Lamestream Media Double Standards and Fake News

[DKG]

Corporate media ignores police union's accusations of fudged crime stats to hide the crisis.

The Democrats' media allies are arguing that President Donald Trump's federal takeover of Washington, D.C., was unwarranted due to sharply decreasing crime rates. However, these reports do not provide a complete and accurate picture of the crime crisis in the area.

The legacy media was quick to portray mayor Muriel Bowser as the victim, yet during a Sunday interview with MSNBC, the mayor admitted that D.C. needs assistance.

Many legacy media reports attempted to debunk Trump's claims about high crime rates by referring to statistics from the Metropolitan Police Department. However, they failed to mention that the D.C. Police Union has long accused the MPD of manipulating its crime data to appear lower. MPD Police Commander Michael Pulliam was reportedly placed on paid administrative leave in May following the union's allegations.

Gregg Pemberton, the chairman of the D.C. Police Union, explained how the MPD was allegedly altering the data. He stated that some of the department's lieutenants and captains were instructing officers to file reports for lesser offenses.

"Instead of taking a report for a shooting or a stabbing or a carjacking, they will order that officer to take a report for a theft or an injured person to the hospital or a felony assault, which is not the same type of classification," Pemberton told WRC-TV.

He alleged that crimes that should be reported as involving a suspect armed with a dangerous weapon have instead been documented as felony assaults. He noted that felony assaults are not listed on the MPD's daily crime stats, and they are not a requirement of the FBI's uniform crime reporting program either.

Pemberton claimed that there is "absolutely no way" crime in D.C. has declined as significantly as reported by the MPD.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the department's website indicated that violent crime has decreased by 26% compared to last year. The MPD reported a 35% decline in violent crime from 2023 to 2024.

Yet FBI crime data indicated that by June 2024, reported aggravated assaults reached 375, a figure not seen since before 2020.

The FBI's data revealed that homicide rates have been steadily increasing over the past decade, peaking at 33 in August 2023. Reported robberies also reached a high of 501 in July 2023. Motor vehicle thefts have significantly risen since 2015, exceeding 700 incidents for three consecutive months in 2023. The most recent data shows 425 reported thefts in December 2024, which represents a 48% increase compared to the same period in 2014.

[DKG]

An ABC News reporter made a misleading claim pointing to the motivations of the Minneapolis transgender shooting suspect.

While reporting on the evidence gathered by the suspect, Aaron Katersky said only that Westman had the word "Trump" on his weapon but did not explain that he had written, "Kill Donald Trump," rather than just his name.

"We've also been going through it, and I can tell you there are crude diagrams of the church. There are also photos of the weapons, and they include all sorts of writings, the names of past mass shooters, criticism of Israel, the name of President Trump written on the guns," Katersky added.

"There are also racial slurs, nihilistic statements," he continued, "all painting the picture of a disturbed individual who carried out this mass shooting on the first week of school at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis."

Video of Katersky's comments were posted to social media, where they quickly went viral. Many believed the reporter intentionally crafted the comments to imply the alleged shooter was pro-Trump.

"The Catholic school shooter's gun said 'Kill Donald Trump.' To mention his gun 'had Trump's name written on it' without sharing the full context is misleading at best," reporter Olivia Rondeau responded.

"He left it vague enough to allow people to think that it was a right wing shooter," another response reads.

"Aaron Katersky not so subtly insinuates a false link between the trans lunatic shooter and Donald Trump. Hey, @AaronKatersky. The murderous trans maniac wanted the President dead. Why is that so hard to say?" another critic replied.

[Herman]

They are taking my money to discriminate against people like my boy.

[DKG]

They are taking my money to discriminate against people like my boy.

That is outrageous.

The CBC is hiding salaries from taxpayers.

Unlike most provinces, the federal government has no "sunshine law" that forces government bodies to disclose the names, positions, and salaries of their highest paid employees.

[Herman]

[Brent]

MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd was fired following his "insensitive" comments during the live coverage of the Charlie Kirk shooting, Variety first reported.

According to Variety, MSNBC anchor Katy Tur asked Dowd about "the environment in which a shooting like this happens."

Responding to the question, Dowd said, "He's been one of the most divisive — especially divisive younger figures — in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups.

"And I always go back to: Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that's the environment we're in. ... You can't stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that's the unfortunate environment we're in."

These comments outraged viewers and internet users, leading to a decision by MSNBC to fire him.

[Prof Emeritus at Fawk U]

MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd was fired following his "insensitive" comments during the live coverage of the Charlie Kirk shooting, Variety first reported.

According to Variety, MSNBC anchor Katy Tur asked Dowd about "the environment in which a shooting like this happens."

Responding to the question, Dowd said, "He's been one of the most divisive — especially divisive younger figures — in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups.

"And I always go back to: Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that's the environment we're in. ... You can't stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that's the unfortunate environment we're in."

These comments outraged viewers and internet users, leading to a decision by MSNBC to fire him.

Good riddance.  Now if only that Maddow dude would make the same mistake.

[Thiel]

CNN, MSNBC WaPo and the rest of the msm are busy defending people who cheer on political murder.

[Prof Emeritus at Fawk U]

CNN, MSNBC WaPo and the rest of the msm are busy defending people who cheer on political murder.

Next you'll be saying that water is wet.

[Herman]

Can't wait for these outlets to get defunded.
For decades they have been just arms of the federalists in Ottawa.
It will be amazing to have actual free speech soon!

[DKG]

Don Lemon and Joy Reid appear to be in a competition for who can sound the least intelligent in front of an audience.

Don Lemon accused White men of turning to violence, while Reid bizarrely claimed that less taxes equal fascism.

[Prof Emeritus at Fawk U]

Don Lemon and Joy Reid appear to be in a competition for who can sound the least intelligent in front of an audience.

Don Lemon accused White men of turning to violence, while Reid bizarrely claimed that less taxes equal fascism.

They're both useless coons.

[Herman]