Thread by @ggreenwald

Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who engaged rioters, suffered two strokes and died of natural causes, officials say

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" Francisco J. Diaz, the medical examiner, said the autopsy found no evidence the 42-year-old officer suffered an allergic reaction to chemical irritants, which Diaz said would have caused Sicknick’s throat to quickly seize."

"Diaz also said there was no evidence of internal or external injuries....Diaz said he could not comment on whether Sicknick had a preexisting medical condition, citing privacy laws."

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1361839011787079681

The corporate media lies to you constantly because they only care about pleasing the political ideology and flattering the preconceptions of their audience. Subtsack & similar platforms allow truth to be aired, which is why they hate it.

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There's no such thing as a "noble lie," especially in journalism. This particular fabrication made its way into the impeachment trial against Trump and out of Joe Biden's mouth. It was clear from the start it was highly dubious, but few journalists cared: it served its purpose.

I'll give an hour amnesty to all the group-think drones in corporate media who smeared everyone expressing doubts about the Sicknick Fire Extinguisher story as a "Sicknick Truther." Come forward voluntarily and honorably confront your latest in-group propaganda.

All the evidence was there from the start that the media lie (which emanated from NYT and then became unquestioned Truth: like the Russia Bounty story) was dubious. But anyone who flagged these was accused of being a pro-insurrectionist fascist, so "journalists" clung to the lie.

Dem Party loyalists pretending to be journalists is what's killing journalism. This is what they do to anyone who questions their lies. You have to not only have contempt for these people but be lucky enough so that their pitiful tactics don't affect you:

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1362170588681433089

This is how Democrats posing as journalists have trained people to react if you refuse to echo their lies and instead insist on evidence: you're a racist, a fascist, a white nationalist, etc.

https://twitter.com/Homiedino/status/1384238186155544577

These people never gave the slightest shit about Brian Sickick. He was a toy to them: they needed to create a lie about how he died because he was the only one they could claim was killed by pro-Trump protesters. So they invented a harrowing story that was complete bullshit.

Find the journalists who prove they're willing and able to tell you the truth no matter the outcomes -- whoever that might be -- and support them. And realize the model of corporate media, their explicit model, is to lie: to please the political desires of their viewers/readers.

Look at what these media people are. They do it over and over. They only listen to the same set of liberal media outlets and follow one another on Twitter and they have no idea that it's even possible to question what's put in their brain:

https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1362043545817911298

This is what they do everyday. Please internalize what dishonest propagandists they are. They have zero capacity for critical thought and absolutely no integrity. The only care about serving DNC interests. Just look for yourself:

Buzzfeed is still toying with the tragic death of Officer Sicknick by continuing to push blatantly false propaganda:

THE POST: "The autopsy found no evidence the 42-year-old officer suffered an allergic reaction to chemical irritants." And yet:

https://twitter.com/mattmittenthal/status/1384261617379020805

My article on all this will be up shortly. What the media did here is staggering and revolting, even judging them by their lowly standards.

How do you look at yourself in the mirror knowing you did this, and keep doing it?

The Media Lied Repeatedly About Officer Brian Sicknick's Death. And They Just Got Caught.

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Just as with the Russia Bounty debacle, they will never acknowledge what they did. Their audience wants to be lied to -- are grateful for it -- for partisan gain and emotional pleasure, and that is why they prefer these media outlets *not* provide accountability or self-critique.

From the start, it was crucial for liberal sectors of the media to invent and disseminate a harrowing lie about how Officer Brian Sicknick died. That is because he is the only one they could claim was killed by pro-Trump protesters at the January 6 riot at the Capitol.

As I detailed over and over when reporting this, there were so many reasons to doubt this storyline from the start. A few others tried doing the same.

But anyone who questioned it was subjected to the standard smears: Truther, white nationalist, sympathizer for terrorists, etc.

But the truth usually prevails, at least ultimately, and today, their lies, yet again, all came crashing down on their heads. No blunt trauma. No signs of deaths from chemicals. Official ruling: died from *natural causes*.

Truth matters. Noble lies are never justified no matter the cause, especially in journalism. What is most depressing about this entire spectacle is that, this time, they exploited the tragic death of a young man to achieve their tawdry goals.

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This really isn't true. There wasn't "silence". Early reports said the autopsy found no blunt trauma. The family said he called that night & said he was fine. But if there was no info, why did MSNBC & CNN keep spreading the "Fire Extinguisher" lie???

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1384239834235998212

Look at how often the media in unison spreads completely false stories like this in the most emotional and manipulative way possible.

This was the other story that just fell apart 48 hours ago. Maybe at some point it's time to start asking why it keeps happening?

Look at how these deeply unwell propagandists (this is the one who voluntarily ratted out her own source to FBI, which laughed at her, but journalists *cheered* her doing it) will continue to lie to conceal what they did. Everyone knows NYT peddled the "Fire Extinguisher"story:

As the NYT/MSNBC/CNN axis spread the "Fire Extinguisher" lie with great melodrama, there were journalists raising doubts about the story (I was far from alone).

But of course those dissents never got heard in NYT/CNN/MSNBC. They don't permit dissent. All closed systems lie.

There's a bigger problem here. There are good young journalists in all these places. But they know if you raise doubts about the lies these outlets are spewing, you'll be called a "Truther," a "white nationalist," "fascist," etc. Their careers will be ruined, so they stay silent.

The most amazing thing of all is these same outlets that keep drowning the country in lies and disinformation are the ones demanding ordinary citizens be censored from the internet because *they're* spreading disinformation.

The most Fake News, by far, is spread by these outlets

If you follow random smart people on Twitter, you'll be much better informed than if you watch MSNBC or CNN. Here's @AliceFromQueens in early February listing all the lies. How did she see them, but not these multi-millionaire liberal cable hosts?

https://twitter.com/AliceFromQueens/status/1359974437853003776

I'll be on Fox at around 8:30 pm ET tonight -- 10 minutes from now -- to talk about the latest melodramatic media story to completely fall apart as a fraud: the "murder" of Officer Brian Sicknick by a pro-Trump mob. My article on it here:

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