FAKE NEWS EXPOSED: A Service of PoliticalChat.com

[finnbow]

The foundational assumption of conservative media is that, because big media is corrupt, its antagonists can never quite lose their moral superiority no matter how irresponsibly they behave. It’s not a coincidence that the mainstream media’s most vicious critics on the right are grassroots conspiracy theorists. The election was rigged, the vaccines don’t work, the FBI planted those documents at Mar-a-Lago. The media lies, so you’re free to reject their reality and substitute your own. Believe what you like without regret. The moral high ground is yours forever.

https://thedispatch.com/p/a-better-c...ve-media-and-a

This pretty much aligns with Whell's apparent motivation for starting this thread (i.e., MSM is dishonest, so conservative transgressions they report on are inherently fabricated (fake news)).