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“Horses sweat, men perspire, but ladies merely glow,” went the Victorian adage, and in a similar vein, according to the modern-day establishment media, Donald Trump lies, but Joe Biden merely misspeaks. The Associated Press (AP), which still enjoys respect as a reliable news outlet despite the fact that it is as much of a propaganda organ for the Left as the rest of them, recently did a “fact check” on Old Joe Biden’s mendacious recent claims regarding the low cost of green energy, and instead of calling Joe out on his lies, AP covered for him. Covering for faltering Democrats is apparently job one for the media these days.
Biden stated Thursday that “if your home is powered by safer, cheaper, cleaner electricity like solar or heat pumps, you can save about $500 a month on average.” This wasn’t even close to true, and so AP tweeted on the same day: “President Joe Biden has told Americans they could save $500 a month by transitioning to renewable energy. An AP Fact Check shows he misspoke. The White House actually claims that using green energy might save people $500 a year, not per month.”
The accompanying story made Biden sound like a kindly old uncle making too many promises in an overflow of affection. “President Joe Biden vastly overpromised Thursday when he told Americans they can expect savings of $500 a month by transitioning to renewable energy,” wrote AP. “It’s possible they might save that much over a year, not per month.” Biden “overpromised,” that’s all. He loves us and wants what’s best for us, so he oversold his pet project a bit in his enthusiasm. Give the dear old man a break.
Now compare that gentle and respectful treatment of Biden with an AP Fact Check tweet from March 20, 2017: “AP FACT CHECK: President Donald Trump twists FBI Director James Comey’s words on Russia.” In another tweet from August 2020, AP said, “In opening remarks at the Republican National Convention, President Trump made misleading claims about voting fraud, and falsely asserted he was the one who ensured that people with preexisting medical issues will get health coverage. #APFactCheck”
Trump didn’t “misspeak;” he twisted words and made misleading claims and false assertions.
But Biden certainly twisted words and made misleading claims and false assertions, as AP itself demonstrated when it noted that “the average electric bill for homeowners was $115 per month in 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Between 2009 and 2019, the average monthly electric bill for a U.S. homeowner never surpassed $120.” Thus saving $500 a month would be out of the question, not to mention a misleading claim and a false assertion. But AP’s “fact-checkers” looked the other way.
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mike says
yep and spoons make people fat
Check Burry says
He oversold his pet project by a BIT. So multiplying by 12 is only a bit, I guess his degree is in maths eh. He is NUTS.
Roland says
We now live in an alternate universe where leis become truth, and truth lies.
Good is seen as evil, and evil good.
Men are accepted as Women, and Women as Men.
Babies are sacrificed on the altar of choice.
All white people are bad and oppressors, rather than good and liberators
Government dept and finances are out of control, yet we spend more.
Wars and rumors of wars for natural resources and energy needs, but we must all go green instead.
Freedom of speech and expression are deemed as radical and unacceptable if one doesn’t tow the party line.
And finally a reminder; Jesus said when you see “ALL THESE THINGS” look up for your redemption drawls near!
CogitoErgoSum says
By the way Joe Biden mumbles, stumbles, runs his words together, changes his mind in mid sentence and goes from angry yelling to creepy whispering in a single sentence, I would not trust his ability even to tell me correctly what day of the week it is. He should be living someplace where he’s not so easily confused instead of living in the White House. I think he has at least enough sense left to know this considering how often he goes back to his home in Delaware. That’s where he belongs.
The people at the AP lost every bit of my confidence when they started saying a black person is “Black” but a white person is “white.” Their way of thinking is just as jumbled as Old Joe’s.
somehistory says
Instead of reading ap, one should read Isaiah 5:20. Then, one can know what will happen to those who put “bad for good,” and “light for dark,” It isn’t going to turn out well for the liars.
James Lincoln says
I just hope that someone took away the keys to his 1967 Corvette convertible.
gravenimage says
AP: Men Perspire, Women Glow, Trump Lies, and Biden ‘Misspeaks’
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All too true. Does the Associated Press even try to be objective any more? Not that I see.