https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Ag4NrroMh/
"This is why the people have lost trust in the media…
In the 1970s, around 7 in 10 Americans trusted the news media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly..
By 2024, it was 31%. A record low.
Media is now the least trusted institution in America.
And people love to blame that on "misinformation" or "conspiracy theories."
But I think there's a simpler explanation:
People got tired of being told half the story.
Let me show you exactly what I mean, using three things you've probably heard repeated a thousand times.
"TRUMP IS A CONVICTED FELON."
Technically true. A New York jury convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records in May 2024.
But how often did you hear the rest?
In New York, falsifying business records is normally a misdemeanor. It only becomes a felony if prosecutors prove you did it to commit or hide ANOTHER crime..
Trump was never charged with that other crime.
Not in New York.
Not federally.
Not anywhere.
When he was indicted, prosecutors didn't even name what the other crime was…
DA Alvin Bragg said the law didn't require it. Even Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor who is no Trump fan, criticized that..
Prosecutors eventually pointed to a New York election law against promoting a candidate by "unlawful means." And the jury was told they did not have to agree on which "unlawful means" was involved.
How rare is this?
When the New York Times reviewed about 30 felony false-records cases brought by Bragg's office and his predecessor, in all but two, the defendant was also charged with another crime..
Trump was charged with nothing else..
And as a misdemeanor, the charges from 2016 and 2017 would have expired… Elevating them to felonies is the only way the case could be brought, years later, in the middle of a presidential campaign..
Trump received no jail, no fine and no probation.
And the conviction is still being appealed..
How many people repeating "34 felonies" know any of that?
I would say not many..
"TRUMP IS A CONVICTED RAPIST"
You've heard this one constantly.
It's not what the jury found.
In the E. Jean Carroll case, the jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation.
But it did not find that he committed rape as New York law defined it..
And this was a CIVIL case, not a criminal one. That matters.
In a criminal trial, prosecutors must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and a conviction can mean prison..
In a civil trial, the standard is much lower: whether something was more likely true than not. The result is money damages, not a criminal record.
Being found "liable" is not the same as being convicted.
.. Not even close. And it also doesn’t mean a crime was committed.
Don't believe the media got this wrong?
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos repeatedly told viewers on air that Trump had been "found liable for rape."
Trump sued.
ABC settled for $15 million toward Trump's presidential library, plus $1 million in legal fees, and posted a statement of regret..
Networks don't pay $16 million over statements they're confident are accurate.
"liable for sexual abuse in a civil case" and "convicted rapist" are two very different things.
And millions of Americans were told the second one..
THE JUDGE NOBODY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT
The judge who presided over Trump's criminal trial was Juan Merchan.
Here's what was documented, and barely covered:
In 2020, Merchan donated to Democratic causes, including $15 to Joe Biden's campaign and $10 to a group called "Stop Republicans."
Yes. "Stop Republicans."
The amount was small. But even a legal ethics expert, NYU's Stephen Gillers, said the Biden donation would generally be forbidden for a New York judge.
His daughter is president of Authentic Campaigns, a Democratic political consulting firm whose clients have included Biden and Kamala Harris.
Trump's lawyers asked Merchan to step aside.
Who decided whether Merchan should recuse himself?
Merchan.
A state ethics panel said he could stay on the case as long as he believed he could be fair. He decided he could, and he denied the request.
Now ask yourself honestly:
If a judge presiding over a Democrat's criminal trial had donated to that Democrat's opponent, given money to a group called "Stop Democrats," and had a daughter running a firm that made money from Republican campaigns..
Would the media have shrugged?
We all know the answer.
THIS IS HOW PUBLIC PERCEPTION GETS CREATED
The pattern is always the same:
A headline that's technically true.
The context left out.
Repeated until it feels like common knowledge.
"Convicted felon."
"Liable for rape."
"Fair and impartial trial."
Most people never read the indictment. Never read the verdict form. Never looked up the judge.
They just believe what they're told.
And when someone like me points out the missing context, the response usually isn't "you're wrong."
It's "you're defending Trump."
No.
I'm defending the idea that you deserve the WHOLE story.
You can believe Trump made bad choices and still believe Americans deserved honest reporting about these cases.
Both can be true.
Read the source. Check the verdict. Look up the judge.
Don't let a headline do your thinking for you.
So be honest:
Which of these three did you already know the full story on?"
https://x.com/endwokeness/status/2106518155774382499?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
"91% of black female homicides in the US are committed by black men
8% are committed by black women
1% from all other categories."
There's no link to this, but I can't believe that it is not essentially correct.
https://x.com/lizarosen0000/status/2106718639646715996?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
"“We can start having slave girls again.” – Muslim community leader in the UK.
A local Muslim preacher told his community about the importance of enslaving non-Muslim girls to stop Muslim fathers from raping their own baby daughters when mothers are unavailable to change diapers.
Islam is incompatible with the 21st century!"
Because "Christian Nationalists" are looking to "start having slave girls" (to have sex with) "again". Yeah, Dan has his pulse on where the biggest threats are.
https://x.com/gragedustin/status/2106536255156900218?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
"BREAKING: Amy Klobuchar told the media she couldn’t debate Friday because she’d would be in DC.
But sources confirmed that on Friday morning she was in Little Canada, Minnesota meeting with lobbyists."
Lying sack of DFL. Apparently the DFL strategy this go around is to simply skip debates in the hopes that their lemmings will vote for them no matter what and that they'll be able to get enough voter fraud by to cover them.
https://x.com/spiceybits/status/2106562957354144124?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
Stop supporting her, she's horrible.
https://x.com/gatewaypundit/status/2106386890731778388?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
"Jordan Domingue, a top staffer who worked two of Abdul El-Sayed’s campaigns has quit the Democrat’s U.S. Senate race and is now talking. What he describes is a candidate who has faked his way through public life, right down to the “physician” title. This is a lengthy article, but every American needs to understand, from an insiders perspective, how dangerous this man would be if elected to the U.S. Senate.
Read the rest of the story, link in the comments."
Dan seems supportive of this lying sack of DFL.
https://x.com/john_rouleau/status/2106512176529735946?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
This video should lead to her removal from office, but it won't.
https://x.com/bradberinger/status/2106453520375337037?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
But "Christian Nationalists" are the biggest threat, right Dan?
https://x.com/slimwiggy/status/2106446656786907329?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
"This is a fundraiser in the Kansas City suburbs for Abdul El Sayed. Same host as for the Adam Hamilton fundraiser, same Muslim community.
Note the language: "JUST ONE U.S. SENATOR can single handledly block aid to Israel, can block confirmations in the U.S. Senate—this would be like having 30 members of the U.S. House. This is what we have been fighting for our entire lives in America, and we finally have a chance to make our dream a reality."
Hamilton is another lying sack of DFL. His ad about a woman who was allegedly pursued over a small medical bill, as almost entirely BS, he's covered up sexual abuse, and his theology is shite, but somehow he's still a viable candidate for Senate.
