{"id":1785876,"date":"2022-12-24T06:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1785876"},"modified":"2022-12-24T10:20:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T15:20:25","slug":"ny-post-editorial-board-the-week-in-whoppers-the-fbis-misinfo-disinfo-nbcs-slap-at-republicans-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-post-editorial-board-the-week-in-whoppers-the-fbis-misinfo-disinfo-nbcs-slap-at-republicans-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Post Editorial Board: The Week in Whoppers: The FBI\u2019s \u2018Misinfo\u2019 Disinfo, NBC\u2019s Slap at Republicans and More"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fny-post-editorial-board-the-week-in-whoppers-the-fbis-misinfo-disinfo-nbcs-slap-at-republicans-and-more%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=1785876&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--><h2><strong>Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>This charge:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cConspiracy theorists . . . are feeding the American public misinformation with the sole purpose of attempting to discredit the agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 FBI, Wednesday<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>The bureau <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/21\/fbi-blasts-conspiracy-theorists-over-twitter-files-claims-to-provide-critical-information-to-protect-company\/\">is pushing back<\/a> against revelations that its agents got Twitter to suppress The Post\u2019s blockbuster October 2020 scoop about Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop by warning it could be Russian disinformation. Yet the FBI got the laptop months before it suggested that; it knew perfectly well the story was legit. It was the agents behind that action who discredited the agency \u2014 not those revealing it.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><strong>This claim:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/SPL5510778_005-e1671738019130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SPL5510778_005-e1671738019130.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25104562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/SPL5510778_005-e1671738019130.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/SPL5510778_005-e1671738019130.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/SPL5510778_005-e1671738019130.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre laughably claimed the US-Mexico border is \u201cnot open.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Ron Sachs\/CNP \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe border is not open. So I want to be very clear about that because we are doing the smugglers\u2019 job if we spread misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 WH spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/19\/white-house-claims-its-misinformation-to-say-border-open-when-title-42-ends\/\"><em>Monday<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>President Biden has basically waved in <em>millions <\/em>of migrants since taking office, all but rolling out a red carpet for them. They\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/21\/how-feds-use-charities-to-hide-the-true-cost-of-the-us-border-crisis\/\">made their way<\/a> to nearly every part of the nation. <em>Of course<\/em> the border is open. The only \u201cmisinformation\u201d being spread here is the denial by Jean-Pierre and those like her.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><strong>This verb: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Congress\u2019 omnibus spending package] could be the last major bill that passes this year before Republicans<em> seize <\/em>control of the House on Jan. 3.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 NBC News, Tuesday<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>We say:<\/strong> \u201cSeize\u201d control? Please: Republicans will take office in a calm, orderly fashion after being duly elected by US voters. NBC, of course, isn\u2019t the only liberal outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/congress-releases-major-spending-bill-election-reforms-prevent-another-rcna62469\">that\u2019s tried to portray<\/a> a GOP majority in the House as ominous. Yet imagine any<em> <\/em>of them ever warning of <em>Dems<\/em> \u201cseizing\u201d control. It\u2019s just not happening.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><strong>This statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1242798333-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1242798333-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk\" class=\"wp-image-25106959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1242798333-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1242798333-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1242798333-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1242798333-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Twitter suspended several journalists from its platform last week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NTB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot remain silent about Elon Musk\u2019s reckless decision to suspend numerous journalists\u2019 Twitter accounts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Center for American Progress, AFT and other progressives, Wednesday<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>\u201cJournalism is the cornerstone of free speech,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/press\/statement-the-ftc-congress-and-advertisers-must-hold-elon-musk-and-twitter-accountable-say-progressive-groups\/\">14 progressive groups fume<\/a>. \u201cAn attack on journalism\u201d is an \u201cassault on one of our fundamental pillars.\u201d No, progressives can\u2019t \u201cremain silent\u201d when that happens \u2014 unless, of course, it\u2019s The Post reporting a story that\u2019s unfavorable to a Democratic nominee for prez, as with the paper\u2019s 2020 scoop on Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop. When Twitter banned The Post for that, you could\u2019ve heard a pin drop from the supposedly high-minded defenders of \u201cjournalism\u201d and \u201cfree speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><strong>This tweet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mask mandates are an effective tool against respiratory viruses. But health officials hesitate to reinstate them after years of political controversy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mopgs6lnWC\">https:\/\/t.co\/mopgs6lnWC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1605935209572143104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>Sorry, but evidence that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1605935209572143104?s=20&#038;t=laduIZMtRqewhssB1xhiRQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">masks are effective<\/a> against COVID and other viruses is weak at best \u2014 and evidence that mask <em>mandates <\/em>work is even weaker. The real problem? Too <em>few <\/em>officials have hesitated to issue them.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This charge: \u201cConspiracy theorists . . . are feeding the American public misinformation with the sole purpose of attempting to discredit the agency.\u201d \u2014 FBI, Wednesday We say: The bureau is pushing back against revelations that its agents got Twitter to suppress The Post\u2019s blockbuster October 2020 scoop &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1785879,"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":[547],"tags":[6962,10059,10847,3664,5458,6616,9763,8376,3826,8441,4899,3819,3756,11637,3912,11638],"class_list":["post-1785876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-the","tag-disinfo","tag-and","tag-board","tag-bongino","tag-editorial","tag-fbis","tag-misinfo","tag-more","tag-nbcs","tag-post","tag-report","tag-republicans","tag-slap","tag-week","tag-whoppers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785876","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1785879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}