This Wednesday marks two weeks since the New York Post dropped its initial Hunter Biden story. Since then, much of the not-so-disinterested press has shown that its scrupulousness is highly inconsistent.

The New York Post story’s details are sketchy and raise questions. That’s as clear as day. Rudy Giuliani himself is a wormy fellow. None of that explains or justifies how the gatekeepers at media organizations — Politico, NPR, the Washington Post among them — have treated the story.