Thread by @ggreenwald

There's a good reason Joe Scarborough is the anchor of the liberal-left's favorite cable outlet. Shown a *mountain of conclusive, documentary proof* that the Park Police's use of tear gas had nothing to do with Trump - was planned well before - he still insists it happened:

https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1402943092295090176

This IG report is as credible as it gets. From a career civil servant with key positions in the Obama Admin, it assembled a huge amount of proof & was *harshly critical* of the Park Police's use of force.

Yet because people need the media tale that Trump did it, they ignore it.

The liberal-left's other favorite outlet, CNN, took the lead in spreading the original falsehood. So rather than just admit they got the story wrong -- which they unquestionably did -- CNN employees like @Acosta keep encouraging their viewers to believe:

https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1402952549766938625

What endangered journalism more than anything was not Trump's alleged attacks on a free press (the only real free press attack was one few objected to: the prosecution of Assange).

What destroyed journalism was the collective decision that lying was justified to subvert him.

All you have to do know that you were lied to is read the IG's Report. There are emails where the Park Police are planning to clear the protesters from days before Trump went to the Church. No decision-maker knew Trump was coming. The case is 100% clear.

greenwald.substack.com/p/yet-another-…

This isn't a pro-police argument. The IG is harshly critical of the tear gas and other unnecessary force the Park Police used against the protesters.

It's just a question of whether you mind being lied to by corporate media or not. Trump didn't order it, & it wasn't done for him

There are news outlets showing the integrity to admit they got ths wrong. The WPost article is straightforward. Even @KenDilanianNBC, after reading the report, reluctantly admitted they got it wrong.

But CNN & MSNBC hosts know they have to lie for their viewers, so they do.

It's just a question of whether you want to be lied to by corporate media in ways that make you feel good and serve your immediately political needs or whether you'd rather be told the truth.

I'm sorry Trump didn't order the tear-gassing & it wasn't done for him, but it wasn't.

Most disinformation in the US comes not from 4Chan or Facebook but from MSNBC, CNN and the Intel Agencies they serve.

Nobody should be censored for deliberately and frequently spreading disinformation, but if you believe they should be, that's who you should start with.

Please watch this short clip to see what I mean:

https://twitter.com/briebriejoy/status/1402962202173349890

To summarize:

1) The IG Report is credible not because you should trust the IG, but because of the documentary proof it presents.

2) The IG proves tear gas was used & harshly criticizes that.

3) It just wasn't ordered by the Trump Admin or done for Trump.

Those are facts.

The NYT headline is pretty straightforward: "Park Police Had Planned to Clear Area Before Trump’s Walk to Church, Watchdog Says." It does a decent job of describing what the IG proved.

But it never mentions how the NYT told its readers the false story.

nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/…