We’ve documented the Media Research Center’s weird obsession with Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and his alleged relationship with a woman who turned out to be a Chinese spy — and its refusal to tell readers that a Republican-led House ethics investigation found no wrongdoing on Swalwell’s part. The MRC was at it again in a July 10 post by Curtis Houck immaturely headlined “Fang Fang, Bang Bang”:
Former Washington Examiner Justice reporter Jerry Dunleavy revealed Sunday in a series of lengthy tweets that, per a source, senior FBI leadership meddled in and shuttered investigations into Fang Fang, the rumored ex-lover of Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) as well as Russell Lowe, a Chinese-American who had been working for Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
But most notable was something long the subject of speculation and giggles on Twitter, which was, as Dunleavy confirmed, “that there had been a sexual relationship between Swalwell & Fang.” Naturally, none of this was of interest to the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC on their flagship Sunday night and Monday morning newscasts.
[…]Turning to Fang Fang, Dunleavy dropped the bomb after referring to a 2020 story in Axios:
One thing that was actually not in the Axios story but which my source has confirmed — the FBI firmly believed based on the evidence they collected on Fang that there had been a sexual relationship between Swalwell & Fang.
He added that said official told him “the FBI had FISA surveillance up & running on Fang…and so many of her actions & communications were being intercepted & monitored.” This also drew in the CIA and the NSA.
Houck censored the fact that a bipartisan House committee found no wrongdoing on Swalwell’s part, even as he complained that non-right-wing media covered other stories. It’s as if the MRC is averse to doing “media research” that might not mesh with its preconceived partisan notions.