Posted on 08/20/2021 9:29:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
There was a time not too long ago when I considered POLITICO to be one of the few left-leaning mainstream news outlets that played straight with the facts. But repeated offenses to journalistic standards in recent months has made me put them in the same classification as CNN, Salon, and the Huffington Post. They are fake news.
A “bombshell” report posted yesterday claimed California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder “waved a gun” at ex-fiancee Alexandra Datig “while high on marijuana.” The inflammatory characterization of the alleged event remains in the first paragraph of the story several hours after Datig informed them for the second time that he never waved nor pointed the gun at her.
The reality of her tale, which Elder denies, is that she claims he checked to see if his firearm was loaded before replacing it in a drawer. He did not wave it. He did not point it at her. He did not threaten her in any way, neither with the firearm nor verbally.
But reality doesn’t hurt his chances of defeating Democrat Gavin Newsom next month during the California recall election. So, POLITICO sensationalized it for effect. Unfortunately, the vast majority of reports on other mainstream media outlets repeated POLITICO’s lies. The only one we found that treated it honestly was the Los Angeles Times, which reported:
In her interview with The Times last week, Datig also said that Elder did not “wave” the gun, as later reported by Politico. After that account went online Thursday, Datig reiterated that point.
Datig, who is reportedly supporting and possibly working with former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s campaign, has very high political ambitions in the state. Having an ex-fiancee as the Governor of California would hamper her prospects.
Leftist mainstream media knows Larry Elder is a candidate who can drive more California voters to recall Gavin Newsom. He is their top target in the state. They’ll do anything, including lie, to keep their chosen one in office.
Keep digging.
I was afraid they’d smear Elder. Lots of men have things in their past that can be twisted into something sinister.
The Left is very afraid, which is why they’ve rigged the election with ballot envelops with holes positioned to reveal “Yes” votes for the recall.
Yes my ballot return envelope has the mysterious hole. I’m voting for Kevin Kiley.
Such malice should not go without just consequences
last article said he “showed” her a gun, now it’s waving...
what’s next, he shot her?
RE: what’s next, he shot her?
Yeah, that’ll do it.... HA HA
The good news is that this means they are really scared of Larry.
She also denied it.
The author of this article thought, until a few months ago, that Politico was a fair reporter. Delusional. Just think of politico and Washington post as about the same.
They’ll do anything, including lie, to keep their chosen one in office.
Nah....they wouldn’t stoop that low would they?
Dupe thread.
On the main thread, much was said about how no one cares about this incident.
While conveniently overlooking the fact Elder was engaged to a whore.
That was not his gun it’s just what he calls it.
another fine example of ‘journolism’ aka character assassination without substantiation.
She sounds a bit looney to me.
Interesting... Larry is ahead of the game so an ex lover from years ago suddenly appears. Me thinks Newsom is getting desperate.
“That was not his gun it’s just what he calls it.”
This is my rifle
This is my gun
This is for killing
......................you know the rest.
I would not be surprised if that uber rino puke Kevin Faulconer is behind this.
So what? No harm no foul. It was a what you call a visual aide or a way to get the point across.
Get the sensational lie out there quickly. Let the truth dribble out. - Modern journalism 101.
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