah, Greer recalled saying. There’s guns here!
Prosecutors have spent most of the four-day trial trying to prove the depths of Biden’s drug abuse, including around the time he bought the gun.
The primary narrators were a pair of locals who were called to the stand to testify. Jurors grinned at each other and shared Tic Tacs as they listened.
Banner told the jury about his unusual hobby: searching through Wilmington’s trash cans for recyclables and then driving them to New York to sell them at 25 to 75 cents per pound.
You’re both saving the environment and making a little money on the side, Derek Hines said slowly and loudly. Especially now, with gas prices!
Banner then took Greer to his modest split-level home. But there was a problem: He had forgotten his keys, and he’d locked himself out.
The dramatic tonal shift in the criminal trial of the president’s son was the result of prosecutors trying to complete their narrative of what happened over a fateful two-week period in October 2018.
Greer told jurors how he questioned people at the shopping center about the man. Many had seen him, as he was in the habit of scavenging through garbage cans for recyclables.
Fallacies
(85%)
The article contains several informal fallacies and a potential appeal to authority. The primary informal fallacy is the use of slapstick language and tone in describing the search for the missing gun, which detracts from the serious nature of a criminal trial. This includes phrases like 'slapstick caper' and 'grumpy octogenarian.' Additionally, there are several instances of repetition, such as Banner's repeated denial of putting guns in socks. The article also contains an appeal to authority when it describes Greer's elaborate explanation about the difference between a semi-automatic weapon and a pistol. However, this is not explicitly stated as an appeal to authority and could be interpreted as simply reporting Greer's words.
The trial departed from its otherwise grave subject matter and took on the air of a slapstick caper about a quest for a missing gun.
Jurors grinned at each other and shared Tic Tacs as they listened.
Greer launched into an elaborate explanation...
Banner soon presented Greer with a box containing rolled-up socks. ... Then he pulled out another sock, with another gun.
Bias
(80%)
The article does not demonstrate any clear bias towards a specific political or ideological position. However, the author does use language that may be perceived as demeaning towards the octogenarian witness Edward Banner when describing his hobby of searching through trash cans for recyclables and driving them to New York to sell. The author also uses the phrase 'slapstick caper' to describe the events surrounding the discovery and recovery of the gun, which may be seen as downplaying or trivializing the importance of a criminal trial. These instances do not rise to a level that would significantly impact the overall score.
He then showed Banner the security footage depicting him near the shopping center trash can. What was in there? A Colt thirty-eight, Banner replied, as well as 'a black cylinder-like thing you could load the gun with or whatever', he said.
It was more than anyone had asked for, and the lawyer questioning him quickly moved on.
The primary narrators were a pair of locals who were called to the stand to testify. Jurors grinned at each other and shared Tic Tacs as they listened.
The Biden campaign's narrative about Hunter Biden's laptop being a Russian disinformation operation has been debunked after the laptop was officially entered into evidence by the Department of Justice for Hunter Biden’s gun trial.
51 former intelligence officials claimed in a letter that the laptop may have been fabricated by Russia to influence the 2020 presidential election. This narrative was coordinated between these officials and the Biden campaign.
Former CIA senior adviser Nick Shapiro drafted a media pitch for this letter, shopped it to major news outlets, and informed the Biden campaign of its contents before publication.
Accuracy
No Contradictions at Time
Of
Publication
Deception
(0%)
The article contains multiple examples of deception through selective reporting and emotional manipulation. The author focuses on the narrative that former intelligence officials claimed the Hunter Biden laptop was a Russian disinformation operation, while omitting important context about the authenticity of the laptop being officially confirmed by Biden's Department of Justice in this trial. This is an example of selective reporting as it only presents information that supports their position and ignores contradictory evidence. Additionally, phrases like 'Russian disinfo' and 'Russian plant' are used to emotionally manipulate readers into believing the laptop was a Russian attempt to influence the election, without providing any factual basis for this claim.
Biden brought up the letter during his final debate against former President Donald Trump, saying the laptop was a Russian plant and a bunch of garbage...
Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say...
The crafting of that memo, which was ultimately published by Politico, involved coordination between the Biden campaign and the former officials...
Fallacies
(100%)
None Found At Time Of
Publication
Bias
(95%)
The authors present information that directly contradicts statements made by the Biden campaign and former intelligence officials before the 2020 election regarding the authenticity of Hunter Biden's laptop. The authors also provide evidence of coordination between these individuals and the media to suppress this story. This demonstrates a clear political bias against Joe Biden and his campaign.
Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say.
Indeed, Biden brought up the letter during his final debate against former President Donald Trump, saying the laptop was a Russian plant and a bunch of garbage.
The crafting of that memo, which was ultimately published by Politico, involved coordination between the Biden campaign and the former officials.
Hunter Biden admitted to being a drug and alcohol addict to his former lover
Hunter Biden purchased a gun and indicated in texts that he was buying and using crack cocaine hours later
Hallie Biden testified that she regularly begged Hunter Biden to go into treatment for crack cocaine and alcohol addiction
Hunter Biden's father, President Joe Biden, does not intend to pardon him if he is convicted of federal firearms violations
Hallie Biden saw Hunter Biden smoke crack on several occasions and even joined him in using the drug during the summer of 2018
Accuracy
No Contradictions at Time
Of
Publication
Deception
(30%)
The article contains selective reporting as it only reports details that support the author's position. The author does not disclose any sources and there is no clear editorializing or pontification from the author. However, the article implies that Hunter Biden was using drugs at the time he bought a gun without providing any peer-reviewed studies to back up this claim.
The dramatic testimony highlighted the fourth day of Hunter Biden’s trial in Delaware on the charges brought by Special Counsel David Weiss over his purchase of a gun in mid-October 2018.
Prosecutors only have to show that Hunter Biden was a user of illegal drugs around the time he bought the gun.
Hunter Biden acknowledged in a text to her shortly after buying the pistol that he was a ‘drunk and an addict.’
Fallacies
(85%)
The author makes several statements that could be considered appeals to authority. Hallie Biden's testimony is used to establish Hunter Biden's drug use and addiction. However, this does not necessarily mean that the statements made by Hallie Biden are true or accurate. Additionally, there are several instances of inflammatory rhetoric used in the article, such as 'dramatic testimony,' 'potentially useful testimony for prosecutors,' and 'stupid move.' These phrases do not add any value to the analysis and only serve to sensationalize the story.
]Hunter Biden is accused of illegally buying and possessing a gun while using drugs.[
