Posted on 12/30/2024 5:56:48 AM PST by MtnClimber
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In no particular order, here are the biggest hoaxes and misinformation campaigns run by corporate media hacktivists this year.
Americans who have lived through Donald Trump’s political career are no strangers to legacy media disinformation. From the Russia collusion hoax to the “very fine people” Charlottesville lie, the litany of dishonest info ops from left-wing activists masquerading as journalists is too long to count.
And despite Americans’ waning trust in their ability to report news accurately and fairly, these Democrat Party yes-men show no signs of stopping.
Like years before it, 2024 saw no shortage of media hijinks. Whether it was their coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign or participation in Democrats’ war on the Supreme Court, America’s propaganda press maintained its ethically bankrupt reputation.
So, in no particular order, here are the biggest hoaxes and misinformation campaigns run by legacy media hacktivists this year.
1. Bloodbath
Taking Trump’s remarks out of context is one of legacy media’s favorite pastimes — and March’s “bloodbath” nontroversy was no exception.
Speaking to rallygoers in Ohio, the former and soon-to-be president warned that the U.S. automobile industry would face an economic “bloodbath” if Democrats won the White House in 2024. Media acolytes quickly jumped on the former president’s comments, which they distorted to make it appear as if Trump was threatening a literal bloodbath if he lost his reelection bid.
Left-wing outlets such as NBC News, CBS News, The New York Times, and others ran headlines using this dishonest framing.
“Trump says country faces ‘bloodbath’ if Biden wins in November,” a March 16 Politico headline reads.
2. War on SCOTUS
While Democrat mouthpiece ProPublica kickstarted a media war on the Supreme Court last year with smear attacks on Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, The New York Times took its hysteria to a whole new level.
In May, the outlet fabricated a controversy about an upside-down American flag flown at the Virginia residence of Alito and his wife, which the outlet claimed was a symbol adopted by “some” “Stop the Steal” protestors on Jan. 6, 2021. Justice Alito told the paper that he “had no involvement whatsoever” in flying the flag, but that it was placed there by his wife to protest a neighbor’s profane yard signs.
Despite claims of ethics violations from so-called “experts,” The Federalist’s Legal Correspondent Margot Cleveland — who researched judicial ethics rules as a law clerk for years — noted that the Gray Lady’s “effort to smear Justice Alito as unethical based on the flag incident cannot withstand scrutiny” and “[t]he calls for Alito to recuse from [Jan. 6-related] cases have no basis in sanity.”
America’s “newspaper of record” wasn’t done attempting to tarnish Alito, however. A few days later, the Times ran another hit piece against the justice over an “Appeal to Heaven” flag flown at one of his homes. While well-known and originating from the Revolutionary War, the Times attempted to gin up controversy over the flag by claiming it represents “a push to remake American government in Christian terms.”
3. Hiding Biden’s Cognitive Decline
If you’re looking for an example of how the media interfere in our elections, look no further than their concentrated effort to hide Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.
When videos showcasing Biden’s senility went viral on social media over the summer, media hacktivists adopted the White House’s baseless claim the clips were “cheap fakes.” Only after the president’s disastrous, lie-filled debate performance against Trump did the media realize they could no longer hide this massive scandal from the public.
Of course, their subsequent acknowledgment of Biden’s faltering health clearly had nothing to do with the republic’s well-being and everything to do with their concerns it could harm Democrats’ prospects of holding the White House in November.
4. Project 2025
5. What’s a Border Czar?
6. Trump’s Arlington Cemetery Visit
7. Show Me the Garbage!
8. Trump’s Liz Cheney Comments
9. What Assassination Attempts?
10. The Atlantic’s Hitler Hysteria
I think that the organized censorship of social media should have been in the top 10.
The fake poll numbers may be number one. Kommie was never within 10 points of Trump when you take out the cheating.
I know that the term “enemedia” is often used to describe these “journalists”, but I think I’m going to start using “enema-media”, as what issues from them is similar to what is produced by an enema, and worth about as much.
These are not HOAXES... they are FRAUDS perpetrated by established DNC-aligned propoganda units called the enemedia to purposely lie and misinform as many as possible to ensure as much confusion and chaos as possible for representatives of America-loving patriots. These actions should be actionable and result in the removal of broadcasting licenses...
11. What is a woman
12. “Fine people on both sides.” An evergreen favorite for years now
This is just a great thread! It should be disseminated to the public by all media!
This should be a GREAT thread highlighting the true list (and not limited to merely ‘10’).
Related, what are the “conspiracy theories” that have now become conspiracy facts? For example, the phiros of Hunter’s “business associates” taken with the Big Guy that NARA only released after the election, proving that Biden lied about not having direct knowledge of Hunter’s associations.
13 - Russians are Running out of Missiles (when it was just disclosed this week that it is the US likely running out of ATACMs and probably sending what’s left in today’s $2.5B package).
Would include in this list Stephanopoulos’s defamatory comments.
I also do not like the use of the word HAUX,which implies some degree of levity in a situation. We should be using lie, fraud or criminal conspiracy.
“Biden’s sharp as a tack!”
BTTT
FBI investigating if bullet or shrapnel hit Trump
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