{"id":1535695,"date":"2022-07-01T16:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535695"},"modified":"2022-07-01T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:36:46","slug":"corrupt-medias-lies-about-clarence-thomas-arent-just-bad-journalism-they-are-a-deliberate-smear-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corrupt-medias-lies-about-clarence-thomas-arent-just-bad-journalism-they-are-a-deliberate-smear-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrupt Media\u2019s Lies About Clarence Thomas Aren\u2019t Just Bad Journalism, They Are A Deliberate Smear Attempt"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fcorrupt-medias-lies-about-clarence-thomas-arent-just-bad-journalism-they-are-a-deliberate-smear-attempt%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=1535695&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>Axios tried to smear Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas this week by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/06\/30\/clarence-thomas-aborted-children-vaccine-covid?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=editorial&#038;utm_content=politics-clarencethomas\">falsely claiming<\/a> that he said Covid-19 shots were manufactured using \u201caborted children,\u201d a factually true statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClarence Thomas says COVID vaccines are created with cells from \u2018aborted children,\u2019\u201d one Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/06\/30\/clarence-thomas-aborted-children-vaccine-covid?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=editorial&#038;utm_content=politics-clarencethomas\">headline blared<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.25.01-PM-1024x1017-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.25.01-PM-1024x1017-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.25.01-PM-300x298-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.25.01-PM-200x200-1.png 200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.25.01-PM-768x763-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.25.01-PM.png 1200w\"><\/figure>\n<p>The basis for Axios\u2019s blatant lie about the justice stemmed from one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/063022zor_5he6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas\u2019s dissents<\/a> after the highest court in the land refused to take up a case challenging New York\u2019s Covid shot mandate.<\/p>\n<p>One look at the dissent published on Thursday shows that Thomas was simply quoting the petitioner\u2019s argument, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/21\/21-1143\/199705\/20211112101633521_Dr.%20A%20v.%20Hochul%20-%20Emergency%20Application%20for%20Injunction%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a> some healthcare workers have a religious objection to Covid shots \u201cdue to their origin from \u2018abortion-derived fetal cell lines in testing, development, or production.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPetitioners are 16 healthcare workers who served New York communities throughout the COVID\u201319 pandemic. They object on religious grounds to all available COVID\u201319 vaccines because they were developed using cell lines derived from aborted children,\u201d Thomas wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that Thomas was obviously not taking a direct stance on the ethics of vaccines, corrupt corporate media outlets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/06\/30\/clarence-thomas-claims-covid-vaccines-are-derived-from-the-cells-of-aborted-children-00043483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politico<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/justice-thomas-cites-debunked-claim-covid-vaccines-are-made-cells-abor-rcna36156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WajahatAli\/status\/1542552460090380291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">twisted the justice\u2019s repetition<\/a> of the plaintiff\u2019s claims into the lie that Thomas was somehow spreading a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abedelman\/status\/1542553641734881280?s=20&#038;t=kfPJlO0AR3DebpxCam25Bg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cdebunked claim\u201d<\/a> about Covid shots from the bench.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.46.11-PM-971x1024-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.46.11-PM-971x1024-1.png 971w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.46.11-PM-284x300-1.png 284w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.46.11-PM-768x810-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.46.11-PM.png 1204w\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Politico-931x1024-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Politico-931x1024-1.png 931w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Politico-273x300-1.png 273w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Politico-768x845-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Politico.png 1182w\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.59.54-PM-1012x1024-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.59.54-PM-1012x1024-1.png 1012w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.59.54-PM-296x300-1.png 296w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.59.54-PM-768x777-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.59.54-PM.png 1178w\"><\/figure>\n<p>These articles were quickly amplified by corporate media henchmen such as The Washington Post\u2019s resident \u201cfact-checker\u201d Glenn Kessler and even picked up by local\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/national-international\/justice-thomas-cites-debunked-claim-that-covid-vaccines-are-made-with-cells-from-aborted-children\/2870709\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC<\/a>\u00a0channels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.47.53-PM-1024x707-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.47.53-PM-1024x707-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.47.53-PM-300x207-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.47.53-PM-768x531-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-01-at-1.47.53-PM.png 1190w\"><\/figure>\n<p>Thomas did not take a stance on Covid-19 shots, plain and simple. But even if he did claim that the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson &#038; Johnson vaccines were \u201cdeveloped using cell lines derived from aborted children,\u201d he wouldn\u2019t be wrong. <\/p>\n<p>As the petitioners noted in their case, all three of the Covid shot manufacturers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/abortion-opponents-protest-covid-19-vaccines-use-fetal-cells\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">used cells from aborted babies<\/a> in their testing and sometimes manufacturing processes. That\u2019s why so many religious groups including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholic.com\/magazine\/online-edition\/covid-vaccines-and-the-religious-exemption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catholics<\/a> strongly opposed Covid shot mandates. Even the NBC write-up \u201crefuting\u201d Thomas\u2019 alleged \u201cdebunked\u201d claim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/justice-thomas-cites-debunked-claim-covid-vaccines-are-made-cells-abor-rcna36156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a>, \u201cPfizer and Moderna used fetal cell lines early in their Covid vaccine development to test the efficacy of their formulas \u2026 The fetal tissue used in these processes came from elective abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So if Thomas was only quoting the plaintiffs and didn\u2019t lie in his quote, why did the corporate media target him without any regard for the facts? Because they hate Thomas and anyone who dares question their narrative about anything.<\/p>\n<p>It was not an accident that at least three different outlets ran stories centered on a lie that was designed to discredit Thomas, as they\u2019ve done for decades, since before he was confirmed as a justice. It was a coordinated effort to tarnish the reputation of the justice most hated by leftists and their allies in the press.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeping efforts like these aren\u2019t just bad journalism, they are straight propaganda invented to malign conservatives, punish them for failing to appease the leftist agenda, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/01\/good-morning-america-unpersons-clarence-thomas-and-thurgood-marshall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">erase them from history.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Axios tried to smear Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas this week by falsely claiming that he said Covid-19 shots were manufactured using \u201caborted children,\u201d a factually true statement. \u201cClarence Thomas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":1897746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/01\/corrupt-medias-lies-about-clarence-thomas-arent-just-bad-journalism-they-are-a-deliberate-smear-attempt\/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=corrupt-medias-lies-about-clarence-thomas-arent-just-bad-journalism-they-are-a-deliberate-smear-attempt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535695","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\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1897746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}