Posted on 02/19/2019 7:46:19 PM PST by MtnClimber
Another clueless reporter is *shocked* that the Jussie Smollett story turned out to be a hoax:.....
If there was a "national outrage" over the dubious incident, it was limited to gullible left-wing journalists, celebrities, politicians, and activists. The "narrative" only seemed "cut-and-dry" to people who were looking at the case through lenses clouded by their anti-Trump bias. It seemed made up to those of us who noticed that Smollett's allegations were outlandish, implausible, and riddled with inconsistencies from the get-go.
Yet even as his story started falling apart (which happened almost immediately), the national media clung to their precious narrative.
There's been much commentary in the past few days about the MSM's lack of critical thinking skills in covering not only the Jussie Smollett "hate crime" fairy tale, but a number of other bogus stories as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Because they want people to believe these hoaxes are real?
I think they know the hoaxes are not real, but because liberty and freedom are their enemy, they want to convince people to believe against their liberties.
In other words, it is a war between liberty and tyranny. The tyranny believers are trying to cast doubt in the minds of liberty believers.
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