‘Anonymous Sources’ Are How Corporate Media Launder Smear Operations As News

Anonymous sources were not used in journalism at one time. They would only be cited when trying to preserve someone’s physical safety or report on the most sensitive national security matters, and there was an expectation that such unusual sourcing be reviewed by editors and carefully corroborated whenever possible.

Now anonymous sourcing has become the norm in reporting and is frequently used as a political weapon to disseminate Democrats’ talking points and smear their enemies. The illicit use of anonymous sources to launch libel against Democrats’ enemies ballooned after Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, and the tactic was used to develop the Russia-collusion hoax and multiple other smears.

Recent examples include the Chinese spy-bomber news cycle. Public outrage erupted when it was revealed that Red China had spent several days hovering above the United States, collecting sensitive information. There are many governors and legislators Trump demanded that President Joe Biden be elected Take the balloon down Get it done as soon as you can.

Biden refused to accept this claim, claiming that neutralizing airborne threats could result in civilian harm. This claim was made in corporate media. An anonymous “official” Whoever said so, did not provide any evidence. “the balloon did not pose a military or physical threat” United States This decision is again a success. Americans were furious.

The Biden administration was furious when the administration finally shot down the balloon above the Atlantic. Unnamed officials at the Department of Defense were allegedly involved in this incident. An off-camera press conference briefing was held. This one is from China. “transited the continental United States briefly at least three times during the prior administration.” 

This admission sparked a media frenzy in corporate media. The press took the Pentagon’s word for it and accused Republicans of a “double standard.” The balloon would not go up without those who called for it to be blown out. Press claimedTrump and others were even more hypocrites because they were also hypocrites “failed” to take down spy equipment in the office

Trump and several Trump national-security officials at high levels were briefed about security breaches during their tenure less than a week later. The recordThey have their names behind their statements to deny any knowledge of Chinese spy satellites monitoring the United States.

“I don’t ever recall somebody coming into my office or reading anything that the Chinese had a surveillance balloon above the United States,” Mark Esper, the defense secretary, was in office from 2019 to 2020. CNN.

Christopher Miller was the acting defense secretary between 2020 and 2021. “the first time I ever heard of anything like this was this weekend.”

“Had not a clue,” Miller . “If something like that had happened, that’s like a national security threat.”

“I certainly never became aware that there was a three-bus-sized floating device coming across our country for five days, either as CIA director or secretary of state. [And] I’ve talked to others who are on my teams — they don’t know anything about