Posted on 12/11/2016 5:43:22 PM PST by dangus
"The Zapruder film:" frames of video footage of JFK's assassination were reversed, making it appear that Kennedy's head lurched the opposite direction, spawning a million conspiracy theories about multiple gun men, the grassy knoll, etc.
"The October Surprise:" Reagan supposedly sent Bush 41 to Iran to prevent the hostages from being released until he was elected president. Bush never went to Iran, and his whereabouts on the supposed dates were very public.
"Bush 43 snorted Coke"... according to a Texas inmate whose only known encounter with Bush was when Bush refused to pardon him.
"Laura Bush had an abortion."
"Proof Bush avoided the draft" was based on a letter publicized by Dan Rather on 60 minutes that was such an obvious forgery, TV viewers spotted fifteen proofs of forgery from their living room couches.
"Jet fuel doesn't burn hot enough to destroy the Twin Towers" It doesn't burn hot enough to melt steel, but it burns plenty hot enough to weaken it. Ever take metal shop, anyone?
"Mad Max Beyond Superdome" No, after Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana stadium was not filled of desperate people resorting to cannibalism.
"Blame for Katrina" The Bush administration had attempted to use federal funds to rebuild the dykes and levees in Louisiana, but was blocked by local Democrat politicians.
"Tar balls in the Gulf coast" were an entirely natural phenomenon. If they were affected at all by the oil spill disaster it was because there were fewer oil rigs to collect natural seepage, which leak far more oil every year than the oil spillage.
Most contentiously, "Project Veritas" misled America by editing footage to make it appear that Planned Parenthood sold baby parts, PP also arranged to keep child prostitution secret, NPR negotiated with reporters undercover as Islamicists, Clinton staffers coaching on how to commit vote fraud, ... except, oh, yeah... Project Veritas released the entire unedited footage with the footage that had been merely edited for time, just like every news story based on recorded footage since the dawn of man. This is contentious, because I suppose it's partly subjective whether the fact that a PP employee went in the back room to discuss a proposal to smuggle child prostitutes with her manager for several minutes amounts to exculpatory evidence; "obviously" it demonstrates some hesitance.
And some less important, but outrageous ones:
Dateline NBC demonstrated that GM minivans were prone to burn when struck in a collision, but didn't include "if you overfill them with gas, and you stick bottle rockets where the gas is flowing out of them."
A Food Lion was busted with old meat in the meat fridge... moments after it was put there by the network reporter who busted them.
The Washington Post accuses dozens of "right-wing" news sites and aggregators of spreading anonymous Russian-sourced fake news stories they found on the web and failed to verify ... based on some anonymous probably Ukrainian-sourced fake news stories they found on the web and failed to verify.
The “October Surprise” was so similar to the “Russian hacking” fake news that it’s been on my mind.
Cronkite’s “We loss the Tet offensive” fake news should be on here.
The photo was later proven to be a cement plan in Italy, and the radioactive steam was nothing more than cement dust.
The Koran flushing lie that had “real world consequences” that got people killed in riots and without a doubt caused more US service members to be killed or injured.
But hey, they apologized, so no harm, no foul, right?
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/05/17/newsweek-retracts-koran-desecration-story.html
“We believed our story was newsworthy because a U.S. official said government investigators turned up this evidence,” Whitaker wrote. “But we regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence and to the U.S. soldiers caught in its midst.”
Protesters took to the streets in several Afghan cities last week after Newsweek published its report. American flags were burned, relief organizations were attacked and at least 16 people were killed and scores injured in clashes with police.
Don’t forget Janet Cooke and Jason Blair and Tawana Brawley.
The Phony video that
sparked Benghazi,,,?
The Chevrolet trucks that explode if hit broadside.
That was when fake news was elevated to a tool for committing treason
John Kerry was lied about by Swift Boat operators. Called “Swift Boating”.
Obama actually won a Nobel Peace Prize for an actual reason.
It’s The Fake news that should be
Screamed from House tops!
John McCain is a war hero because he was a POW.
...Can you think of some historic or egregious examples I missed....
Hands up, don’t shoot. What a crock.
The democrats care about black people and other minorities.
Hillary Clinton can’t recall anything when questioned by any investigations.
“Bush lied, people died”
The Gulf of Tonkin incident that enabled LBJ to escalate the Vietnam war into its fiercest carnage.
A video caused Benghazi. If you like your plan you can keep your plan.
There are so many more...
5.56mm
Bill Clinton never had sex with that woman.
But ask any liberal, and they will tell you it was Nixon who started the Vietnam War.
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