It never needed to be real to have their desired result. The MSM knew this and didn't have to worry about its followers questioning anything. They knew their followers would just go with it because it agreed with an already mutual bias. Unfortunately, the MSM was right.
(06-09-2021 03:33 PM)VA49er Wrote: It never needed to be real to have their desired result. The MSM knew this and didn't have to worry about its followers questioning anything. They knew their followers would just go with it because it agreed with an already mutual bias. Unfortunately, the MSM was right.
And they are still right because the same cucks are still listening and still believing.
Quote:A year ago last week, the mainstream media went absolutely nuts after so-called “peaceful protesters” were forcefully “cleared” from Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C.
The way reporters framed the story at the time, Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr used federal resources to order the clearing and had demonstrators “gassed” to get them out of the way so Trump could be seen in photos walking from the White House to the charred scene of historic St. John’s Church after BLM-led rioters set it on fire the night before.
Congressional hearings have been held on the matter and numerous lawsuits have been filed. But an IG report just released today found that the park was not in fact cleared for any supposed photo-op, vindicating Trump and Barr:
The evidence we obtained did not support a finding that the USPP [U.S. Park Police] cleared the park to allow the President to survey the damage and walk to St. John’s Church. Instead, the evidence we reviewed showed that the USPP cleared the park to allow the contractor to safely install the antiscale fencing in response to destruction of property and injury to officers occurring on May 30 and 31. Further, the evidence showed that the USPP did not know about the President’s potential movement until mid- to late afternoon on June 1—hours after it had begun developing its operational plan and the fencing contractor had arrived in the park.
The report dovetails with what the acting Park Police chief told the House Committee on Natural Resources during a July 2020 hearing. You can read the full report here.
Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who sent CNN’s Jim Acosta to the burn ward last year during a heated exchange on this very topic, was quick to highlight the news:
And speaking of Jim Acosta:
Also, as of this writing, some accusatory articles against Trump and Barr are still up, as George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley pointed out in a piece he did on the IG’s report, and below:
Will they be deleted or will they be stealth-edited as others have in the aftermath of Trump and other prominent Republicans being proven right on other media-driven controversies? We’ll be on the lookout and let you know.
We also hope to have an answer soon to this question:
Heh. Stay tuned.
Update: Trump’s statement on the findings is below:
“Thank you to the Department of the Interior Inspector General for Completely and Totally exonerating me in the clearing of Lafayette Park!” he said.
“As we have said all along, and it was backed up in today’s highly detailed and professionally written report, our fine Park Police made the decision to clear the park to allow a contractor to safely install antiscale fencing to protect from Antifa rioters, radical BLM protestors, and other violent demonstrators who are causing chaos and death to our cities. In this instance, they tried burning down the church the day before the clearing. Fortunately, we were there to stop the fire from spreading beyond the basement – and it was our great honor and privilege to do so. Again, thank you to the Inspector General!” Trump’s statement said.
Lafayette Park, Charlottesville, the Steele Dossier, Ukraine, Russian collusion, George Floyd, mostly peaceful protests, Wuhan flu wet market origins, the border crisis, climate change, etc. All lies built upon lies and all promoted vigorously by the leftist politicians and MSM. With not a repercussion to be found.
(06-09-2021 06:10 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote: Lafayette Park, Charlottesville, the Steele Dossier, Ukraine, Russian collusion, George Floyd, mostly peaceful protests, Wuhan flu wet market origins, the border crisis, climate change, etc. All lies built upon lies and all promoted vigorously by the leftist politicians and MSM. With not a repercussion to be found.
(06-09-2021 06:10 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote: Lafayette Park, Charlottesville, the Steele Dossier, Ukraine, Russian collusion, George Floyd, mostly peaceful protests, Wuhan flu wet market origins, the border crisis, climate change, etc. All lies built upon lies and all promoted vigorously by the leftist politicians and MSM. With not a repercussion to be found.
Quote:USA Today said it has deleted 23 articles from its website after an investigation found that the reporter who wrote them used fabricated sources.
The journalist who is said to have used the fabricated sources was identified as Gabriela Miranda, a breaking news reporter who resigned from the Virginia-based newspaper weeks ago, the paper confirmed Thursday.
Miranda’s most recent news story for USA Today is dated April 17.
According to the bio on her website, Miranda was assigned to cover “trending news nationwide” while at USA Today.
Before being hired by USA Today, she covered education and the Hispanic community with the Gainesville Times in Georgia.
The Post has reached out to USA Today’s parent company Gannett as well as Miranda seeking comment. Miranda has deleted her LinkedIn account.
The Times obtained a draft of the note that read: “After receiving an external correction request, USA Today audited the reporting work of Gabriela Miranda.”
“The audit revealed that some individuals quoted were not affiliated with the organizations claimed and appeared to be fabricated,” the note read.
“The existence of other individuals quoted could not be independently verified. In addition, some stories included quotes that should have been credited to others.”
USA Today is among the most widely circulated national newspapers in the country.
The Legacy MSM are liars and NOT to be trusted. They can't handle the trth and the MSM doesn't want to report or let you hear the truth. MSM is merely propaganda and lies. Only stupid, ignoant people listen to or believe the MSM Legacy media. But, the publik skewls have assured there are a LOT of stupid people (Demokkkrats) out there nowadays.
