Harvard pulls the plug on disinformation research project led by Hunter Biden laptop skeptic

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Harvard is pulling the plug on its 'disinformation' research project, whose director, Joan Donavan. referred to Hunter Biden's laptop as a 'strawman.'

of the younger Biden's laptop and acknowledged that it was prematurely dismissed – in many cases – as"Russian disinformation," Donavan seemingly remained skeptical."Me and @cwarzel Looking at the content on the Hunter Biden Laptop, the most popular straw man question at #Disinfo2022," she wrote, alongside a photo, in which she and Charlie Warzel, a staff writer for The Atlantic, displayed exaggerated skeptical expressions.

On the day of the 2020 presidential election, during the Harvard Kennedy School podcast PolicyCast, Donavan expressed doubt about the Hunter Biden laptop story. Later on in the podcast, Donavan said earlier stories about Hunter were being repeated in conservative media but weren't being reported in other outlets, so she predicted an esclatiaon of tactics would happen.

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