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My Top 10 media lies: Goodwin
NY Post ^ | 6-12-21 | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 06/13/2021 5:40:04 PM PDT by DeweyCA

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The latest lie to die is the false claim the feds cleared Lafayette Park of protesters last year so then-President Donald Trump could hold a photo op.

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Take growing acceptance of the idea the COVID-19 pandemic started with a leak from a virology lab in Wuhan, China.

...your own list of Top Ten Media Lies. On mine, the recent cases involving Lafayette Park and the lab-leak theory are Nos. 8 and 9.

No. 1 is the oldest and biggest: Trump colluded with Russia to win in 2016 and might be a Russian agent.

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Remember Lie No. 2, the “Muslim ban” that wasn’t? Or No. 3, the mantra that the 2017 tax cuts were only for the “rich” despite studies showing 80 percent of the population benefited?

How about the “kids in cages” firestorm, complete with gripping photographs of migrant children in metal containers?

That was Lie No. 4 and the hottest story going, with Democrats such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rushing to the border with photogenic outrage.

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Lie No. 5 was the Ukraine impeachment of Trump, a creative fiction based on a complaint from an anonymous member of the swamp who never testified.

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Take Hunter Biden’s laptop, which is No. 6 on my Top Ten, although it rivals Russia, Russia, Russia in importance.

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All this was public information because of The Post, Fox News and a few others, yet most media cast doubts on the revelations.

That cone of silence goes well beyond bias. That is Lie No. 7.

Finally, the 10th lie remains active, so the truth has not fully emerged.

The subject is ballot integrity, which the left demonizes as improper voter suppression.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakenews; lies; mediabias; press
The author goes on to say that the media's misinformation is not just the result of unknowing leftist bias. It is a matter of deliberate lies.
1 posted on 06/13/2021 5:40:04 PM PDT by DeweyCA
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To: DeweyCA

It’s hard to limit it to ten.


2 posted on 06/13/2021 5:46:06 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: DeweyCA

There is also the lie that ‘Joe Biden isn’t senile’.


3 posted on 06/13/2021 5:52:32 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: DeweyCA

The Spanish media was saying that Trump was advising people to drink bleach as a remedy for the virus.


4 posted on 06/13/2021 6:05:23 PM PDT by oldbrowser ( )
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https://nypost.com/2021/01/06/trump-is-responsible-for-this-day-of-infamy-in-america-goodwin/


5 posted on 06/13/2021 6:28:41 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: DeweyCA; Larry Lucido; SaveFerris; Gamecock; Rebelbase
This is an easy one.


6 posted on 06/13/2021 6:42:49 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: TakebackGOP

I just lost a whole bunch of respect fpr Goodwin.


7 posted on 06/13/2021 6:52:00 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: DeweyCA
The author goes on to say that the media's misinformation is not just the result of unknowing leftist bias. It is a matter of deliberate lies.


Every single story the mainstream media reports if analyzed to see how to report it to best advance their cause. If it cannot be twisted or spun to advance their cause, they simply won't report it.
8 posted on 06/13/2021 7:23:14 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Joe Biden is PRINO (President in Name Only).)
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To: Rummyfan

No doubt. BLM. CRT. Lockdowns. Masks. Climate change cause.


9 posted on 06/13/2021 7:29:13 PM PDT by consult
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Every single story the mainstream media reports if analyzed to see how to report it to best advance their cause. If it cannot be twisted or spun to advance their cause, they simply won't report it.

I have no doubt that all of these Media entities are in touch with each other all day and night, creating The Chosen Narrative.

JournoList didn't go away - it got "fortified"...

10 posted on 06/13/2021 7:40:27 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: DeweyCA

Lie #1 Biden won.


11 posted on 06/13/2021 8:02:15 PM PDT by Nateman (If the Left Is not screaming , you are doing it wrong..)
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To: DeweyCA

I can easily think of a few more lies.....

Hydroxychloroquine is dangerous to use against Covid-19.
Trump did not take the virus seriously - yet he was criticized when he halted air flights from China and called a bigot.
Anarchists burning Minneapolis and setting fire to a police station was only peaceful protesting.

There are really too many to record here. Nearly every day/week a new media lie occurred.

I am tired of it all. I hope I am still around in 2021
to vote against whichever candidate the Democrats push upon an uneducated electorate.


12 posted on 06/14/2021 12:24:15 AM PDT by Gumdrop
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To: sauropod

Why? Goodwin wrote about the media lies. It is a good column.


13 posted on 06/14/2021 12:26:23 AM PDT by Gumdrop
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