The Media Lies – Page 14

How the media lost touch with reality

Batya Ungar-Sargon on the ‘Great Awokening’ of American journalism.

The American mainstream media are losing touch with reality. Journalists are increasingly drawn from elite backgrounds, and newsrooms are coalescing around a woke worldview. The media’s interest in race, gender and sexuality has exploded, while class issues and economic concerns struggle to get a look in. And when stories arrive that disrupt the woke narrative – from the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse to Jussie Smollett’s hate-crime hoax – journalists often find themselves on the wrong side of the truth. How did the American media get into this state? And how can proper journalism recover?

by Blazingcatfur•December 17, 2021December 16, 2021•0•The Media, The Media Lies, The Media's Preferred Narrative

30 million Americans ready to ‘take up arms’ to overthrow Biden say the folks who brought you the Covington kids, Jussie Smollett, Russiagate etc etc etc…

MSNBC’s national affairs analyst John Heilemann shocked many Americans by claiming on a Sunday show that “20 to 30 million people” are ready to “take up arms” to remove President Joe Biden from office.

On Sunday’s Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd focused on a recent Atlantic article declaring that Donald Trump’s “coup has already begun” for a segment, finding Heilemann in total agreement with the piece’s premise.

“There is this research that shows something like 8% and maybe up to 12% who say that Joe Biden was illegitimate and that violence is a suitable tool to remove him and restore Donald Trump. This represents between 20 and 30 million people,” Heilemann said, claiming these supposed “20 to 30 million people” are ready to “take up arms.”

Off record… that 30 million estimate seems low.

by Blazingcatfur•December 13, 2021December 13, 2021•0•The Media, The Media Lies, Trump Derangement Syndrome

The Media’s Color-Coded Parenting Standard: White parents of school shooters are culpable; black parents of inner-city gangbangers are blameless.

On April 19, 2021, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski suggested in a text to Chicago’s mayor that the parents of two children recently killed in Chicago’s gang activity had “failed those kids.” Kempczinski’s text became public in November 2021, prompting widespread accusations of racism and calls for his resignation. Kempczinski confessed to his white privilege and apologized profusely for holding parents responsible for the fate of their children.

by Blazingcatfur•December 12, 2021December 12, 2021•0•Batshit Crazy Progressive Hypocrites, The Media, The Media Lies, The Media's Preferred Narrative

Joy Reid Displays Her Ignorance About Guns

If you’re like me, you have probably noticed that the vast majority of those in the anti-gun crowd know very little about that which they seek to regulate. Most of the anti-gun sentiment coming from the left is predicated on a combination of ignorance and fear.

This reality was on full display when MSNBC media activist Joy Reid took to Twitter to chime in on the mass shooting that was carried out at Oxford High School in Michigan on Tuesday. She also tried to use the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict to call gun laws a form of white supremacy, as my colleague Mike Miller wrote on Friday.

by Blazingcatfur•December 6, 2021December 5, 2021•0•The Media Lies

Print the Legend

The events in Wisconsin’s Kenosha and Waukesha offer useful perspectives on a recent clash between pundits Andrew Sullivan and Jonathan V. Last of The Bulwark over the accuracy of the news media. Sullivan argues that the press makes numerous errors, while Last suggests that they get almost all matters of fact correct.

by Blazingcatfur•December 5, 2021December 4, 2021•0•The Media, The Media Lies

The Media Stopped Talking About Darrell Brooks Because He’s Black and His Victims Are Mostly White

If Darrell Brooks were a white man who drove a car into a crowd of black people, the media would still be talking about Waukesha.

The name Darrell Brooks hasn’t been uttered a single time on CNN since last Thursday, November 25. Today marked the first time anyone on MSNBC mentioned Brooks by name since last Wednesday, November 24. The scant coverage came in the form of a hasty (34 seconds) news brief that ran once each on the network’s two morning programs, Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire and Morning Joe.

by Blazingcatfur•November 30, 2021November 30, 2021•0•Terrorism - Domestic, The Media Lies

CNN insists ‘a car’ killed six people at Wisconsin Christmas parade

Despite multiple media outlets being hammered for blaming the Waukesha Christmas parade massacre on a vehicle rather than its black driver – a murder suspect – CNN continued to blame “a car” for the mass killing.

Repeat felon Darrell Brooks killed six people and injured more than 60 when he plowed an SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last week. Though Brooks has been arrested and charged with six counts of murder, media outlets covering the massacre have seemingly made a point of avoiding naming the suspect, instead ascribing blame to the vehicle and calling the killing spree a “crash” or an “accident.”

by Blazingcatfur•November 29, 2021November 29, 2021•0•Terrorism - Domestic, The Media Lies

How the media politicize weaponized-car attacks — and spin the Waukesha murders

Aspiring rapper just getting his life together.

As we learn more about the senseless SUV attack on the crowd attending a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wis., some liberal media outlets are energetically attempting to spin away from the suspect Darrell Brooks and his left-wing politics on social media.

That’s funny. With Kyle Rittenhouse, they quickly dug into his social-media activity. The Washington Post warned last summer that “the 17-year-old shadowed local law enforcement, filling his social media feeds with posts declaring that ‘Blue Lives Matter’ and photos of himself posing with guns.” For Brooks, the paper lamely mentioned he wrote under the name MathBoi Fly and that “after multiple legal battles,” he “started turning the life he lived in the streets into music.”

h/t MW

by Blazingcatfur•November 28, 2021November 28, 2021•0•Terrorism - Domestic, The Media Lies

CNN Analyst Has ‘No Idea’ What’s Behind ‘Smash and Grab’ Robberies — Then Gives up the Answer

In today’s episode of “This… Is CNN… The Most Trusted Name in News™”…

A CNN analyst — a former Philadelphia police commissioner and CNN senior law enforcement analyst, no less — serves up a perfect example of why CNN’s ratings continue to swirl down the toilet at breakneck speed. Simply put, can’t make it up; don’t have to. And the best part is they totally don’t get it. Or do they?

by Blazingcatfur•November 27, 2021November 27, 2021•0•The Media Lies

When did the Babylon Bee start writing headlines for the Washington Post?

The headline that appeared at the top of the following tweet from the Washington Post, about the massacre in Waukesha, Wisconsin, appeared to have been written by the Babylon Bee.

Pic Courtesy of Dan from Squirrel Hills’ Blog

by Blazingcatfur•November 27, 2021November 26, 2021•0•The Media Lies

Is the Media Culpable in Cases Like Waukesha?

Fake news isn’t new. It was probably invented two minutes after the printing press. The problem is, it won’t go away.

In 1835, a newspaper called the New York Sun ran a series of six articles claiming the moon was inhabited by unicorns and “batmen.” The stories caught on and were reprinted worldwide. The author of the bogus stories used the name of a famous astronomer and a bogus but fancy-sounding telescope to back up the lies. A telescope so powerful it allowed the astronomer to see topless bat-babes flying around a moon also inhabited by “highly intelligent beavers.”

by Blazingcatfur•November 26, 2021November 26, 2021•0•The Media, The Media Lies

Washington Post Says Waukesha Massacre Was ‘Caused by an SUV’

The Waukesha massacre doesn’t fit the narrative the mainstream media typically likes to promote, so they’ve been generally trying to ignore it.

If certain details were different, the story would be getting endless coverage and analysis. But, even when the MSM does cover it, somehow, they manage to beclown themselves.

by Blazingcatfur•November 25, 2021November 25, 2021•0•Terrorism - Domestic, The Media Lies

Media Blasted for Labeling Waukesha Massacre a ‘Parade Crash‘

CBS News, the Associated Press (AP), the Washington Post, and various other media outlets have been taking serious heat on social media for labeling the horrific attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a “parade crash.”

by Blazingcatfur•November 24, 2021November 24, 2021•0•The Media, The Media Lies

‘This Piece is Full of Bias!’ Polish Official Fact-Checks CNN, BBC

A Polish Government Official has slammed reports from CNN and the BBC on the ongoing Belarus border crisis for demonstrating left-wing bias.

Poland’s Spokesperson of the Minister-Special Services Coordinator, Stanisław Żaryn, heavily criticized the two articles, saying that the article published by the BBC was “full of bias” and that the CNN article was “absurd”.

by Blazingcatfur•November 23, 2021November 23, 2021•0•Belarus, Camp Of The Saints, Poland, The Media Lies

The Media Can’t Stop Lying About Kyle Rittenhouse

When it comes to the liberal media, there seems to be an unspoken rule to never abandon the narrative, even when it’s been proven false.

We’ve seen this before, of course. Even after it was proven there was no evidence that Trump colluded with Russia in 2016, and that the entire narrative was cooked up by Hillary Clinton and her allies, some refuse to give it up.

by Blazingcatfur•November 23, 2021November 22, 2021•0•The Media, The Media Lies