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A Brief History of Fake News on Mainstream News.
2016-12-11 | Dangus Vanity

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.


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To: dangus

Reversed Frames in the Zapruder Film?

Never heard That BS story..
Can I hijack your Thread?


21 posted on 12/11/2016 6:16:42 PM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: dangus

Anything about Global Warming.


22 posted on 12/11/2016 6:17:25 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dangus

Al Gore overtime he opened his mouth.


23 posted on 12/11/2016 6:19:19 PM PST by Randy Larsen (I Support Trump/Pence in 2016!)
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To: Randy Larsen

overtime=everytime.


24 posted on 12/11/2016 6:20:35 PM PST by Randy Larsen (I Support Trump/Pence in 2016!)
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To: Randy Larsen

True, John Kerry was lying about his 92 days in Vietnam, and the Swift Boat operators WERE telling the truth about Kerry’s exaggerations, lies and hyped claims.


25 posted on 12/11/2016 6:23:46 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: M Kehoe

Hands up don’t shoot.

Trayvon Martin was murdered.

I could go on and on...

5.56mm


26 posted on 12/11/2016 6:24:51 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: dangus

27 posted on 12/11/2016 6:25:55 PM PST by TigersEye (Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
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To: M Kehoe

Let me add some names: Walter Durante, Cronkite, Jason Blair, Dan Rather, Brian Williams, I could go on and on ...Delores K. Goodwin...and on and on...

5.56mm


28 posted on 12/11/2016 6:28:30 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: dangus

Tet Offensive, a con job by Cronkite.


29 posted on 12/11/2016 6:53:12 PM PST by rfp1234 (DinosorosExtinction)
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To: dangus
And don't forget one of the most famous examples, CBS news did a special called "Hunger in America." In that so-called documentary, they had a movie shot of a baby dying. CBS said the baby was dying of hunger when the baby was actually dying of prematurity.

CBS "news" lied about it for decades.

30 posted on 12/11/2016 6:53:31 PM PST by Stepan12 (go)
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To: dangus

The disgraced miss universe turned porn star turned drug lord concubine who claimed that DJT said something mean about her.

Another is anytime gloria allred slithers our from under her rock with some “victim”.


31 posted on 12/11/2016 7:21:28 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: dangus

Let’s not forget about the moon landing back in the late 60s


32 posted on 12/11/2016 7:49:26 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: dangus

“Donald Trump’s chances of winning are approaching zero”


33 posted on 12/11/2016 8:12:37 PM PST by concentric circles
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To: dangus

Can you please provide SOURCES/links?


34 posted on 12/11/2016 8:14:13 PM PST by 198ml ("Profit")
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To: Randy Larsen
Obama actually won a Nobel Peace Prize for an actual reason.

He won it for not being George Bush.

35 posted on 12/11/2016 8:19:17 PM PST by IndispensableDestiny
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To: Sasparilla

Hands up, don’t shoot http://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncarroll/2015/03/05/department-of-justice-hands-up-dont-shoot-never-happened-n1966174


36 posted on 12/11/2016 8:26:23 PM PST by 198ml ("Profit")
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To: dangus

Donald Trump will NOT be the next president of the United States


37 posted on 12/11/2016 8:29:46 PM PST by fellowpatriot
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To: dangus

Sen. Joseph McCarthy was wrong.

The Verona Papers never happened. Gorbachev never released the KGB files that showed McCarthy was right.

Dean Acheson, Drew Pearson and Harry Truman were honorable people.


38 posted on 12/11/2016 9:04:41 PM PST by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
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To: dangus

Zapruder film should be removed from the list, for many reasons.


39 posted on 12/11/2016 9:23:31 PM PST by BereanBrain
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To: dangus

The NBC edited George Zimmerman call.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/381387/sorry-nbc-you-owe-george-zimmerman-millions-j-delgado


40 posted on 12/12/2016 3:44:41 AM PST by rwa265
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