“A news story says this is Hunter Biden’s laptop which is in possession of the FBI and possibly linked to a criminal investigation.”

“We as journalists can’t verify that.”

“Have you looked into it?”

“No because we as journalists can’t verify it.”

"So wait, you claim you can't verify it so you won't investigate it yourselves, but the only way to verify it is if you investigate it."

"That's right. I'm a journalist."

"Here's a New York Post story that says it's his laptop."

"Like I said we can't verify that. So we're not spreading that story"

"The New York Post seems to think they can verify it. Why can't you verify if it is or it isn't?"

"Because we're journalists. We can't verify it."