On Jan. 9, The Washington Post published a bombshell report about what President Trump reportedly said on a phone call to the Georgia elections investigator.
The recording revealed that The Post misquoted Trump's comments on the call, based on information provided by a source.
The Washington Post reported on the substance of Trump's Dec. 23 call in January, describing him saying that Watson should 'find the fraud' and that she would be a 'national hero,' based on an account from Jordan Fuchs, the deputy secretary of state, whom Watson briefed on his comments.
In sum: The Washington Post anonymously printed fabricated quotes they knew were from a second-hand source in the office of a political enemy, couldn't confirm the quotes with additional sourcing, still attributed them to the sitting president of the United States, used those quotes as a basis to speculate the president committed a crime, and the Democratic party would later repeatedly cite the bogus article when attempting to impeach Trump for "High crimes and misdemeanors."
The Post did this at the tail end of a Trump presidency defined by years of the media repeatedly being debased by sources who used credulously granted anonymity as a cloak to pass off dodgy information, enrich themselves, or, ironically enough, sow doubt about the results of the 2016 election.
A whole school of liberals and Never Trump adherents think media criticism is some kind of cop-out or distraction from the problems of Trump or the right more generally.
With Trump gone, we are still stuck with a media that regularly reports things that aren't true, let alone wholly fabricated as part of some political operation, and this misinformation plays a major role in shaping political and world events.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to discern fact from fiction, and unfortunately the media has a strong bias. They spin stories to make conservatives look bad and will go to great lengths to avoid reporting on the good that comes from conservative policies. There are a few shining lights in the media landscape-brave conservative outlets that report the truth and offer a different perspective. We must support conservative outlets like this one and ensure that our voices are heard.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Washington Post Accuses Trump Of A Crime Based On Fabricated Quotes
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