After months and months of false news reports posted here by conservatives, some are now complaining about so-called false news reports from liberal sources.
That's why I'm particularly entertained by the news clip of Trump unquestioningly mocking a disabled news reporter, which is vehemently denied by Trump and his henchmen, despite the clip existing and being accessible by anyone with Google. And, as far as which side produces the most false news items, anyone can check on any of the fact checking sources and they'll find that Trump himself produced more than his share of false statements. Indeed, Factcheck.org said this: "A year ago, we broke with past practice and named Donald Trump our first ever “King of Whoppers.” This year, the reigning champ defended his title well – once again dominating our annual review of political whoppers." [http://www.factcheck.org/2016/12/the-whoppers-of-2016/]
As examples, see the following:
" Trump claimed that U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens “was left helpless to die as [then Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton soundly slept in her bed” during the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi. That’s false, and Trump later admitted he had no evidence for it.
Trump claimed that Clinton was “raising everybody’s taxes massively,” a regular talking point at his rallies. Not so. Almost all of the tax increases under her plan would fall on the top 10 percent of taxpayers, according to analyses by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center and the pro-business Tax Foundation. The hardest hit would be the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers, the TPC said.
Trump claimed in 2015 that he opposed the Iraq War before it started and had “25 different stories” to prove it. He didn’t provide any evidence. In 2016, Trump provided two sources: a pre-war TV interview with Neil Cavuto, which didn’t support his claim, and unrecorded, off-the-air conversations with Trump supporter Sean Hannity.
Trump’s charge about Cruz’s father was based on the National Enquirer story “Ted Cruz Father Linked to JFK Assassination!” The article was based on a photo of a man who looked like Rafael Cruz, but no facial recognition technology was used to confirm it was Cruz. Even the paper’s primary source described Trump’s statement as “stupid.”
At a meeting with the National Border Patrol Council, Trump claimed that the Obama administration is “letting people pour into the country so they can go and vote.” But only citizens can vote, and immigrants must reside in the U.S. legally for several years before they can even apply for citizenship.
Trump said the terrorist group ISIS “is making millions and millions of dollars a week selling Libya oil,” and that Iran is “taking over the oil” in Iraq. Experts told us at the time that there was no evidence for either claim.
Trump said that Trump University “had an ‘A’ rating from the Better Business Bureau,” and “many” of the instructors were “handpicked” by him. No instructors were handpicked by Trump, and his university had a “D-” rating when it stopped taking new students in 2010.
Trump repeatedly had said that “many people” saw — but failed to report — “bombs all over the floor” in the apartment of the San Bernardino couple who killed 14 people last year. A neighbor and a worker reportedly noticed what they described as unusual activity outside the apartment, but not any bombs in the home.
Trump said “many people” thought that Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in Orlando in June, “was a whack job,” but they didn’t report him. In fact, Mateen’s co-workers in 2013 reported that he boasted of terrorist ties, and the FBI interviewed him. Also, a friend who attended the same mosque as Mateen reported him to the FBI in 2014.
After the Orlando shooting, Trump implied that Obama supported terrorists, and tweeted out a link to a Breitbart story to declare that he was “right.” The story was based on a misreading of a 2012 intelligence memo, experts said. One described Trump’s claim as “an old conspiracy theory … that has no place in our public discourse.”
Trump finally acknowledged that Obama was “born in the United States, period.” But he followed that up with two falsehoods: “Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it.” There’s no evidence the so-called birther movement originated with Clinton or her campaign. And the issue was “finished” long before Trump revived it in 2011.
During the campaign, Trump stated that “voter fraud is very, very common.” After it, he said he “won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” Trump provided no credible evidence for either claim. One professor cited by Trump as a source said Trump’s claim about the popular vote was “not at all” possible.
Trump and his campaign manager declared that he had won in an electoral “landslide.” Although still unofficial, Trump’s share of electoral votes would rank him 46th out of 58 presidential campaign winners, dating to George Washington." [ibid]
I find it breathtaking that for several years now, the vast majority of false news items came from right wing sources, some of which made their news items up completely and doctored video clips deliberately to show exactly opposite of what was actually said. That some of them were completely made up and doctored deliberately - AND THEY KNEW IT -- is even more breathtaking. And now, on this forum, we see several topics about how awful and despicable the left-wing false stories are. In my opinion, this is hypocrisy of the highest level. I understand that you conservatives filter everything through your confirmation bias, but remember that you can't pretend you occupy the moral highground when your personal honesty is so shaky you cannot apply it to your own belief system.
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