You may recall, in May ‘21, Dems & the MSM alleged that “Jim Crow 2.0” had arrived in Georgia over new voting laws.
As votes roll in for this week’s election we’ve learned early voting is up 300% & black early voting is at record highs.
Care to explain, guys?⤵️
The original outrage was led - stumblingly, haltingly - by @JoeBiden, who referred to the measure as “Jim Crow 2.0,” and “Jim Eagle” (an evolved version of Jim Crow, perhaps?)
I can just feel the unity.
Any follow up, Mr. President?
But of course it wasn’t just President Biden pushing this conspiracy among elected Democrats.
Perhaps my favorite comes from @SenBooker, who called the move a step “toward authoritarianism and repression” because we are serious people living in serious times.
And lest we forget about our LatinX comrades, @JacksonLeeTX18 has us covered!
We even had almost-politicians. Perhaps no one was as upset online as Georgia shadow governor @staceyabrams
As ever, this went from Dems’ lips to the media’s ears.
I probably could’ve done an entire thread just on @CNN, who ran a series titled “Voting Rights Under Attack” an entirely unbiased work about one party’s efforts to address election integrity concerns
But their hyperbole may actually have been outdone by @MSNBC, who’s interviews and tweets were indistinguishable from the most unserious Democratic fundraising efforts.
@washingtonpost dedicated their entire editorial team to this issue, it seems.
Oh come on, @MotherJones. Even for you guys this is ridiculous.
@BusinessInsider doing their best Buzzfeed “you won’t believe what happens next!” impression.
@atrupar provides an answer to the timeless riddle: if the votes aren’t actually suppressed, can Dems still get attention by alleging voter suppression?
And you know I couldn’t leave her out. Where left wing conspiracy theories go, @JRubinBlogger is never far behind.
There’s another media hoax from Minnesota. Legacy outlets churned out headlines about a 5-year-old child used as “bait” by ICE.
The reality? The kid’s father, an illegal immigrant, abandoned him when he saw the agents. As even these outlets later concede.
Look ⤵️
Here’s how these hoaxes start. @washingtonpost alleges ICE used a 5-year-old kid as “bait” to arrest his father.
Not until five paragraphs into the piece do they acknowledge what really happened: the child’s father, an illegal immigrant, abandoned him when he saw ICE.
But this allegation was everywhere. We saw the same thing from @AP.
Explosive claim in the headline: “used as ‘bait’” (from the school, no less)
Reality: six paragraphs down, father abandoned child.
Do you remember, all of four weeks ago, when democracy was imperiled by CBS News, under new management, delaying a 60 Minutes segment about a prison in El Salvador?
The segment aired last weekend.
Democracy survived. The takes haven’t.
Just look. Screenshots ⤵️
I usually start with the media but I’ve gotta flip that here, because the dumbest voices came from the halls of Congress.
@ChrisMurphyCT, as someone “warning about democracy’s potential disintegration” (his words) called it proof that the media has been “coopted by the regime.”
For @SenMarkey, delaying a segment was “what government censorship looks like.”
With an ambitious new health care plan proposed by the Trump administration, you should read some of the recent pieces on the subject at @commonplc. Quick 🧵👇
And out this week is @Chris_Griz on why market concentration looms over the health care industry, undercutting more a more hands-off approach: commonplace.org/p/chris-griswo…
For a real and much-needed alternative to Obamacare, dive into @ChrisEmper’s explanation of community health centers, and why they could unlock better outcomes for patients: commonplace.org/p/chris-emper-…
With the news that Walz’s reelection campaign won’t survive the spiraling child care center fraud scandal in his state, I wanted to reup some of the worst legacy media efforts to put lipstick on this particular pig.
Follow along: ⤵️
I have to start with @nytimes, who seemed positively incensed that a video from @nickshirleyy caught fire, accusing him of being “in search of politically charged footage,” while burying whether there were any kids at these child care centers in the first place.
This from the same @nytimes who a few weeks ago wrote an extensive piece about “how fraud swamped Minnesota’s social services system on Tim Walz’s watch.”
The legacy media didn’t miss the Minnesota Somalian fraud story.
They actively dismissed it as made up, racist, or xenophobic.
Before the stories are quietly edited, I’ve got screenshots. ⤵️
I can’t believe this is real, but @AP basically did the Somalians-founding-America meme as a straight reported piece on how beneficial the community has been in Minnesota.
“Minnesota Somalis are as Minnesotan as tater-tot hotdish,” @CNN (Dec 7)