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Prose & Contradiction – THE NEW YORK TIMES
We are not sure how you claim no proof exists, after providing it.
If there was ever an example of how the narratives take priority over journalism, The New York Times delivers one that typifies the practice. The default opposition to anything Trump does or says leads it into rake-stepping, face-planting results by not pausing to consider all facets. Nor does it consider if it covered a topic previously.
The Times came out with a “report” that echoes the current narrative in the press regarding DOGE, that being it has not provided evidence of the waste or fraud it contends is in place. Small problem. No wait, sorry – LARGE problem: This same outlet just reported how there have been hundreds of billions of dollars paid out in wasteful fashion. But today, contradicting Trump is far more important than, you know, being accurate. Or consistent.
Seriously, why do you guys keep doing this? Everyone can see you’re lying. It’s pathological. https://t.co/AMlMvXRGJj
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) February 12, 2025
Low-Octane Gaslighting – THE NEW YORK TIMES
When you fail to investigate, you will not find any proof. Conveniently.
Things are just not going well at The Times. Next, it is contending that recently confirmed Tulsi Gabbard has no proof in her claim that the infamous letter from 51 intelligence officials calling the Hunter Biden laptop a Russian op was crafted specifically to help Joe Biden’s election chances. Seriously, why would they even attempt to recast this story?!
Once again, The Paper of Record gets unraveled by the very evidence it claims does not exist. Miranda Devine was there to helpfully guide The Times through the emails that have long been known about, showing the signers of the letter were petitioned specifically to help give a plausibly deniable defense for the Biden campaign.
Hey @nyt Here’s some evidence: Mike Morell, former acting CIA director to John Brennan, Obama CIA director, asking him to sign the Dirty 51 letter falsely claiming Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation “to give the [Biden] campaign… a talking point to push back on… https://t.co/e7dytCnqZ3 pic.twitter.com/BAWwwxqAl0
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) February 12, 2025
Artesanally-Crafted Narratives – THE TELEGRAPH
Seems a conveniently rapid, morbid result.
It was only a matter of time — hours, really — before the press would track down cases of people dying as a result of the Trump mandated spending freeze on foreign programs. We are surprised it took this long, to be honest.
Supposedly, an elderly woman in Myanmar has died as a result of her oxygen being cut off as a direct cause of Trump’s mandate.
And yet, the very NGO that was supposedly supplying the oxygen has millions of dollars in its coffers, but Trump has somehow caused this death to occur, directly.
5 minutes of research and I found out the NGO that couldn’t afford oxygen without USAID has a $98 million stock portfolio and a CEO making $1.2 million a year.
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) February 13, 2025
I wear a hard hat to work, @sneweyy https://t.co/LvU6N4Ecda
Stealth Story Evolution – CHANNEL 9 NEWS, DENVER
When fake news is blamed on misspellings.
This local station told the sympathetic tale of an area resident who was picked up by immigration officials to be deported. Getting ready for his job, ICE agents asked for help locating someone, then checked the man’s credentials and found he too was an illegal resident.
The station initially reported this man had no criminal record, but then after being alerted by ICE that he had multiple DUI convictions, the story and headline was altered, and even the online history had been scrubbed.
Denver News Outlet Quickly Corrects Sensationalistic Report on Detained Man After ICE Puts Them on Blasthttps://t.co/a5GEky4wcT
— RedState (@RedState) February 13, 2025
News Avoidance Syndrome – VARIOUS OUTLETS
The number of reports on this development is a fraction of the outrage.
Recall, when Trump made mention that he was interested in going into Gaza and developing that area while relocating residents, the press was in full throated wailing about that being ethnic cleansing. Today, we hear far less follow up reports.
It appears this was another instance of Trump working on a longrange piece of negotiation, as the idea of the U.S. coming into the area angered many in the region. Now, Egypt has stepped in and declared that it will be the ones to undertake the work in that area. The quiet manner that this is being detailed in the media speaks volumes…even as they are not speaking about it.
Well well well. Cable news today should just be a line of people apologizing to Trump. From today’s @wsj: pic.twitter.com/gRIn6unpwf
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) February 13, 2025
