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GASLIGHTING: AP ‘Fact Check’ Tries to Protect Biden from Rising Gas Prices
NewsBusters ^ | 5/27/2021 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 05/27/2021 3:16:27 PM PDT by JV3MRC

The Associated Press (AP) tried to run cover for President Joe Biden by gaslighting readers on his role in rising gas prices.

AP ran another one of its useless “fact-checks” headlined, “AP FACT CHECK: House GOP falsely blames Biden for gas prices.” The piece railed that “Biden's policies aren't behind the price increases.” It continued: “Gas prices are up because of a rapid and unexpected bounce-back in demand, and because of lingering problems from the forced shutdown early this month of the Colonial Pipeline, which provides 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast.” It’s too bad for AP then that Fox Business ran an April story, headlined “Biden's energy plan contributing to gas price increases: GasBuddy analyst.” [Emphasis added.]


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; economy; gasprices; inflationprediction; joebiden
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1 posted on 05/27/2021 3:16:27 PM PDT by JV3MRC
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https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/joseph-vazquez/2021/05/27/gaslighting-ap-fact-check-tries-protect-biden-rising-gas


2 posted on 05/27/2021 3:16:49 PM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

AP might as well be Iran.


3 posted on 05/27/2021 3:17:37 PM PDT by Bayard
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They can equivocate and signify all they want but every man and woman on the street know that Biden caused gasoline prices to soar. They aren't buying the spin. In fact Biden has stated that he wants to put the oil companies out of business (in addition to natural gas and coal producers).

4 posted on 05/27/2021 3:23:45 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: JV3MRC

Bounce back bullstalin


5 posted on 05/27/2021 3:30:47 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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This is Jho Xiden’s baby. Everyone knows it.


6 posted on 05/27/2021 3:33:02 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Pronouns? I need no stinkin pronouns!)
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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.

7 posted on 05/27/2021 3:34:42 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
The media revels in presenting the most delusional explanations to defend democrats.

It's almost like a game to see who can fabricate the most inane comments.

8 posted on 05/27/2021 3:36:19 PM PDT by oldbrowser ( )
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To: JV3MRC

A slick willy can argue both sides of almost any issue.

I remember a budget guy once gave me an explanation for why the actuals came in higher than forecasted. Someone corrected him and said the actuals came in lower than forecast. He then instantly gave a rationale for the underrun.


9 posted on 05/27/2021 3:37:09 PM PDT by plain talk
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It’s hard to say it’s not when before he was elected Trump and everyone else was saying gas prices would go up under Biden.


10 posted on 05/27/2021 3:37:22 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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Sigh. Lying and running cover to protect their guy IS NOT gaslighting.

For the millionth time.


11 posted on 05/27/2021 3:38:57 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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All Propaganda.

Don’t believe anything you read in the democrat media !!!


12 posted on 05/27/2021 3:40:06 PM PDT by Pearfect ( .)
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The U.S. media cannot be trusted on anything. They are simply the propaganda wing of the Democrat party and will spew the party line and protect its members. It seems our government agencies are the same, as are big tech.


13 posted on 05/27/2021 3:40:15 PM PDT by falcon99 (qu)
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I usually believe the opposite. And if it appears to be good for the right and bad for the communist...I think what are the covering up or what are they setting us up for?


14 posted on 05/27/2021 3:44:47 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: JV3MRC

This is called: fact-checking the AP fact-checkers.

The problem with the liberal fact-checkers is that, they only fact-check when republicans deride a policy implemented by liberals. IOW, the fact-checking by liberals is meant to always defend the indefensible liberal idiocies.

The AP would also do a fact-check against republicans and right-leaning media, where they blame the massive border crossings on the Biden administration’s decision to open the borders and remove all of Trump’s policies which were very effective in stopping the illegal alien crossings. The AP_ would find a way to blame Trump, just like Biden has done.


15 posted on 05/27/2021 3:45:28 PM PDT by adorno
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16 posted on 05/27/2021 3:47:50 PM PDT by HotHunt
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To: JV3MRC

Hey joe what’s your favorite ice cream flavor


17 posted on 05/27/2021 3:48:03 PM PDT by italianquaker
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To: Bayard

They might as well be Pravda.


18 posted on 05/27/2021 3:48:31 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,)
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To: JV3MRC

Simply deny the obvious. Biden is alone responsible for current inflation, particularly higher gas prices. No one has any illusions, except the discredited MSM.


19 posted on 05/27/2021 3:48:49 PM PDT by Richard Axtell ( NO*)
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Rise in gas prices was pretty damn coincidental with the initiating of his policies...

How about the media just make a blanket policy, good=Biden did it, bad=Trumps fault.


20 posted on 05/27/2021 3:49:46 PM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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