Hoaxes, Lies, Fake News And Pure Fantasy

All fantasy. Every word of it. Yet, the liberals eat it up as if it were the truth. And I'm sure there will be more to come from the Leftist media. Sickening... just sickening.

I'd like to add the stories of Trayvon Martin and Kyle Rittenhouse to the list of lies. The Left salivated like rabid dogs over those stories which, in the end, turned out to be nothing more than pure self-defense. But, of course it went against the Left's narrative and agenda so they were glued to their TVs until their hopes and dreams faded away.

The Left just can't seem to get enough of these lies.

From Jussie Smollett to BYU, the media's history of peddling race hoaxes

Bubba Wallace's 'noose,' border agents 'whipping' migrants among false narratives promoted by the media

September 26, 2022

Last month, claims made by a Black volleyball player from Duke University made national headlines.

Rachel Richardson alleged that a fan from Brigham Young University (BYU) hurled the n-word and threats at her "throughout the entirety of the match" between the two schools on Aug. 26. Her in-the-moment allegation led to the immediate removal and permanent ban of the suspected racist and BYU issued apologies to both Richardson and Duke University.



The liberal media quickly ate it up.

Richardson was featured prominently on ABC's "Good Morning America" and was interviewed about what she claimed to have experienced during its Aug. 30 broadcast. ABC News correspondent Janai Norman said she was "really impressed" with how the 19-year-old sophomore "was handling all of this," to which co-host George Stephanopoulos replied "a lot of grace."

ESPN, ABC's sister network, similarly offered uncritical coverage of the saga. Stephen A. Smith shamed BYU for failing to "expeditiously" address the alleged racist incident. Fellow ESPN host and Duke alum Jay Williams wore a Blue Devils sweatshirt on-air in solidarity with Richardson, telling the athlete, "Hold your head high."

CNN went even further with its coverage. Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell grilled BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe for not taking swift action, Weekend anchor Jim Acosta invited former NAACP president Cornell William Brooks to lambast BYU. Other CNN programs including "New Day" and "Don Lemon Tonight" dedicated substantial airtime to the controversy.

The New York Times ran the dramatic headline "Racial Slur During College Volleyball Game Leads to Fan Suspension" and quoted Richardson's father writing, "'Here we are,' Mr. Richardson, who saidhegrew up in Fort Worth when it was still desegregating, said in the interview. ‘It’s 2022, and we’re dealing with 1960s issues.’" The father was also interviewed by CNN and ABC News.

In the end, however, his daughter's claims were false. Lengthy investigations, which involved interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing security camera footage from the game, concluded that the fan in question was not exhibiting the behavior he was accused of. In fact, BYU issued an apology to him and rescinded his ban.

[Emphasis Mine] "The media falls for these fake hoaxes for the obvious reason. It plays into the Democratic far-left narrative that this is a racist country," civil rights attorney and Fox News contributor Leo Terrell told Fox News Digital. "To the left, the allegation is more important than the facts… The media won’t cover the investigation. The media will not cover the fact that the accuser was basically lying…. The media will never let facts get in the way of sensational headlines regarding racism, systemic racism, institutionalized racism. In essence, the media and the Democrats will ignore the ultimate truth and move on to another hoax."

The BYU volleyball story was certainly not the first time the media rushed to peddle allegations of racism without reservations, and likely won't be the last.

The Defamation of Nicholas Sandmann



In 2019, a group of MAGA hat-wearing students from Kentucky's Covington Catholic High School were waiting for their bus on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial following the March for Life before they were being taunted by a group of Black Hebrew Israelites. The students responded by shouting their school's chants, which apparently offended a group of Native Americans who were also in the area for a different march.

However, what went viral was a video of a confrontation between student Nicholas Sandmann and Native American elder Nathan Phillips. While Sandmann did nothing but smile at Phillips after the elder approached him, liberals on Twitter and in the media portrayed the teen as the racist aggressor.

NBC News' José Díaz-Balart accused Sandmann of "harassing" Phillips. Then-CNN anchor Chris Cuomo alleged Sandmann made "a choice" of "turning it into a standoff." Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart declared, "Nothing justifies what the Covington students did."

Julio Rosas, senior writer for Townhall and author of "Fiery But Mostly Peaceful: The 2020 Riots and the Gaslighting of America," told Fox News Digital it took "internet sleuths" who delved into hours of footage that had been circulated online to find the truth from the event rather than actual journalists who got to the bottom of the viral confrontation.

"You would think that the media would have learned a lesson by now and not just automatically take these claims at face value, but they still too, because there's an incentive to do so," Rosas said. "When it especially comes to racially-charged supposed situations, they just throw journalism standards to the wayside because they just want to hop on the latest and greatest kind of outrage. And I just think we're gonna continue seeing the media make these types of egregious mistakes. And yet, they have the audacity to ask why trust in the media is so low."

Sandmann filed multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuits against news outlets that peddled the falsehood that he and his classmates instigated the confrontation with Phillips. NBC News, CNN and The Washington Post settled their lawsuits while Sandmann's lawsuits against The New York Times, CBS, ABC, Gannett and Rolling Stone were tossed out of court by a federal judge. Sandmann said he intends to appeal the ruling.

The Jussie Smollett hoax



Days later, in the early hours of Jan. 29 during a historic polar vortex in Chicago, "Empire" star Jussie Smollett alleged he was attacked by two MAGA hat-wearing thugs who yelled racial and homophobic slurs at the actor while he was out getting a Subway sandwich, yelling "This is MAGA country!" He claimed the two men assaulted him, poured bleach on him and tied a noose around his neck.

The incident was quickly denounced by the left, including then-Sen. Kamala Harris who called the attack a "modern day lynching." The media similarly offered sympathetic coverage. "GMA" anchor Robin Roberts sat down with Smollett for his first interview following the alleged incident, offering minimal skepticism to his claims.

The court trial later revealed that CNN anchor Don Lemon had texted Smollett about how the Chicago Police Department did not believe him.

As it turned out, it was a hoax. Police said Smollett orchestrated the attack, hiring two Nigerian brothers to assault him while wearing red hats. Smollett was later charged and convicted for his crimes against the city of Chicago but was let out of jail just six days into his 150-day sentence.

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Bubba Wallace's ‘noose’



In June 2020, amid the nationwide unrest following the murder of George Floyd, NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace generated headlines after believing he was the target of racism.

Wallace alleged that a "noose" was placed in his garage at the Talladega Speedway. NASCAR swiftly denounced the apparent act of racism. Even the FBI launched a probe into who planted the "noose."


The media felt no need to launch any investigation of its own. CNN, in particular, sped to the conclusion that the noose was real. Anderson Cooper unequivocally believed the story, telling viewers that "racism" was "directed at a star of NASCAR, who's been helping in the drive against hate… tonight, the questions about how someone was able to get inside Bubba Wallace's garage stall to leave a noose." CNN colleague Jim Sciutto decried, "This happens in the year 2020 is just beyond belief."

It was "beyond belief" because it wasn't a noose after all. It turned out to be a rope attached to the garage door that was installed long before Wallace arrived at Talladega Speedway.


‘Whipgate’



In September 2021, amid the migrant crisis that has plagued the Biden administration, viral images showing Border Patrol agents on horseback attempting to corral a group of Haitians attempting to cross into Del Rio.

Liberal critics claimed the border agents were using "whips" on the migrants, causing President Biden to quickly condemn the agents, who were swiftly punished pending an investigation.


In reality, they weren't using "whips" but rather reins to control the horses. The photographer whose took the viral images disputed the claim that the agents were whipping the migrants. The border agents were eventually cleared of any wrongdoing.

But that didn't stop the media from galloping ahead with the falsehood.


MSNBC host Joy Reid repeatedly accused the border agents of "whipping" the migrants, linking their alleged actions to the Fugitive Slave Act. She reacted to the photos on Twitter and reacted, "This is beyond repulsive. Are these images from 2021 or 1851?"

CNN's Victor Blackwell suggested there isn't a "distinction" between the agents using whips versus reins. Vice News ran the headline, "US Border Agents Are Removing Haitian Migrants Using Horses and Whips."

The New York Times accused the border agents of "using the reins of their horses to strike at running migrants." That report was later corrected, admitting it had "overstated" what was known at the time and that the paper had not seen "conclusive evidence" that proved the whipping took place. Most other outlets did not issue such corrections.


Rosas suggested the reason that the media keeps latching on to these racial hoaxes is because there are "no repercussions" to those who push the falsehoods.

"Until there are consequences for this bad journalism, nothing's going to change," Rosas told Fox News Digital.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/from-jussie-smollett-byu-medias-history-peddling-race-hoaxes

 

You cannot fix stupid. Anyone who fell into the BLM hoax is STUPID. Those enemies of the USA hated and disagreed with "All LIVES MATTER."

 

Absolutely correct! Liberals seem to appreciate the lies more than the truth. You can’t fix stupid, that’s for sure. But, the liberal media knows that lies are what keeps liberals coming back for more. Just look at the Russia Hoax. Or the impeachment hearings on President Trump. Or the Jan. 6 hearings.

Liberals just can’t seem to handle the truth. They dry up and drift away once the truth is revealed.

 

When are the ignorant posters going to ask you to "PROVE IT?"

 

Richard Jewell, The Duke Lacrosse team . . . Quick, burn'em at the stake before the truth is discovered.

 

The list goes on............

 

The entire freepress (aka the enemies of the people from your perspective) vs. one cable network. A lone voice of conspiracy theories, blonds, lies, and incestuously connected to Donald Trump, is the single source you rely on. If you like singles news sources you'd love Russia. They only allow one opinion. When has a freepress ever consisteted of one news source?
The liberal media (aka every other news outlet that isn't Fox) is supposedly all working together to pull the wool over our eyes while at the same time being competitors with each other in every other aspect.
Fox will tell you that every other news source is lying. Every other news outlet that isn't Fox never says that every other news network is lying. Fox says believe us only. No other network ever says that. Fox is the only news organization that has insisted in court that they have to right to lie. I know of no other news network that has ever made that claim.
So who are the lemming steeple here? The people that listen to one solitary news source or the people that listen to dozens of news sources that all compete with each other?
They tell you what you want to hear and you couldn't be happier. No wonder you are all so damn dumb, suspicious, and angry all the time.

 

If anyone can make any sense of the above rant, please let us know.

 

It's called the English Language. Try it.

 

@CoinOKC "I only listen to one news source. I know everything. You don't know anything because you listen to dozens of news sources. I smart, you dumb. Ugh!"

 

LOL. What rant? Ignore the nonsense.

 

Joe, you are temporarily "un-blocked." Apparently, you are now answering the questions of outer posters. So...

Do you know what they say about folks who assume something?

I don't watch TV news. By the time it is on TV it is "OLD NEWS." The lying press and the news reading parrots who all say the same thing have already been shown to be lying. The fact that you continue to be virtually totally ignorant about what is going on in our country and the world reflects on you and your laziness.

Ignorance is bliss applies here. That is not an assumption because you prove it over and over MOST of the time you post - if you bother to answer direct questions or engage at all.

Question: The OP posted sever examples of lies and fake news. DO YOU THINK ANYTHING HE POSTED IS NOT TRUE? WHICH ONES?

Come on Joe, let's have your direct answer - for once.

 

@JoeNation
@freshmeat
@GeneWright

The OP posted examples of lies and fake news.

DO YOU THINK ANYTHING HE POSTED IS NOT TRUE? IF SO, WHICH ONES?

 

You first . . .

 

In all seriousness…… The left is overly anxious to grab the racial slant on any story. It befuddles me why they refuse to call out the media on that. I followed the Bubba Wallace garage door opener “noose” story pretty closely and was disturbed when the story suddenly disappeared from view once the truth came out…… I do call out the left for inflaming racial tensions unnecessarily specifically to push an agenda and have done so regularly on this forum….. All the partisan blather aside….. Libs, you are fueling this fire by jumping on the racial train at every opportunity and you are doing minorities as well as this nation a huge disservice in doing so.

 

As long as they get the votes from the groups they pander to, they don’t care how much damage they do.

 

@@JoeNation
@@freshmeat
@@GeneWright

The OP posted examples of lies and fake news.

DO ANY OF YOU THINK ANYTHING HE POSTED IS NOT TRUE? IF SO, WHICH ONES?


LOL, so sad. Zero replies. Let's see if I get a "peep" by tomorrow. Otherwise, I guess these members have me blocked and cannot see my question. That's it for sure as they always have something to say.

 

I see it as an unfortunate meeting of overcorrection, attention seekers, and an attempt to drive profits.

The overcorrection piece is that for most of our history these kinds of stories have been outright ignored. That's not right either, so in an attempt to be extra aware of them, healthy skepticism has been cast aside at times.

Adding to this, there are some people who want attention (Smollett, for the best example). They ruin it for everyone by crying wolf, thus allowing posts like this thread's OP to have merit.

I think the worst part of all though, news is a storytelling business. You need a good story to drive engagement and profits. This inherently filters the stories run into the ones that are most sensational, interesting, or shocking. Real life is messy though, so the stories that get elevated to the national level bias towards the stories that are weaved for impact, like Smollett's.

All this to say, it's a media problem, but I don't believe that these types of events aren't happening. They just aren't getting elevated to the national level.

 

@@JoeNation
@@freshmeat
@@GeneWright

The OP posted examples of lies and fake news.

DO ANY OF YOU THINK ANYTHING HE POSTED IS NOT TRUE? IF SO, WHICH ONES?

OR... Are the three of you members going to keep ignoring a direct question? So sad.

Et tu Gene?