[ April 25, 2024 ]
Like Schiff, they are making up whole conversations. Incredibly evil. And many Americans, especially young ones, just. don’t. know.
CNN Analyst Fabricates Quotes From GOP Senators to Smear Trump, Fox News
By Tyler O’Neil, PJM, January 22, 2020:
On Wednesday afternoon, a CNN analyst cooked up a “conversation” between two Republican senators in order to smear President Donald Trump, his party, and Fox News. He later admitted to having completely fabricated the quotes, but only after The Washington Post’s self-described conservative Jennifer Rubin retweeted his “report.”
“Overheard convo between two Republican Senators who only watch Fox News. ‘is this stuff real? I haven’t heard any of this before. I thought it was all about a server. If half the stuff Schiff is saying is true, we’re up s**t’s creek. Hope the White House has exculpatory evidence,'” Joe Lockhart, the CNN analyst and the former White House press secretary for Bill Clinton, tweeted.
His message received 5,600 retweets and 20,600 “likes.”
Overheard convo between two Republican Senators who only watch Fox News. "is this stuff real? I haven't heard any of this before. I thought it was all about a server. If half the stuff Schiff is saying is true, we're up shit's creek. Hope the White House has exculpatory evidence
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 22, 2020
Ten minutes later, he added this caveat: “Ok maybe I made up the convo, but you know that’s exactly what they’re thinking.”
Ok maybe I made up the convo, but you know that's exactly what they're thinking.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 22, 2020
Naturally, Lockhart’s correcting the record did not receive nearly as much attention as his original “report” of the alleged “conversation.” This follow-up tweet got less than 500 retweets and 5,200 “likes.”
To make this fake news even more rich, Lockhart hosts a podcast called “Words Matter,” which describes itself as “Dedicated to truth, facts and objective reality.”
The Babylon Bee owned the CNN analyst with this response: “Leave the satire to us; we’ll leave the fake news to you.”
Leave the satire to us; we'll leave the fake news to you.
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 22, 2020
Yet Lockhart’s fake news reminded many of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)’s fabricated quotes from the transcript of President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky — the call at the center of the impeachment.
Schiff infamously read a false version of the transcript on the floor of the House of Representatives, acting as though Trump had said, “I want you to make up dirt on my political opponent, understand, lots of it.” He was rightly ridiculed for this, but most of the legacy media appear to have ignored it.
“I suspect this may come up in [President Trump’s] lawyers’ presentation as an example of what happens in an era when Representative Schiff pretends to re-enact a conversation and his party selects him as the key presenter of articles of impeachment. That which gets rewarded gets repeated,” radio host Hugh Hewitt tweeted.
I suspect this may come up in @POTUS lawyers’ presentation as an example of what happens in an era when Representative Schiff pretends to re-enact a conversation and his party selects him as the key presenter of articles of impeachment. That which gets rewarded gets repeated. https://t.co/IwB3lwpaLl
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) January 22, 2020
Yet Lockhart would not back down. Rather than reconsidering his tweet and apologizing for it, he accused his critics of being conspiracy theorists.
“Seems like I poked the bear today. The purveyors of Pizzagate and the Seth Rich conspiracy are lecturing me on honesty. I told a joke, you guys are a destructive joke that is killing our democracy. Other than that, hope you’re enjoying the trial and have a nice evening,” the former White House press secretary tweeted.
https://twitter.com/search?q=place%3A01a9a39529b27f36
Senators on the floor are sworn to silence and have no electronic devices. So how is this Senator tweeting? Did he sneak a phone in. Is he willing to go to prison? Or is the tweet from someone other than Cruz. @jack you should investigate
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 21, 2020
https://t.co/FNTogu1IUt pic.twitter.com/cuO8Sz5Vls
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 21, 2020
All kidding aside, it is beyond disgraceful that this CNN analyst — and former White House press secretary! — would tweet out an entirely fabricated story and only correct the record after it had picked up traction. His decision to act like it was just a joke after threatening Ted Cruz with prison seems particularly rich.
As for the claim in Lockhart’s follow-up tweet, the CNN analyst presented no evidence that this “convo” is what Republican senators are supposedly “thinking.” Seeing how Republicans voted in lockstep to reject Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)’s amendments to the trial process, it appears there will be no defections. Even more moderate senators like Mitt Romney and Susan Collins should see this partisan witch hunt for what it is. If only Democrats could be so clear-headed!
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19 Comments
4 years ago
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4 years ago
Its as usual. The lie gets traction, the mealy mouthed “Oh, didn’t you know? It was a joke.” goes nowhere. Regardless, politicians and alleged journalists making up a story and putting words in people’s mouths usually are disgraced. Not any more, apparently.
How many people really know that Schiff lied? Few. Many repeat his so-called quote of the phone call.
The outrage about the lies is, if anything, a whimper. Much like the outrage over much of what Obama did outside the range of a president. Trump working within the law can’t get respect or a break, just lies about him.
4 years ago
Fake cnn doing what they do best, lie, fabricate, make up stories.
4 years ago
CNN is the gutter of journalism if one can call it journalism. Nor is CNN the sole, journalistic gutter-dweller, it has plenty of company, comrades, MSNBC, and a litany of others Fifth Column counterparts. CNN is the consummate fake-news provider and proud of this fact. CNN’s talking heads’ biases, arrogance, vanity reflects their shallowness.
Fabrication is the name of the game; facts veiled in fiction, unlike preceding propagandist journalism of Nazi Germany, the USSR, PRAVDA comes to mind. The entirety of the West’s mainstream media mirrors that of CNN, whether it is the BBC, CBC, the list is endless.
4 years ago
More evidence that the divisiveness that is overwhelming this country is metastasizing. Those out there who have become seriously influenced by what I call the Trump syndrome need to come to grips with the fact that if they continue to allow the syndrome to promote their hate, and wrongful claims of wrong doing, they will further the effect of this divisiveness on our citizens, much to the negative affect in our nation. Sure, one does not have to agree with someone else’s policies, but to claim that the policies are wrong is one thing, but to wrongfully categorize them as criminal is a horse of a different color, and is outrageous. This country needs to get back to civility, before it becomes unmanageable. I have never seen anything like what I am hearing and seeing now, and the media refuses to acknowledge that they have become a serious part of the problem. I can only hope that the electorate also can see what is happening, and that at the next election we choose civil people to be elected!
4 years ago
Reply to
Dennis
It is all about to go into overdrive come November. Once Trump is re-elected, the Left will explode. There is not one chance that they will tolerate another 4yrs.
4 years ago
Reply to
Merchantseamen
Very possibly so. Given that it has been a nonstop parade of one means or another to nullify the first time, ending (so far) with this latest lunacy of ‘impeachment’, they are desperate for power. Desperate!
4 years ago
Who really listens or watches CNN, I stopped when we first bombed Iraq they are meaningless rage reporters
4 years ago
15 years in Prison may change his mind…
4 years ago
As bad as CNN is, it is on almost every tv in public venues, like airports and people briefly view it but never hear the retractions after the lies are told. Just like the newspapers put out front page lies and retractions inside on pages no one reads. And sadly for some people who don’t have access to other news media, the msm is all they have.
4 years ago
Joe Lockhart
@joelockhart is a pathetic individual and it appears he has no concerns in regards to his grandchildren I’m assuming posted on his twitter account, he knows CNN and MSM is corrupt and he promotes it, I feel sorry for all children that are depending of these whores that promote demicratic party for a buck.
4 years ago
Ladies and Gentleman, the Bolsheviks and their fellow travelers have declared Civil War. Be forewarned, be prepared and be locked and loaded. The Commicrats will not accept defeat the polls in 2020. They Will attempt to steal the election and this great nation will once again be plunged into Civil War by this time next year.
4 years ago
Hmmm,I guess summary execution for impersonating a human being would be over-reacting?
4 years ago
For those of you who remember….9th Commandment Thy shall not bare false witness against thy neighbor. Lot of this going on the senate floor.
