Last week some right-wing media edited a video of President Biden in Normandy supposedly just wandering away from other European leaders for no reason. The truth was Biden walked over and gave a thumbs up to parachutists, who had landed nearby. There was also a right-wing edited video hit job alleging that Biden pooped his pants and that one garnered a good bit of right-wing media and social media mileage. Certainly, Biden shows signs of cognitive decline and while not as severe, from my observations, so does Trump, who just turned 78.
Of course, any time I try to be objective and honest, the Biden White House and their liberal media cronies will come along and launch some spin effort that is so outrageously dishonest and goes so far beyond the right-wing dishonest messaging they’re reacting to. With Democrats and their liberal media crowd when it comes to former President Trump it’s always full-throttle scorched earth mode. So, the White House came out and accused right-wing media of creating deepfake and “cheapfake” videos of Biden rather than just stating that some of the right-wing videos were edited and didn’t give the complete context. The videos weren’t deepfakes of digitally altered – they were just edited. By last night all over liberal media they were repeating the White House’s “cheapfake” spin lie.
Early in President Trump’s presidency he visited Japan and a video of Trump dumping his whole box of fish food into a koi pod after Japan’s prime minister, Abe, fed spoonfuls of fish food and led to liberal media condemnation. The truth was the video clip of Trump dumping the entire box was edited to create that narrative, because the whole video showed that Abe dumped his entire box of fish food into the koi pond and then Trump followed Abe’s lead.
The point I’m trying to make is one I’ve blabbed about many times – don’t trust videos without more information. In 2019, ABC used video of a KY firing range and said it was video from Syria. Routinely, videos from other places have circulated reportedly showing atrocities in Gaza. And, the entire BLM operation is about using video footage edited to advance their anti-police/black victimhood narratives and ignite racial controversies to advance their political agenda.
I’d like to believe being objective and telling the truth always matters, but watching the Biden White House’s over-the-top reaction, left me wondering if they deserved being treated fairly, then I caught myself. How we treat others is about our moral compass, not about the lack of theirs.
More and more people distrust the news media, across the board, so they’re reaping what they sow for becoming partisan hacks. The Democrats scorched earth spin war seems to be backfiring frequently, as more people realize they’re being deliberately lied to.
I hope the Trump crowd doesn’t go full scorched earth like the Democrats, because if Trump offers a positive message for America based on policies from his first term, he’s likely to win in November. What’s not to like about America being energy independent or being able to buy groceries without feeling gut-punched by the high prices? Even many Democrats now realize that Trump’s effort to secure our borders is a national security imperative, not evil racism or xenophobia.
Trump is acting more disciplined with his messaging this time around… and the Biden record is so dismal, despite his obvious cognitive decline. That said, I still expect top Democrat powerbrokers to try to replace Biden.
The 2024 election is in full swing.
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