6. Sunday, April 4, 2021
CBS' 60 Minutes is accused of selectively editing a segment with Florida Gov. Rick DeSantis, a Republican, in a story that implied he is guilty of "pay-for-play," linking a campaign donation from Publix grocery stores to the selection of Publix as a major Covid-19 vaccine distribution center. Numerous media outlets picked up the narrative.
After the segment, numerous Democrat political figures in Florida confirmed that, contrary to the implication in the report, Publix was recommended by other state agencies rather than the governor's office.
Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat, tweeted, "I said this before and I'll say it again. [Publix] was recommended by [Florida Division of Emergency Management] and [Florida Department of Public Health]. Period! Full stop!...No one from the Governors office suggested Publix...It's just absolute malarkey."
In remarks edited out of the 60 Minutes story, DeSantis also had explained that other stores were actually chosen for earlier vaccine distribution jobs before Publix.
Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner, a Democrat, accused 60 Minutes of reporting "intentionally false" information, saying that the TV program knew the county-- not the governor's office-- had been the one to request "to expand the state's partnership with Publix" to help get more of the county's elderly vaccinated.
5. Thursday, April 1, 2021
NPR corrects its book review by senior editor and correspondent on the Washington Desk Ron Elving that falsely claimed U.S. intelligence had discredited the story of the FBI obtaining and investigating material on Hunter Biden's laptop.
4. Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The Atlanta Journal Constitution falsely reports that Georgia's new voting integrity law would "limit voting hours."
A later correction acknowledged "nothing in the law changes" the hours: 7am to 7pm. It also pointed out that "experts say the net effect was to expand the opportunities to vote for most Georgians, not limit them."
3. Monday, Jan. 18, 2021
AP incorrectly reports that 200,000 small flags were placed on the National Mall to honor Americans killed by Covid-19.
But the flags represented people who couldn’t come to the inauguration, not COVID deaths.
2. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021
The Washington Post's Amy Gardner, AP, CNBC, Rolling Stone, and others falsely report that President Trump pressed a lead Georgia elections investigator to “find the fraud,” and told the investigator it would make them a national hero.
However, the actual recording of the call later made public revealed that Trump did not say either of those things.
1. Friday, Jan. 8, 2021
The New York Times reporters Marc Santora, Megan Specia and Mike Baker report Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was killed by "pro-Trump supporters" who "overpowered" him and "struck him in the head with a fire extinguisher."
But other reports the same day referenced Sicknick dying from a stroke.
The Times waited until mid-February to issue a correction, but still claimed-- citing no evidence and no autopsy report-- that Sicknick had died "from injuries in pro-Trump rampage."
There was no explanation as to who fabricated the fire extinguisher story.
Read: Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List
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Thank you for reporting truth! God bless you. Americans love you! I always watch full measure. Thank you ❤️.
Hear! Hear!
Thank you for your real and rate journalism, Ms. Attkisson!
You could get whiplash comparing the "mistakes" in your definitive list from the Biden administration to those in the Trump administration. Everything was anti Trump over the last 4 years and now they are pro Biden in the current year. Of course when compared to their anti-Trump narrative previously they are at least consistent in that respect.
Sharyls book Slanted is a fascinating compilation of the most egregious press events during trump but more importantly going back 20 years or so. Well worth reading or listening to it!
Fox News lies 24/7. Report on that.
You are the one who is lied to.
UPDATED 4:30 PM PT – Sunday, April 4, 2021
A major Australian T.V. channel has continued to expose the weakness and corruption of the Biden administration. In a recent segment of his show, Alan Jones of Sky News Australia said Biden’s declining mental and physical health have raised increasing alert among U.S. allies.
“This is the President of the United States of America who is illiterate, incoherent, cognitively deficient,” Jones said. “And a leader of the Western world, it is an insult to those who fought for democracy.”
Jones said the purported leader of the free world has to be propped up for every public appearance. He added, Democrat-controlled media has lied and covered up for Biden to make him look good, but it’s failing at its task.
“After the stumble, the websites of MSNBC, CBS News, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and the New York Times all had no mention of Biden’s stumbling incident,” Jones noted. “To prove the Trump point when it came to airtime on television, CNN devoted 15 seconds to the incident. But when Trump walked slowly down a ramp after he delivered a graduation address last June, CNN devoted 22 minutes to Trump’s walk, the media pushing the line that Trump, at 74, was facing serious health questions.”
Jones also said Biden has made statements that didn’t make sense, which stirred further confusion among U.S. allies.
Yellow journalism used to be illegal.
Msnbc, cnn, cbs, etc. Made it ok to lie to the public. Do YOU know how to read?
What makes you think that? Why couldn't it be that the main stream media is lying? They tell you what they want you to know. If you listen or read their and politicians contributions, the wording/terminology is all the same, etc. It's as though they are trying to get it to stick in your mind. Do you think you hear ALL the news? Don't you think you might be hearing more news by listening/reading/watching other outlets?
How would you know , since you don't watch Fox. You hear lies on CNN and think it's true because, it fits your bias.
Miss Atkinson is one of the few real reporters in this country, who seeks the truth and we the deplorables are so grateful that have her.😀💕🇺🇲💥👍
Ahmen
ditto.
When I click on the address to read the Definitive List, I am sent to a page that says, 'not found 404.'
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Keep up the work. 2022 needs to be an open and fair election. I wish the best for President Joe Biden but that doesn't mean I don't want to know why Ruby Freeman waited for observers to go home to remove ballots from under a table? Why those five poll workers just didn't resume counting the ballots they had been counting previously is troublesome.
Thank you...many times thank you. The sad part is for the most part the liars will continue to lie. Even sadder is the lie "is out the door and almost around the world until the truth gets to the porch".
I thought it was "the truth gets its pants on", but I agree. But for people like Sharyl I would lose my mind.
thanks for the aide memoire. How quickly we forget and how much they rely on that.
Here is another media mistake. On April 3, Ron Elving was reporting on the second capitol police officer who died. He brought up Brian Sitnick and repeated the false narrative that Mr. Sitnick had died from being bludgeoned by Trump supporters on January 6. The link is below. The story title is “Week In Politics: People On Alert After Another Attack On The Capitol.”
https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/2021/04/03/981875128/weekend-edition-saturday-for-april-3-2021
THANK YOU for all you do - your excellent reporting is truly a beacon of hope amongst all the propaganda.
I wonder if the cop killed by the knife wielding Louis F. devotee will be mourned in state. Actually, I am kidding. He won't.
I admire you, Sharyl!! You are the best of the best! You give people facts & let them make up their own minds (which never happens anymore!).
I am also wondering if anyone of our politicians or whom-it-may-be has thought about or mentioned making Election Day a holiday? Then there is no issue as to how voting hours will effect working people! Am I being crazy for thinking this because it seems simple?!
One of the great misnomers is "common" sense. When you have a common sense view you shouldn't feel this alone. The French figured this out; their version is "bon sense" because it sure as hell is not common.
Making it a holiday would make it more valued and encourage more participation. Voting station tailgating! I love it.
Thank you.
Here's one you missed. Omission, but a whopper.
In the middle of a pandemic with vaccination delivery being one of the highest priorities, I have heard a hundred democrats sound off on how requiring government issued id in order to vote is an attack on the African American vote, BUT I have not heard one democrat raise a concern that these same marginalized millions will not be able to get a vaccine without a photo id.
Why? Because they don't actually care about these maladroits or because they know they don't exist.