On the Biden-laptop story, the script from the establishment media already is clear. It’s also deeply dishonest.

Until the election, the script calls for media outlets to ignore the continuing reports about the contents of the laptop, haughtily dismiss them, or label them as “widely discredited,” all without actually doing the work to see whether they are credible. Seizing on the fact that President Trump’s henchman Rudy Giuliani was central to the hard drive’s chain of custody, the media elites aver that such sketchy provenance automatically refutes the contents.