Good Tuesday morning.
Two minutes of hate:
The beltway tabloid known as the Washington Post has issued a correction regarding a “news report” the outlet ran two months ago. The correction refers to a story that claimed President Trump pressured Georgia officials to “find the fraud” in the 2020 election and told Frances Watson, the chief investigator of the Georgia secretary of state, she would be a “national hero” when she found the fraud that helped Trump win reelection. You can read the correction here:
real bad. this quote was and still is everywhere. pic.twitter.com/jZwQ9rPwRp
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) March 15, 2021
Is this really a correction? A correction is the response to an action that is unintentional, a “mistake” or “error.” For example, if you added a cup of salt to a recipe instead of a cup of sugar, you’d characterize that as a mistake. You didn’t intend to add the salt, perhaps you misread your recipe or confused your containers of granulated white stuff.
There’s a name for an action that was intentionally false and that name is LIE. The Washington Post ran a salacious story without any evidence other than the word of their source and didn’t require any evidence because they wanted it to be true. Their damaging and scandalous “reporting” was included in the Trump Impeachment Theater 2.0.
Why did the Post issue a correction? Why not let the myth live on? Because a digital copy of the conversation was found in the trash on the Georgia state investigator’s office computer and the Post and its accomplices would be exposed as the liars they are. Why was it deleted in the first place and why wasn’t it turned over to the Washington Post as evidence to support the provocative allegations? We know that answer now: because the recording didn’t say what the “source” alleged. The Post, being propaganda-promoting hacks didn’t require any evidence to run their fable and deceive the public. But the burden is on the Post to verify the tips they get. Political media activists are paid good money to pitch stories to the press, it’s the press’s job to make sure they aren’t being used in a political feud to promote falsehoods.
Another important observation about this shameful event: the investigator could have come out at any time to say that source was wrong and Trump did not say the things the Post published. But she didn’t and instead the important audio conversation found its way into in the trash. If the conversation was important enough to record, why did it go missing only to be poorly deleted? How corrupt. Who can believe these people actually investigated election fraud in their state?
The damage has been done. This is yet another instance of the media working as a propaganda outlet to accomplish the mission of damaging the institutional state’s political enemies. There is a pattern here and if the Washington Post were acting in good faith, they would have tightened up their protocols to avoid being duped as they had so many times with the RUSSIA-collusion hoax. But they aren’t working in good faith and nothing printed in their tabloid should ever be taken at face value.
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Texas members of Congress demand lawsuit against Biden for border ‘crisis’
Dallas convention center to be used to shelter migrant teenage boys
Arizona mayor outraged as feds plan to drop off illegal immigrants in his community
Biden Justice Department wields controversial Trump-era legal tools
Senate Confirms Joe Biden Nominee Deb Haaland to Lead Department of Interior
Civil unrest/culture:
Senator Ron Johnson: I Won’t Be Silenced by the Left
Man accused of assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick calls himself ‘Sandwich Nazi’
Newsom says he’ll name Black woman to Senate if Feinstein retires
Capitol riot suspect ordered detained after a hearing featuring daughter’s testimony
Family torn apart as they speak to investigators about father’s participation in Capitol riot
Black Lives Matter Page Owner Allegedly Used $450,000 In Donations For Personal Use, FBI Says
Ya’ think? Derek Chauvin lawyer says $27M Floyd family settlement tainted murder trial jury pool
Rochester teens charged with setting man on fire inside his own home
US Capitol Police officer suspended for having anti-Semitic document
London protesters arrested at demonstration over policing powers and vigil of Sarah Everard
Woke Grammy Awards Sees Ratings Plummet 50 Percent in Early Numbers Report
Coronavirus news:
Biden, Fauci appear at odds over calling on Trump to urge supporters get vaccinated
Ammon Bundy won’t wear mask in courthouse so judge has him arrested for failure to appear
Spain, Germany, France and Italy pause AstraZeneca vaccine rollout
NJ Gov. Murphy office warned ‘patients will die’ before ordering COVID patients into nursing homes: report
All living ex-U.S. presidents, except Trump, appear in ad touting COVID-19 vaccine
California schools discuss using COVID money for teacher bonuses, union encouraged trip to Hawaii: memos show
‘The Left Is Happy To Use The Race Card’: Sen. Ron Johnson Pushes Back On Claims His Capitol Riot Comments Were ‘Racist’
Pennsylvania Governor To Lift Restrictions, Capacity Limits For Restaurants And Businesses
Other morsels:
NOPE. Gore: Every American citizen should be automatically registered to vote
Brother of star witness in Trump’s first impeachment set to be promoted by the Army
Facebook exec recorded saying company ‘too powerful,’ should be broken up and Zuckerberg removed as CEO
Group backing ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author for Senate gets $10M from investor Peter Thiel
A Pro-Trump scam PAC returns with a vengeance
Poll: 58% Of Californians Think Newsom Does Not Deserve To Be Reelected, Voters Divided Over Recall
Excellent. Nebraska governor declares pro-meat day to counter Colorado
Alaska GOP censures, vows primary challenge to Murkowski
Progressive groups announce $30M voting rights effort
Marine unit apologizes for tweets on Tucker Carlson remarks
Court Sanctions Star Democrat Election Lawyer for ‘Misleading’ Filings
Report: Cornell Professors Revolt Against Joint Program With Chinese University
Cuomo boasted about ‘the large size of his hands,’ accuser tells investigators
Cops search home in 1996 case of missing college coed Kristin Smart
And that’s all I’ve got, now go beat back the angry mob!