Posted on 11/17/2022 7:41:00 AM PST by SJackson
On November 4, NBC’s “Today Show” had a blockbuster report on the strange attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. In the report, National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer cited an anonymous source close to the ongoing criminal investigation into the home invasion and assault that claimed Pelosi didn’t immediately ask for help or seek protection from police when he greeted them at his door the fateful night of the attack.
“After a ‘knock and announce,’ the front door was opened by Mr. Pelosi. The 82-year-old did not immediately declare an emergency or try to leave his home. Instead, he began walking several feet back into the foyer toward the assailant and away from police,” Almaguer reported. “It’s unclear if the 82-year-old was already injured or what his mental state was, say sources.”
Later that afternoon, the report, the video, and the accompanying article were scrubbed from NBC News’s website and their social media platforms and replaced with the following notice:
“Editor’s note: This piece has been removed from publication because it did not meet NBC News reporting standards.”
Luckily, I conducted a live stream discussion on the bizarre story and its removal that afternoon, so you can see the entire report right here: (While you’re there, subscribe to my channel so you can catch every episode of “O’Connor Tonight” on Salem News Channel).
This was obviously a very significant story because it called into question the bizarre nature of this incident. Why would Pelosi walk several feet back toward his would-be assailant rather than seek protection immediately from the police whom he had summoned?
None of it made any sense.
NBC News has now suspended Almaguer as they continue to investigate the matter.
When asked to comment on the situation, a spokesman said, “We don’t comment on personnel matters,” but I’m afraid that’s not really good enough.
You see, this is not just a personnel matter; this is a journalistic matter. And if NBC News wants to be taken seriously, they owe the American public answers to a couple of key questions. And these answers should not take long to figure out.
In fact, they already know the answers.
The first one is easy and obvious. What exactly was wrong, inaccurate, or factually incorrect about the original piece? You see, they haven’t actually said the original story was wrong, per se. They just said it “didn’t meet their standards.”
Fascinating.
If the story is inaccurate, don’t they owe it to the readers to clear up what, specifically, was inaccurate about it? And report the truth instead of the damnable lies the original report contained?
The second question is, frankly, even more important. NBC News should reveal who their anonymous source was that burned them on this story.
If you take NBC at their word, this story was wrong and should never have been reported to the public. Their journalist is now on suspension. This is a man who has served them for many years as one of their top reporters. If he’s now suspended for getting a story wrong, it can only mean that his unnamed source lied to him or got their facts wrong. Either way, the source no longer deserves the protection of anonymity.
This needs to become the norm for journalism.
After years and years of anonymously sourced blockbusters about Donald Trump and other Republicans in Washington that all ended up fizzling out or disappearing completely because they were complete and total fabrications, it’s time to set a new standard for these secret sources.
Reporters need to be less eager to run with whispered-in-the-shadows gossip presented as seriously investigated news. If a source is not willing to go on camera or on the record with their story, then they need to run the risk of exposure if their story doesn’t pan out.
It’s really that simple.
As long as there are no repercussions for telling an anonymous lie to the media, then we will continue to be fed lies.
NBC News could start a very healthy and productive trend here, and they’d build back some trust with their viewers while they’re at it. Reveal the source that lied to their ace reporter. It’s really that simple.
Unless… unless the story is factually accurate, and they merely pulled it because it endangered their political standing with Pelosi and the Democrats because it called into question the veracity of the party line.
The Daily Beast article that first reported the suspension of Mr. Almaguer hints that this may, in fact, be the case.
Right-wing media figures immediately took the report and its retraction as proof of a politically motivated cover-up—after a week of grasping at various conspiracy theories to dismiss the assault, which left Pelosi with a cracked skull.
“Conservatives pounce on the truth!”
If the story is accurate, it shouldn’t matter that “Right-wing media figures” are using it to their political advantage. The truth is the truth, whether it helps conservatives or hurts them. But, until NBC News reveals what, exactly, they got wrong in this report and who the anonymous source was that burned them, we are left with their tepid statement that this report did not “meet NBC News reporting standards.”
That’s right. Absent more information from the suits at 30 Rock, we are left with the conclusion that the truth doesn’t “meet NBC News reporting standards” which is… hilarious.
Even if they admitted they lied do you honestly believe it will make a difference? Heck, Fetterman flat out lied about fracking and his base was happy that he “did what he did to get elected”.
Our country has turned the corner-—whatever gets you to the “ends” is justified any any means!
The truth accidentally leaked out of DNBC and now they are in coverup mode. Mr Pelosi is gay is the coverup.
I still stand by the gay hookup gone bad version. That’s the only way that makes sense. Releasing the video could clear it up but that will likely clash with the “official” story.
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One question I’d like answered is, how and where did Pelosi meet the scumbag nudist hippie and how did the scumbag make it to Pelosi’s house..
Nailed it. Precisely why America's in the toilet.
And to be honest...I'm not sure it matters. I mean, let's say this was some weird gay thing involving Pelosi's husband. So what at this point? The election is over, and I'm not sure that's the kind of thing voters would want to have us talking about anyway.
Pelosi’s own Hammergate.
A local channel in San Fransisco the other day reported the same thing in the NBC report and even asked the DA about it
(Why pelosi didn’t run outside when he answered the door instead of walking towards his attacker )
The DA didn’t deny it only saying “ everyone acts different in that situation”
So what part of the NBC report was so false?
The truth...Paul Pelosi is a dick smoker.
The truth...Paul Pelosi is a dick smoker.
the truth doesn’t “meet NBC News reporting standards” which is… hilarious.
the moneyshot
hilarious if this was inconsequential
but this is propaganda to prop up tyranny
so evil
the LEFTIST media prop up the whole LEFTIST tyrannical facade
kneecap them
cut the cable tv
stop paying them to lie to you
oh you dont watch the LEFTIST channels
they still get paid when you write a check
cable subscriber fees
half of CNN’s revenue is cable subscriber fees
cut the cable tv and tell the cable company you will be back when they offer a la carte service
dont let them force you to fund your own demise
“As long as there are no repercussions for telling an anonymous lie to the media, then we will continue to be fed lies.”
The media doesn’t want there to be repercussions because the media wants to be fed the lies.
‘The DA didn’t deny it only saying “ everyone acts different in that situation”’
Sure, most people run towards the police, while gay sex perverts who want to protect their abusive lovers run away from the police.
He fell for the old, “I’m going to hammer you like you’ve never been hammered before,” line.
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