Author: Kaylee McGhee
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A deceptively edited video of Vice President Mike Pence is making the rounds, so it’s time for a fact check: No, the vice president did not deliver empty boxes of personal protective equipment to a Virginia healthcare center on Thursday.
Any claim to the contrary is fake news spread by people unwilling to do a little research. That includes Jimmy Kimmel, who, during his show on Thursday, played a 40-second video clip purportedly showing Pence, who had a hot mic on, grabbing a couple of boxes only to be told that they were empty. “Well, can I carry the empty ones? Just for the camera?” Pence replies.
And then the clip, which has garnered millions of views, ends there.
Mike Pence caught on hot mic delivering empty boxes of PPE for a PR stunt. pic.twitter.com/IduvGhiPwj
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) May 8, 2020"Mike Pence pretending to carry empty boxes of PPEs into a hospital is the perfect metaphor for who he is and what he's doing," Kimmel said while narrating the clip. "A big box of nothing, delivering another box of nothing." Full Article -Washington Examiner
Brief History of Fake News
Chronology of Manipulating Public Perception
In 1835 the NY Sun published a 6 part series detailing the discovery of life on the moon. In 1850 a number of newspapers in the United States reported on a plot hatched by Southerners to leave the Union and confederate with Mexico. In 1874, the New York World announced the discovery of man-eating trees.
“Such was the journalism of the 19th Century, it had an agenda to sell newspapers and produce a profit. As Journalism evolved the tactics became more sophisticated, although still 'designed to sucker gullible readers'. Read More
Trump Didn't Really Threaten to Deny Coronavirus Aid to States With Sanctuary Cities - Did he?
Leftist Rags abuzz with obfuscation and speculation over POTUS remarks
The media was abuzz following remarks from President Trump on Tuesday where, it is claimed, he threatened to withhold coronavirus aid to states with sanctuary cities. Trump has been harshly critical of sanctuary cities, and this appeared to be the latest attack on those municipalities that flout the rule of law.
Business Insider claimed in their headline that “Trump threatened to withhold coronavirus aid from states unless they change their sanctuary-city policies.” According to Vox, “Trump wants to use coronavirus aid as leverage to force blue states to change immigration policies.” Other outlets pounced on the story as well, but what did Trump actually say?
N.Y. Times takes a Swing and a Miss at Fox News
Another Foul Ball from NY Times
Not content to accuse Donald Trump of killing Americans with his incompetence during the coronavirus pandemic, Democrats and their allies in the media have turned their fire on the president’s supporters as well. Those with “blood on their hands,” to use the smear du jour, range from Republican governors reluctant to issue quarantine orders to Michigan autoworkers protesting being locked out their jobs. And, of course, Fox News.
The latest salvo came in the form of a New York Times column with a blaring headline: “A Beloved Bar Owner Was Skeptical About the Virus. Then He Took a Cruise.” Read More
