This year's October Surprise came from The Atlantic: Jeffrey Goldberg's scoop that Trump reneged on his vow to pay for the funeral of murdered Army Private Vanessa Guillen.
Goldberg's claims were cited by anonymous sources and rapidly debunked by named sources including Guillen's family, yet the mainstream press still heavily reported on it.
The story's major claim, that Trump disparaged Guillen by saying 'It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f-king Mexican,' was denied by those named as witnesses.
In contrast, the story involving Hunter Biden's laptop—which reported on Joe Biden's son’s influence peddling—is often labeled as a 'suppressed' October Surprise by the media.
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