Posted on 02/16/2021 5:27:25 PM PST by RandFan
What took place at the Capitol on January 6 was undoubtedly a politically motivated riot. As such, it should not be controversial to regard it as a dangerous episode. Any time force or violence is introduced into what ought to be the peaceful resolution of political conflicts, it should be lamented and condemned.
But none of that justifies lying about what happened that day, especially by the news media. Condemning that riot does not allow, let alone require, echoing false claims in order to render the event more menacing and serious than it actually was. There is no circumstance or motive that justifies the dissemination of false claims by journalists. The more consequential the event, the less justified, and more harmful, serial journalistic falsehoods are.
Yet this is exactly what has happened, and continues to happen, since that riot almost seven weeks ago. And anyone who tries to correct these falsehoods is instantly attacked with the cynical accusation that if you want only truthful reporting about what happened, then you’re trying to “minimize” what happened and are likely an apologist for if not a full-fledged supporter of the protesters themselves.
One of the most significant of these falsehoods was the tale — endorsed over and over without any caveats by the media for more than a month — that Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick was murdered by the pro-Trump mob when they beat him to death with a fire extinguisher. That claim was first published by The New York Times on January 8 in an article headlined “Capitol Police Officer Dies From Injuries in Pro-Trump Rampage.” It cited “two [anonymous] law enforcement officials” to claim that Sicknick died “with the mob rampaging through the halls of Congress” and after he “was struck with a fire extinguisher.”
(Excerpt) Read more at greenwald.substack.com ...
AOC was almost killed by the battleships crashing through the Capitol during the horrible months long siege.
Even though she wasn’t at the Capitol.
Obviously, the fake news apparatus is still obsessed with it.
How do I know ? Because my liberal friends have been parroting the outrage that they’re electronically inhaling from the boob-tube ever since January 6th.
” Because my liberal friends have been parroting the outrage that they’re electronically inhaling from the boob-tube ever since January 6th.”
Why do you have friends who are liberal? I can understand that you may know people who are liberal but to be actual friends with any.
Bkmk
I know. Guess I just wanna’ know what makes ‘em tick.
My Irish grandfathers wouldn’t understand that either.
But none of that justifies lying about what happened that day, especially by the news media.
Greenwald is perpetrating the myth that the media has a duty to honesty.
It's up to the people to use their own noodle.
She was with Hillary landing in Bosnia, under fire. Oh, wait, was she even born yet then?
Half the people here say it was Antifa, but half or more say that the person killed was a martyr for MAGA. It can’t be both.
That shut my neighbor right up...
The bullets were flying thick as partridges in pear trees when the members of the South Central Marching Band lowered their clarinets and mowed down row after row of Democrat Congresspeople who were kneeling in prayer at the Capitol.
Many, if not most, of them had probably never been inside the Capitol building. They were looking around amazed at it’s beauty, taking selfie‘s etc. Now they’ve probably all been arrested by the FBI.
The news media is trying to build the Capitol Hill demonstration into the equivalent of an “Attack on the Tuileries” of 1792.
“False reporting is never justified”
BWAAHAAAAAAAAA
Just what country does HE live in? [I know...., don’t bug me about it.]
Just as the Communist Party controlled the press in Stalin's Russia and Mao's China, the Democrat Party controls the press here.
A few years ago, we could get around the MSM via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc., but now even these are controlled.
Thank you Glenn Greenwald!
THE MAGA CROWD DID NOT KILL ANYONE.
THE LEFTIST MEDIA LIED TO SUPPORT THEIR AGENDA, AS USUAL
If it is possible to get the Sicknick autopsy results using a FOIA request, I hope someone does that.
While we are investigating mysteries of the riot, could we please get the results of Ashli Babbitt's autopsy, and details of her funeral? We also need the name of the man who shot her, and why he was not brought to trial.
And then there is the fringe element that say Ashli Babbitt's death was faked.
A valid reason.
The article calls it a “Pro-Trump mob” when we all know it was comprised of Antifa-BLM types who organized it in advance, almost certainly with the coordination of Pelosi’s people.
Inside the link there is a photo captioned, “Damage is seen inside the US Capitol building ...”
But I don’t see any damage except a few empty water bottles and other trash left lying around. The statues do not appear to be damaged; the mirror? in front of the bench is not damaged; the art or documents hanging on the wall are not damaged.
I don’t condone what was done on that day at all, but if you call this a “riot”, it only registers a 1 on the “riot-scale” compared to many, many Antifa riots which would register a 10 on the “riot-scale”.
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