What do you mean "broken?" Everyone knew about it.You don't agree that shushing the laptop was worse interference? There was a poll taken and something like 40% who voted for Biden said they would not have done so if the laptop story had been broken. My point was that paying off this woman did not have as much impact.
I'm not absolving the media who didn't cover it or down played it. They have a lot to answer for. But the notion that a sizeable portion of the public who would have been paying attention didn't know about (and then would have changed their votes) is pretty far fetched.