{"id":1078619,"date":"2021-12-02T22:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078619"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:58:38","slug":"ann-coulter-tips-on-fake-news-for-twitters-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ann-coulter-tips-on-fake-news-for-twitters-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Coulter: Tips on Fake News for Twitter\u2019s New CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fann-coulter-tips-on-fake-news-for-twitters-new-ceo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Twitter announced this week that Parag Agrawal will be the social media giant\u2019s new CEO.&nbsp;(This is an incredible achievement for the Indian-born Agrawal, given that the selection process heavily favored people born in India.)&nbsp;He has a difficult job ahead of him, trying to maintain the site\u2019s reputation for fast-paced, free-ranging commentary, while also keeping the platform free of dangerous misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Agrawal is probably aware of the mounds \u2014 and I mean mounds \u2014 of irrefutable SCIENTIFIC PROOF that conservatives are gullible paranoids, constantly falling for misinformation and hoaxes. For example, consider these 100 percent objective academic studies:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cConservatives More Likely To Believe False News, New Study Finds\u201d \u2014 Maggie Fox, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/02\/health\/conservatives-false-news-study\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>, June 2, 2021<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReturn of the Paranoid Style: Fake News Is Fooling More Conservatives Than Liberals. Why?\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/international\/2020\/06\/03\/fake-news-is-fooling-more-conservatives-than-liberals-why\"><em>The Economist<\/em><\/a>, June 3, 2020<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConservatives\u2019 Susceptibility to Political Misperceptions\u201d \u2014 R. Kelly Garrett and Robert M. Bond, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.abf1234\"><em>Science Advances<\/em><\/a>, June 2, 2021<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>On the other hand, now that I think about it, even powerful Democrats, establishment news organizations, and influential celebrities have been known to err when evaluating the news.<\/p>\n<p>Hey! That reminds me \u2014 the Jussie Smollett trial kicks off this week! (It\u2019s a good thing I remembered that while writing this column.)<\/p>\n<p>Smollett, you will recall, is the half-black, half-Jewish gay actor formerly of the Fox TV show \u201cEmpire\u201d who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/29\/arts\/television\/empire-jussie-smollett-attacked.html\">claimed<\/a>, back in January 2019, that he left his Chicago apartment at 2 a.m. in the middle of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-met-chicago-cold-weather-20190127-story.html\">polar vortex<\/a>&nbsp;to get a sandwich, whereupon he was viciously set upon by two white guys shouting racist and homophobic slurs. (Despite being racist, homophobic white guys, they were huge fans of \u201cEmpire,\u201d recognizing Smollett immediately.)<\/p>\n<p>They beat him about the face, put a noose around his neck, and doused him with a \u201cchemical substance.\u201d (Yes, as luck would have it, the white guys happened to be carrying a noose and chemical agents. Duh. It was a polar vortex.)<\/p>\n<p>For extra bonus authenticity, Smollett said his assailants yelled, \u201cThis is MAGA country!\u201d Did I mention this was in Chicago? (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/columns\/dahleen-glanton\/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-jussie-smollett-attack-20190201-story.html\">Trump: 12.4 percent<\/a>&nbsp;of the 2016 vote.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18988538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18988538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1138451181.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1306\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Courthouse after his court appearance on March 26, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. (Nuccio DiNuzzo\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even a skeptic would have to admit, Smollett\u2019s account had the ring of truth. When you add (to an already highly believable story) the fact&nbsp;that there have been dozens of \u201cnoose incidents\u201d over the past few decades, and every single one of them, without exception, turned out to be a hoax, his narrative only becomes more convincing!<\/p>\n<p>To leap ahead to the conclusion, the Chicago Police Department spent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/wireStory\/prosecutors-begin-case-jussie-smollett-chicago-81460475\">3,000 man-hours<\/a>&nbsp;carefully examining surveillance tapes of the neighborhood where the incident had occurred and determined that \u2014 please sit down for this \u2014 the \u201cattackers\u201d turned out to be two Nigerian extras on \u201cEmpire.\u201d (That does explain how they were able to recognize him.) After their arrests, they admitted that Smollett had paid them $3,500 to stage the attack.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Liberals, those calm, dispassionate seekers after truth \u2014 not conservative dolts, with their \u201cparanoid style\u201d and \u201csusceptibility\u201d to \u201cfalse news\u201d \u2014 reacted to Smollett\u2019s alleged attack with the cool detachment we have come to expect from them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened today to @JussieSmollett must never be tolerated in this country. We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joebiden\/status\/1090422326783606784?lang=en\">We are with you, Jussie.\u201d \u2014 Joe Biden<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1379310344828\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What happened today to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JussieSmollett<\/a> must never be tolerated in this country. We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts. We are with you, Jussie. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o8ilPu68CM\">https:\/\/t.co\/o8ilPu68CM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1090422326783606784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c@JussieSmollett is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know \u2026 This was an attempted modern-day lynching. No one should have to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kamalaharris\/status\/1090361495119187969\">fear for their life<\/a>&nbsp;because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate.\u201d \u2014 then-Sen. Kamala Harris<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/02\/nancy-pelosi-jussie-smollett-deleted-tweet\">racist, homophobic attack<\/a>&nbsp;\u2026 is an affront to our humanity. No one should be attacked for who they are or whom they love. I pray that Jussie has a speedy recovery &amp; that justice is served. May we all commit to ending this hate once &amp; for all.\u201d \u2014 Rep. Nancy Pelosi<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sengillibrand\/status\/1090306824945844225\">sickening and outrageous attack<\/a>, and horribly, it\u2019s the latest of too many hate crimes against LGBTQ people and people of color. We are all responsible for condemning this behavior and every person who enables or normalizes it. Praying for Jussie and his family.\u201d \u2014 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no such thing as \u2018racially charged.\u2019 This attack was not \u2018possibly\u2019 homophobic. It was a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1090491674575454208\">racist and homophobic attack<\/a>. If you don\u2019t like what is happening to our country, then work to change it. It is no one\u2019s job to water down or sugar-coat the rise of hate crimes.\u201d \u2014 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding the heinous attack on @JussieSmollett, yet another reminder that Trump\u2019s ascendance and the resulting climate of hate has meant that lives have been increasingly at stake since 2015.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karenattiah\/status\/1090344753554690053\">Smollett could have been killed<\/a>&nbsp;by those thugs screaming MAGA. Let that sink in.\u201d \u2014 Karen Attiah, Washington Post editor<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.851851851852\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Regarding the heinous attack on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JussieSmollett<\/a>, yet another reminder that  Trump\u2019s ascendance and the resulting climate of hate has meant that lives have been increasingly at stake since 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Smollett could have been killed by those thugs screaming MAGA. Let that sink in.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarenAttiah\/status\/1090344753554690053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe horrific attack on Jussie Smollett has no place in a decent human loving society.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/02\/21\/jussie-smollets-celeb-supporters-are-backtracking-or-staying-quiet\/\">Homophobia existed before Trump<\/a>, but there is no question that since he has injected his hatred into the American bloodstream, we are less decent, less human, &amp; less loving. No intolerance! No DT!\u201d \u2014 Director Rob Reiner<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJussie Smollett was violently attacked by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliviamunn\/status\/1090342691030806528\">two white men who poured bleach on him<\/a>&nbsp;and put a noose around his neck. He was targeted for being black and for being gay. THIS is why we have to have zero tolerance against homophobia and racism. Jussie\u2019s life matters.\u201d \u2014 Actress Olivia Munn<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeartbroken and furious reading about the attack on @JussieSmollett.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2019\/03\/06\/the-lion-king-actor-billy-eichner-deletes-tweet-wanting-trump-and-all-maga-lunatics-to-burn-in-hell\/\">I want Trump and all MAGA lunatics to burn in Hell.<\/a>\u201d \u2014 Actor Billy Eichner<\/p>\n<p>All this blithering idiocy, about something that was an obvious hoax from day one, was posted on the very social media site that Agrawal is about to oversee. Nearly identical tweets from nearly identical liberals could be produced for similarly deranged takes on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2019\/01\/maga-teenager-native-american-veteran-harassment-smile.html\">Nick Sandmann<\/a>, Kyle Rittenhouse,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/oZXBU#selection-2825.65-2825.194\">Althea Bernstein<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/racing\/nascar\/story\/_\/id\/29354447\/fbi-says-rope-had-talladega-garage-last-fall-bubba-wallace-not-victim-hate-crime\">NASCAR<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cnoose,\u201d the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/03\/06\/education\/oberlin-cancels-classes-after-reported-klan-sighting.html\">Klansman<\/a>\u201d at Oberlin College, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/02\/nyregion\/racism-charges-in-bus-incident-and-their-unraveling-upset-u-of-albany.html\">\u201cracist\u201d bus attack in Albany<\/a>, Trump supporters <a href=\"https:\/\/anncoulter.com\/2017\/01\/04\/the-great-hijab-cover-up\/\">ripping hijabs off<\/a> Muslim girls, racist graffiti at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/08\/us\/air-force-academy-racist.html\">Air Force Academy<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/06\/24\/nyregion\/24columbia.html\">noose<\/a>&nbsp;at Columbia\u2019s Teachers College, the Duke lacrosse rape hoax, the University of Virginia&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/anncoulter.com\/2014\/12\/17\/one-in-five-people-who-write-for-rolling-stone-are-morons\/\">gang-rape hoax<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-israel-usa-hacker\/u-s-israeli-teen-convicted-in-israel-for-bomb-threats-during-trumps-rise-idUSKBN1JO1JH\">synagogue bomb threats<\/a>&nbsp;and on and on and on.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck to you, Mr. Agrawal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter announced this week that Parag Agrawal will be the social media giant\u2019s new CEO.\u00a0(This is an incredible achievement for the Indian-born Agrawal, given that the selection process heavily favored &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}