I’ll show you, with a specific example. I’m going to pick apart this piece by James Antle III, a conservative pundit (see his profile here). Before diving into it, though, I’ll remark that we don’t hear much political debate in the U.S. anymore, just a lot of partisan noise. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Rightwing Propaganda’
Why the Fox reporter shouldn’t have tried to diagnose Biden on the air
Because she made an ass of herself, that’s why. Just a few weeks ago, Fox News medical correspondent Marc Siegel, M.D., wrote this (here): “Americans have come to falsely believe that we can evaluate our leaders based on TV snippets. Some doctors too easily fall into this trap, too, but [...]
The voting machine wars
Voting machines have been breached by Trump loyalists in at least three states. In all these cases, they gained physical access to the machines and/or obtained confidential software and data. The consequences: “Sensitive voting system passwords posted online. Copies of confidential voting soft[...]
July 9th, 2022 - 6:21 pm § in Politics
Reuters debunks fake Shinzo Abe tweet about Hillary Clinton
Shinzo Abe didn’t write this tweet after he was assassinated. Or while he was still alive, either. Read story here fact-check here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 4th, 2022 - 10:27 pm § in Politics
The radical right targets LGBQT youth suicide prevention
Conservatives, with Republican Party help, are waging all-out warfare against LGBQT people, including kids. They were already trying to exclude LGBQT kids from school sports, tell them what bathrooms they can use, ban LGBQT books from libraries, and censor teachers. Now, they’re falsely accusi[...]
February 20th, 2022 - 12:37 am § in Politics
B.S. Alert: Ottawa police horse didn’t trample elderly woman
In the 1999 cult film “Fight Club,” a character named Robert Paulson was shot by police (details here). On Jan. 6, 2021, a rumor circulated on Twitter that a woman named Roberta Paulsen had been shot at the U.S. Capitol. While the incident was true (and widely covered by media), the Capi[...]
December 5th, 2021 - 2:33 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
What the heck was he thinking?
Marine Sgt. Travis Glosser insisted to investigators he “never had any intent to harm anyone.” He never considered “selling, giving, or even showing anyone” the 13 lbs. C4 plastic explosive he stole. That’s enough to blow up three “antifa” buses (video below), [...]
November 30th, 2021 - 5:05 pm § in Politics
Pelosi’s $25 million Florida mansion
… is a fake story. Why do Republicans lie so much? Because (1) they’re wrong on the issues, (2) think they’re doing God’s work and that makes lying okay, and (3) have no character and lack the normal inhibitions of people who live in civilized societies. Read the fake story h[...]
Why the right targets BLM and “critical race theory”
It’s simply about white supremacy. Conservatives like a status quo that puts white people in charge, gives white people preferential treatment, and keeps black people “in their place.” After George Floyd became yet another black man murdered by a white cop, millions of Americans pa[...]
October 13th, 2014 - 2:50 pm § in America
Exploiting Soldiers To Scorn The Working Poor
After reading this tweet (see image below), I decided to just paste it, and let it speak for itself. This tweeter’s message is that fast food workers insult our troops by asking for pay similar to what the troops get. It would be more logical to argue our troops should get a raise because th[...]