Since Facebook is supposed to be a "neutral public forum," why would they be told to spike a story? It's not like they control information that is posted for friends and family of the poster, right?
*BZZZZZ* Wrong. They are not a neutral public platform, they just like the liability protection that claiming to be one gives them. They are the arbiters of what information we may share with our family and friends. They were lied to by FBI agents who knew fully well that the laptop was authentic, and that it contained damning evidence of the criminal activities of the Biden family of racketeers.
That's why they wanted the story spiked, not because they actually thought Boris and Natasha had planted the laptop in the repair shop in early 2019 just waiting for its chance to be used against an honest and patriotic Democrat like Joe Biden.
How long are liberals going to pretend that they believe that the FBI is trustworthy?