Posted on 08/28/2020 7:26:25 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
The Associated Press "fact-checked" speakers of the Republican National Convention, including Trump supporter and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, where they erroneously and falsely claim that there is "no evidence" that Black Lives Matter or antifa "is infiltrating racial justice protests with violence."
At last night's event, Giuliani said: "Black Lives Matter and antifa sprang into action and, in a flash, they hijacked the peaceful protest into vicious, brutal riots."
AP would go on to call that "a hollow claim":
There's no evidence that Black Lives Matter or antifa, or any political group for that matter, is infiltrating racial injustice protests with violence," AP's David Klepper, Josh Boak, and Amanda Seitz reported.
In June, The Associated Press analyzed court records, employment histories and social media posts for 217 people arrested in Minneapolis and the District of Columbia, cities at the centre of the protests earlier this year...
... Local police departments across the country were forced to knock down widespread social media rumours that busloads of "antifa," a term for leftist militants, were coming to violently disrupt cities and towns during nationwide racial justice protests. In June, Twitter and Facebook busted accounts linked to white supremacy groups that were promoting some of those falsehoods online.
AP's claim, though, is patently false. An estimated 32 people have died during the "mostly peaceful" protests following the death of George Floyd. Protests quickly go from marches to riots that see looting, arson, and massive damage to public property, including black-owned businesses.
Meanwhile, members of Antifa group Riot Kitchen 206, "a no-charge kitchen serving protestors, activists, movements and those in need in Seattle WA" were arrested by authorities in Kenosha, Wisconsin after police suspected that they were "…preparing for criminal activity related to the civil unrest."
Kenosha police released a statement following the arrests that acting on a tip, they had surveilled the vehicles with out of state plates fueling gas cans. The vehicles contained gas masks, helmets, protective vests, illegal fireworks and suspected controlled substances.
Baghdad Bob would be proud....
There is no evidence that anybody at AP has a brain, either. But maybe ...
Fact check Kyle Rittenhouse did not shoot 3 non existent violent protesters
The press are enemies of the people. Of civilization.
Frank Drebben.
“Nothing to see here. Move along.”
Leftist propaganda media thinks the American people are complete morons.
just communist muck!
Unbelievable, dangerous and I wonder if it’s lawsuit or criminal charge worthy...
Wikipedia: Associated Press operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. Its members are U.S. newspapers and broadcasters...
Board of Directors
NYT, ESPN, ETC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press
It has become quite obvious that these days, any person or group who calls themselves “Fact Checkers” are not interested in presenting the truth, but are “checking” the facts:
as in the second definition of verb (used with object):
2: to restrain; hold in restraint or control.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/in—check?r=75&src=ref&ch=dic
I forgot that the AP was taken over by the Dark Side long ago.
We need to memorize this hyphenated homosexual's name if we win the Civil War, for we will need to make examples of those who drove us to fight back.
Doesn’t matter what AP says if you have seen any of the rioting and violence you see the BLM on the clothing and the Antifa insignia being sprayed painted in real time.
Maybe you have been lucky enough to live in a neighborhood where BLM trolls and yells at 1am “Wake up Motherfuckers wake up”.
Maybe you are at lunch and you are accosted at your outside dining table by BLM clad member shoving a megaphone in your face and accosting you if you refuse to do the black power sign.
Ap needs to get out more.
Who is fact checking the fact checkers?
Do they really think we don’t see the looting and burning?
The fact that they posted this shows that BLM/Antifa is violent. They are afraid to piss them off.
This is the quality of the “fact checking” we would see at any Presidential debate that allowed it. Trump says something, the fact checkers interrupt to deny it, Biden smirks, rinse and repeat. You won’t know the fact checkers are lying until after the debate, at which time the very same news agencies that provided them will announce a crushing Biden victory. Let’s not, it would be a waste of time.
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