Posted on 01/16/2021 5:38:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
It’s almost like the mainstream media want to raise the temperature and stoke unsubstantiated fear. Actually, I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what they want to do. That was made apparent again today after a lie was trumpeted by several major media outlets before being shown to be mostly false.
I’m talking about the story that a man provided “fake” inauguration credentials while carrying 500 rounds of handgun ammunition on his person in an attempt to enter the Capitol area. This was supposed to be proof of an elevated threat, with the assumption being that this guy was there to shoot the place up as a probable QAnon disciple.
The real story is way, way less exciting.
The Fuller Story: Man stopped with Glock and 500 rounds of ammo near Capitol was private security guard, his family says. He was not accused of showing phony credentials – but a "non-govt." credential -and an officer decided he wasn't authorized to enter. https://t.co/R5qi7XYE22
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) January 16, 2021
Here’s a taste of how the media originally ran with this, not bothering to confirm any of the details. The narrative always rules.
Credit to Twitter user LB for putting this together.
shot / shot / shot / chaser pic.twitter.com/9Q4IqoSTb5
— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) January 16, 2021
What actually happened here is mundane. A man was hired to do personal security, one of many who have been hired for the inauguration events, but did not have the proper licensing to carry his weapon and ammo. That’s not surprising given how restrictive Washington D.C.’s gun laws are. He also did not show “fake” credentials. He simply had a non-government ID, which makes sense given he’s a private contractor. Regardless, it appears to be have been an honest mistake. He was placed under arrest, but he was not a terrorist seeking to kill Joe Biden or anybody else. It’s likely this will all get sorted out and he’ll be allowed to go free. The Capitol Police have far more important things to worry about.
Despite that, the media ran with a false narrative anyway, spending most of the day spreading the lie that a Trump-inspired attacker had attempted to breach the Capitol protection area. It would have taken them almost no time at all to ask for comment and report the facts. Apparently, that wasn’t even attempted by outlets like CNN, which championed the story.
I’m just shocked that time wasn’t taken to discover the real story before it headlined every media outlet. Shocked. https://t.co/zyKUzw37nV
— J.R. Bansted (@JHolmsted) January 16, 2021
They never learn because they don’t want to learn. I’d say the media got played here, but is it really getting played when you willfully report unsubstantiated nonsense without doing due diligence? No, there’s obvious intent here. The media want to pour gasoline on the flames of our political environment. They live for it.
Btt
Oh, come on, folks.... there will be a 20 word retraction/correction on page 34 of the Washington Compost. It was an honest mistake, not fake news. /sarc
Not disturbing breaking news?
Wolf Blitzer
@wolfblitzer
There’s very disturbing breaking news here in Washington.
@CNN
reports U.S. Capitol Police arrested a Virginia man with fake inaugural credentials, a loaded gun and over 500 rounds of ammunition. I’m anchoring special
@CNNSitRoom
coverage today 3-7PM ET.
I figured they had this guy drawn and quartered by now?
pfl
The media want to pour gasoline on the flames of our political environment. They live for it.
It’s their job...
Guarantee: charges will be dropped or significantly reduced to a small fine.
Pull another one, it might have bells on it.
LEFTIST newsrooms: We have our narrative. Run with it. Dont change it regardless of the facts.
It’s just our news reporting the narrative........comrade.
Wolf Blitzer is the “disturbing breaking news”, or is it “breaking wind”?
He’s been so wrong for so long his right hand has fallen off and he can only write from the Left.
He once was a contender as a quality writer but he sold his soul to the Left. Just ask the saner members of the Jewish community in the DC area, esp. we journalists who know competency versus crap.
False flag operation disguised as an “honest mistake”.
Yes, I know ‘tin foil hat’ territory but the government and leftist media lie and distort so much, I simply have no choice but to distrust everything. Thus, I am free to draw any conclusion I want.
Sounds like a fair trade to me. They lie constantly and purposefully and I make stuff up.
JoMa
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