New in PJ Media:
In Bob Dylan’s criminally overlooked 2003 cinematic masterpiece, “Masked and Anonymous,” a newspaper editor tells a reporter: “I will tell you this, there is a story there… Make something out of it. And if you can’t do that, sir, then — make it up!” It’s advice that actual journalists today all too often follow. Sometimes, however, they get caught, as PBS just was. Rick laid out all the ugly details here.
What is noteworthy is that PBS was clearly caught out because it thought it had a sensational story, one so useful to the leftist cause that it just had to be true. Any critical eye it might once have had is long gone, and now PBS and the rest judge stories only on the basis of how bad they make Trump and other patriots look.
In the fake story at hand, not only did the most evil man on earth, Donald Trump, violate the Logan Act by calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and trying to conduct American foreign policy as a private citizen, but during the call, Trump pressured Netanyahu not to conclude a ceasefire until after the election because peace in Gaza would only help Kamala Harris. Why, the self-serving monster! He would rather have innocent people in Gaza die than see his reelection chances suffer!
It was even worse than Trump’s phone call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy that got him impeached the first time, and PBS ran hard with it, no doubt once again seeing visions of Trump’s political career finally going up in flames. There was just one problem: it was fake news.
When PBS was caught, it was ready with the usual platitudes. Fox News reported Wednesday that “PBS NewsHour” propagandist Judy Woodruff “apologized Wednesday for reporting a story about former President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that both leaders have staunchly denied.” It is good of Woodruff to apologize; usually, her fellow propagandists just plow ahead with their lies, half-truths, and distortions. Woodruff took the unusual step of “expressing regret for reporting this week that in a phone call, Trump urged Netanyahu to delay a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas until after the 2024 presidential election to benefit him politically.”
Woodruff said, “This was a mistake and I apologize for it.” That’s great, really, but where did she get the story, and why did she think it was credible?
She actually addressed those questions to a degree, saying, “I want to clarify my remarks on the PBS News special on Monday night about the ongoing cease fire talks in the Middle East….
There is more. Read the rest here.
Transmaster says
PBS tried to go for a logan act violation on Trump while ignoring the violations the John Kerry did in Iran while Trump was in office.
somehistory says
It’s been way too long since people such as these liars faced any consequences for their lies and lawbreaking.
Mr. ‘trump and Mr. Netanyahu should sue and make them actually “sorry” they lied.
And another threat to murder Mr. Trump in AZ….as he spoke near the border.
“Fox News senior correspondent Alicia Acuna asked Trump whether the threats against him made him want to change the way he does events.
“I’ve heard about that. But I have to do my job,” he said. “It’s a job. It’s a dangerous job, but I have to do my job.””
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-reacts-to-arizona-manhunt-for-suspect-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-him-it-s-a-dangerous-job/ar-AA1phsFU?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=b7f59013f88242759e29c0902b712b8b&ei=13
࿗Infidel࿘ says
The next administration should officially shut down PBS & NPR, and seize their brandings, and take them off the “free air” – the channels one gets w/o being subscribed to any TV services, such as Dish, Comcast, Cox or Specturn. If they want to return, force them to use different names, and preclude them from presenting to the public that they are the official mouthpieces of the US government or the US state establishment (not State Department). Oh, and force them to negotiate w/ those channel carriers to be carried, just like CNN or Fox
Then the communists we have across college campuses would be deprived of their primary news sources
James Lincoln says
Spot on, Infidel.
OLD GUY says
The PBS should be the most reliable news service. But NO they have to play the political game, rather than just reporting the FACTS. Stop supporting PBS if they can’t report news with out the bias.
Controse says
Apologize? Hey Ms. Judy don’t take it hard we all get caught in a lie from time to time. Pro tip: Do something other than lie every time the subject is President Trump and your chances of not being caught will drastically improve.