> Either that, or there are specific sourcing rules for journalists based on the credibility of the sources.

A kuwaiti diplomat's daughter or intelligence officers are not credible sources. And neither is the nytimes, wsj or any major news company at this point.

> Giuliani has burned his credibility, and the entire laptop story is on its face unbelievable.

It's far more credible than incubator babies or yellowcake.

> These other stories like Yellow Cake came from legit sources that were credible at the time.

No they weren't. It was intentionally manufactured lies. The nayirah testimony was a PR generated propaganda. And yellow cake was propaganda conjured up by the nytimes and pro-war intelligence groups.

> You are comparing apples and oranges.

You are right, I am comparing actual lies that led to millions of people's deaths and a possible lie. You are right, we don't know the truth of the hunter story yet. But we know for sure that nayirah and yellow cake were intentionally manufactured lies to start wars.

Colin Powell(Sec of State) and the Head of the CIA(Tenet) were on the record as sources for yellow cake stories.

At that time they had credibility.

You are misrepresenting history. It is not similar to this sketchy laptop with no legitimate source verifying it belonged to Hunter Biden.