The media don’t just make mistakes. They tell us the exact opposite of the truth. That’s the incredibly accurate statement that Grabien’s Tom Elliott used to sum up his insanely long list of things the media SAID vs what ACTUALLY turned out to be the case.
It’s a perfect day for it. They already LIED about the audit results, as snottily as they possibly could. And their lies about Hunter Biden laptop story were exposed earlier this week. And those are just piker lies compared to the whales in this thread.
It’s infuriating. But it had to be compiled.
Time and again the media don’t just make mistakes. They tell us the exact opposite of the truth https://t.co/5lWXVhq1h5
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They said Trump colluded w/ Russia & the FBI saved us.
Then we learned Hillary & the FBI colluded w/ Russia.
They told us the Steele Dossier was “corroborated”
Then we learned it was entirely debunked.
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They said the surveillance state would never be used against Americans.
Then we learned it happens all the time.
They told us a snooty Catholic student tormented a Native American
Then we learned it was the other way around
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They told us Michael Avenatti was a warrior for justice
Then we learned he’s a serial felon who exploits vulnerable clients
They told us Brett Kavanaugh was a serial rapist
Then we learned they were sitting on proof he wasn’t
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They told us they despise acts of abuse against women
Then they defended Biden’s pattern of sexual harassment
They told us Trump’s call w/ Ukraine’s president was impeachable
Then they made excuses for Biden getting caught doing the same
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They said BLM riots were righteous acts of social justice.
Then they said a smaller, less violent protest was literally terrorism.
They said right-wing extremists tried kidnapping Gov. Whitmer
Then we learned it was an FBI-led plot
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They told us the USPS was conspiring to steal the election.
Then we learned it was all a conspiracy theory.
They said Hunter’s laptop was “Russian disinformation.”
Then we learned it was absolutely real.
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They told us the FBI were America’s stalwart defenders of justice & rule of law
Then we learned they aided and abetted sex trafficking
They told us they needed two weeks to stop the spread.
Then, almost two years later, we’re called selfish for wanting our lives back.
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They told us they’d follow science wherever it leads.
Then they led campaigns to have science censored.
They said masks stop the spread.
Then we learned they do nothing.
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They told us Gov. Cuomo’s totalitarian approach to Covid was a model
Then we learned he was running death camps & covering up evidence
They said Fauci was America’s Covid savior.
Then we learned he accidentally helped invent it.
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They told us Covid never could have come from a Chinese biolab
Then we learned that’s almost guaranteed to be what happened
They told us 50 percent vaccinated would mean no more surges
Then we saw surges amongst the highest vaccinated populations
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
They told us Trump fans brought zipties to kidnap lawmakers & killed a cop w/ a fire extinguisher
Then we learned they did none of these things
They told us the attack was planned on Parler
Then we learned it was actually Facebook
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2021
Twitchy found this perfect add-on tweet:
And we can count on being lied to a lot more.
💊 If this thread is not a red pill, nothing can snap you out of it. 👇 https://t.co/chcyzae7X1
— ⚜ • Michael • ⚜ (@BackAgainPeeps) September 24, 2021
Amen to that.