Those who have committed to Trump, and remain committed, will not yield now. Even his failures during a pandemic will not shake their resolve. On the contrary, they’ll say anything, and perhaps do anything, in support of their prior commitment. One should not be shocked by this — Hobbes was right, at least regarding the…
Mendacity
Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Television
They Protected Themselves. They Lied to You.
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embed from Getty Images In the first 10 days of March, some of the commentators on Fox News and Fox Business played down the threat of what would soon be recognized as a pandemic. Many of the networks’ elderly, pro-Trump viewers responded to the coverage and the president’s public statements by taking the virus less seriously than…
Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Television
Fox & Fiends
by JOHN ADAMS •
Fiends, not friends — Fox News consistently reports lies and reports unverified information as fact. Their “coverage” of Covid19 has revealed just how low they are willing to go to remain in Trump’s good graces.
Babbittry, Boosterism, Coronavirus, Corporate Welfare, Disinformation, Economy, Mendacity, Newspapers, Opioids, Public Health
A Newspaper’s Boosterism During a Pandemic
by JOHN ADAMS •
A worthy person – a man or woman committed to reason, honesty, and seriousness of purpose – would have little respect for the Janesville Gazette. This critical view is not a new one, truly: the paper’s work has been inferior during the Great Recession, during an opioid crisis, during cheerleading for countless state and local…
Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Trump
False Promises
by JOHN ADAMS •
Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Sloth, Trump, Unfit
Trump’s Coronavirus Calendar
by JOHN ADAMS •
Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health, Sloth, Trump, Unfit
Failed to Act
by JOHN ADAMS •
Boosterism, Coronavirus, Mendacity, Public Health
Grim Reality Forces Fox News to Abandon Its Ignorant Boosterism
by JOHN ADAMS •
Disinformation, Mendacity, Speaker Vos
Assembly Speaker Vos: Disinformation Troll
by JOHN ADAMS •
Speaker Vos shared a video this weekend that appeared to show Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.” This is what Biden really said. pic.twitter.com/vnn6bm34mD — UpNorthNews (@UpNorthNewsWI) March 9, 2020
Congress, Mendacity, Trump
Speaker Pelosi Rips Up Trump’s Manifesto of Mendacity
by JOHN ADAMS •
Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Mendacity, Misconduct, Trump
Trump Operative Lev Parnas on the Rachel Maddow Show
by JOHN ADAMS •
Last night (1.15.20), Rachel Maddow aired an interview with Trump & Giuliani operative (and federal criminal defendant) Lev Parnas. (Parnas sat with his lawyer while speaking to Maddow.) Parnas played a key role in Trump’s pressure campaign in Ukraine, a campaign designed to compel Ukraine to help Trump smear an American political opponent. If you’ve…
Foreign Affairs, Mendacity, Trump
Lie of the Year 2019: Donald Trump’s claim whistleblower got Ukraine call ‘almost completely wrong’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Politifact’s Lie of the Year 2019: Donald Trump’s claim whistleblower got Ukraine call ‘almost completely wrong’: ?? No matter the motivations or the political outcome, testimony from the whistleblower would not change the underlying facts of what Trump said. The whistleblower’s account is verified by the same set of facts supplied by Vindman, Williams and Morrison,…
America, Authoritarianism, Babbittry, Bigotry, Boosterism, City, Law, Liberty, Local Government, Mendacity, Never Trump, Politics, Resistance, Trump
Forget the Tender Feelings of a Pernicious Faction
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over at the Journal Sentinel, Craig Gilbert writes about the political divide in For voters in this purple part of Wisconsin [Richland Center], the impeachment fight is a symbol of broken politics. The story establishes a false equivalence between those who support impeachment and those who oppose it, as though the conflict between these views…
Foreign Affairs, Mendacity, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia
GOP Sen. Kennedy of Louisiana: Liar & Conspiracy Monger
by JOHN ADAMS •
On Sunday, GOP Sen. Kennedy of Louisiana falsely contended that both Russia and Ukraine might have hacked a Democratic National Committee server in 2016. Monday, he falsely contended that he misunderstood the question that he was asked. Originally, Kennedy’s remarks from Sunday: WALLACE: Finally, the president and his supporters have said that Ukraine was behind…