Posted on 09/03/2020 3:57:24 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Read an article from any mainstream media outlet regarding an even remotely controversial subject broached by President Trump, and it is likely to include the statement, “President Trump claimed, without evidence…” Use of the phrase is so frequent, it is likely that writers at the New York Times and elsewhere have it pop up in the auto-fill functionality on their laptops. Type in “President Trump,” and the words “claimed without evidence” automatically appear to the side in opaque font, and all they have to do is hit their arrow key to auto-fill the phrase.
The practice has become so prevalent in the media’s wonderland that they no longer wait to include the phrase in the body of an article, they now put it right in their headlines. In a recent article from the Washington Post, the headline proclaimed, “Trump without evidence accuses ‘deep state’ at FDA of slow-walking coronavirus vaccines.” Not to be outdone, the next day CNN followed suit with a similar article featuring the headline, “Trump, without evidence, accuses FDA of delaying coronavirus vaccine trials.” Demanding supporting facts and insisting upon accuracy is not only a reasonable journalistic practice, it should be standard; for everyone. But where is the mainstream media’s resolve regarding substantiation when it comes to their cronies on the Left? It is not just scarce, it is nonexistent.
Prior to the release of the much-anticipated Mueller report in April 2019, the media fed us a steady diet of the Russia Hoax without any of the evidence they are so insistent upon when it comes to President Trump and Republicans.
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Like Pravda, they are trying to control people’s beliefs. Facts have nothing to do with their goals.
PROGRAMMERS? They Decide What to Report, So That YOU Can Decide. How Clever.
2020 See?
President Trump on Monday declined to condemn the actions of the 17-year-old suspect in the shooting of three protesters against police brutality in Kenosha, Wis., claiming, without evidence, that it appeared the gunman was acting in self-defense.
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/08/31/908137377/trump-defends-kenosha-shooting-suspect
I hereby make the claim, without evidence, that the walls are closing in. In fact, although perhaps a baseless charge, I would go so far as to say that this is the beginning of the end.
That has been obvious for literally decades.
The Narrative is far more important that the Truth.
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