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Low-Octane Gaslighting – VARIOUS OUTLETS
When journalists manage to dispel the claims of journalists.
As the American media ecosystem continues to discredit itself on a massive scale with claims that accurate videos of Joe Biden are “cheap fakes,” (Brian Stelter even said Biden’s problem is real, but clips displaying the problem are fake), over in Europe, there exists a disqualifying problem: The journalists there are reporting on Biden’s mental slide.
After the G7 Summit appearance, it turns out the press on the continent managed to notice the things our own journalists are denying.
SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA – Joe Biden's 'unusual behavior' at the G7 leaves leaders 'alarmed' and 'bemused'
INDIA TODAY – Biden 'wanders off' at G7 Summit, pulled back by Italian PM Meloni. US President Joe Biden appeared to wander off in the midst of a photo moments with world leaders at the G7 summit in Italy, prompting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to guide him back into frame.
ABC INTERNACIONAL – Concern about Biden's cognitive status after Meloni had to assist him in the G7. The images show the Italian Prime Minister taking the US President by the arm so that he does not move away from the group of leaders. Biden's mental acuity, again questioned. Five lapses in two weeks: Biden's mistakes increase and his health is questioned again.
INFORMALIA – Joe Biden stokes debate about his age and cognitive state after getting disoriented at G7: viral moment. the American Democrat starred in a surreal moment. While his companions took their place, he stared at the sky and in a completely opposite direction from the rest. From his look, he also looked a little disoriented. Meloni noticed this and went to him to warn him of the photo.
HINDUSTAN TIMES – Confused Joe Biden seen being led off stage by Barack Obama at LA event – Former president Barack Obama was seen guiding Joe Biden off the stage at a Los Angeles fundraiser after the president appeared to freeze up.
DNC PR Firm – THE HILL
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Does it not occur that if the Dems are not crowing about great news, there might be a reason?
At The Hill, Jim Kessler and Kylie Murdock team up on an editorial to speculate about why – in the face of such glowing crime statistics – the Democrats and Joe Biden are not bragging loudly about their accomplishment.
Crime is way down — why aren’t Democrats talking about it? https://t.co/zL0EEn0VZ5
— Jim Kessler (@ThirdWayKessler) June 18, 2024
Note that this lack of braggadocio does not spark curiosity from the pundits. They are not struck by a lack of crime initiatives from Biden, nor does the years of Democrats pushing to defund police hit them as a contradiction. Then there are the cities that have been beefing up their police forces. Why, for one example, does Governor Kathy Hochul want to bring in the National Guard if there is a sharp drop in crime?
For one simple, explorable and discoverable reason: Crime is not down. As we have covered, what is happening is a new FBI data system is not being used properly by some major cities, so they are simply not submitting their crime stats.
Here is an explanation on how the press relies on fraudulent data to say "crime rates are plunging".
— Brad Slager - Scrubbing Down In a Bloodbath (@MartiniShark) April 3, 2024
There is a significant lack of reporting from major cities to the FBI, and other categories like immigrant status and fentanyl origins are often ignored.https://t.co/7Cak4FbswP
Presentation Paradox – CNN
Oh, Ollie, when will you ever come into possession of a mirror...?
Delusion is such a strong chemical in the minds of some. CNN brought in its resident media maven Oliver Darcy to discuss Elon Musk and his new bid to bring in major advertisers to Xitter. Darcy had two primary complaints about this effort that should repel any potential businesses. He says that Musk is prone to attacking enemies, and he has been trafficking in conspiracies.
Oliver Darcy said that...on CNN. The guy with a borderline obsession with attacking Fox News criticized conspiracy theories – on the network that pushed the Russian collusion hoax for years, said the Hunter Biden laptop was a story from Putin, that Ivermectin is a horse paste dewormer, and spent months saying that a Malaysian airliner was sucked up into a black hole.
Uh…yeah…
CNN’s @oliverdarcy: “[@elonmusk] is pitching [X] as a platform that is brand safe. But of course … he promotes conspiracy theories. He uses his platform … to launch ugly attacks on his critics. He smears the news media, on and on it goes.” pic.twitter.com/viOqZO4GfH
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 20, 2024
Anti-Social Media – THE BULWARK
We still await the new wave of thought leaders to be promoted from the right.
Every so often, we like to peer across the transom and check in on the galaxy brains at The Bulwark to see if they have ever gotten around to – you know – making their proclaimed stand to return the GOP to its conservative roots.
It is safe to say that is a big "nope."
The announcement was made that Sam Stein has departed Politico and will be joining on at the bad ship Bulwark. He calls it one of the most “dynamic” outlets, but we are sure he is unaware of the definition of the word. The site has for years been a hive of unhealthy Trump anger, and looking over the front page today, it is almost entirely filled with entries about Donald Trump.
One such entry from Jill Lawrence sums this up perfectly. The supposed conservative site that pledged to “conserve conservatism” sees Jill complaining about the conservatives on the Supreme Court, and how they will hopefully bring down Trump’s bid for reelection.
Painful but true from me @BulwarkOnline:
— Jill Lawrence (@JillDLawrence) June 19, 2024
The 6 conservative justices could be Biden’s ticket to a 2nd term. They're a scandal-and-controversy machine, constantly renewing old furors and creating new ones. Ds couldn't ask for better material, or more of it. https://t.co/b4iq7ooDoB
Pathological Media Amnesia – NEW YORK POST HOLLYWOOD
How does she not realize this?! No, seriously – how does she not know?!
Just in case anyone is unaware of “The Streisand Effect,” a quick primer:
It describes what happens when someone notable attempts to smother a story and instead their effort draws far more attention than would have been realized if they had said nothing. It is named for Barbara Streisand, who once complained about an obscure California coastal survey that had taken photos of her beachside residence and she bitterly carped about this exposing her privacy. This led to swarms of people sharing the images of her palatial estate across the internet.
Welllllll…Babs seems to be at it again, oblivious about her namesake practice. The rabid Democrat celebrity was rather upset to learn that the New York Post dared to have a critical editorial concerning her beloved President Biden, and all of the videos exposing his slide into mental breakdown. She posted a brief message that no one should promote the piece. You know what this led to, right?
Her post earned thousands of responses, with Xitter users sharing the editorial and reposting the videos.
The NY Post is printing lies about President Biden. No other media outlets should amplify its disinformation.
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) June 17, 2024
