THIS COLUMN:
We say: In this New York Times whopper of a whopper, Master of Misinformation Ben Smith not only writes about misinformation; he engages in it. Smith — who, recall, is responsible for publishing the wholly spurious Steele dossier at BuzzFeed — cites The Post’s October 2020 story about Hunter Biden’s e-mails, claiming we insisted they “prove President Biden’s corruption.” That’s not quite true, but more important: The e-mails, which Hunter doesn’t deny are his and which have been corroborated by others, did connect the father to the son’s influence-peddling and do offer compelling evidence that Joe Biden lied when he said he knew nothing about his son’s business. Maybe Smith’s column was actually meant as an example of misinformation, rather than a discussion of it.