{"id":191539,"date":"2021-03-05T17:45:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T22:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=191539"},"modified":"2021-03-05T17:45:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T22:45:12","slug":"dont-fall-for-the-legacy-medias-lies-of-omission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-fall-for-the-legacy-medias-lies-of-omission\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Fall For The Legacy Media\u2019s Lies Of Omission"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdont-fall-for-the-legacy-medias-lies-of-omission%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=191539&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-520783510-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>For conservatives, the coverage of political and cultural topics by legacy media is an almost constant barrage of irritation and criticism. Hypocrisy, editorialization and outright lies occur daily, with the following scrutiny dismissed as \u201cconservatives pounce!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There is, however, one form of media malfeasance which often goes unnoticed and is, in many ways, the most powerful of all. While the legacy engages in lies of error, distortion, denial, minimization, exaggeration and outright fabrication, one form stands above all others: omission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The greatest intellectual and journalistic crime committed by the legacy media has nothing to do with what they choose to cover, but everything to do with what they choose <em>not<\/em> to cover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The most impactful ideological victories achieved by the Left in 2020 were all made possible by the legacy media\u2019s strategy of omission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Would Joe Biden have won the election if the legacy media had not coordinated with social media giants to suppress and silence the New York Post\u2019s bombshell<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/14\/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad\/\"><span>report<\/span><\/a> <span>that seemed to indicate corruption, or at the very least the willing use of the Biden name for financial gain? Days later, CNN called it \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/10\/18\/media\/new-york-post-hunter-biden-reliable\/index.html\"><span>dubious<\/span><\/a><span>,\u201d the New York Times<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/18\/business\/media\/new-york-post-hunter-biden.html\"><span>cited<\/span><\/a> <span>anonymous sources which undermined the story, and Washington Post fact checkers went to work on \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/10\/14\/hunter-bidens-alleged-laptop-an-explainer\/\"><span>explaining<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d the story. The Daily Beast also ran<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/10\/how-media-covered-up-the-hunter-biden-story-until-after-the-election\/\"><span>headlines<\/span><\/a> <span>like \u201cRussian State Media Is Desperately Trying to Keep the Hunter Biden Story Alive\u201d and \u201cFBI Examining Hunter\u2019s Laptop As Foreign Op, Contradicting Trump\u2019s Intel Czar.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While the story\u2019s suppression serves as an example of denial, minimization and distortion, what should concern Americans most is that it was part of a broad decision by the legacy media to omit any mention of Hunter Biden until the election was complete. After November 3, there was no election to lose, so<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/09\/politics\/hunter-biden-tax-investigtation\/index.html\"><span>stories<\/span><\/a> <span>about Biden\u2019s reportedly corrupt son were deemed \u201csafe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Such deliberate omission was present throughout every notable and contentious event in 2020. The Chinese Communist Party\u2019s culpability for the global COVID-19 pandemic was<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-criticizing-china-is-no-longer-racist-what-changed\"><span>ignored<\/span><\/a> <span>or dismissed in favor of domestic stories, until Biden won. The rampant violence of Black Lives Matter protesters \u2014 endorsed in many cases by Democratic politicians \u2014 was ignored until literal<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-mocked-for-fiery-but-mostly-peaceful-protests-tv-chyron-shown-in-front-of-kenosha-fire\"><span>flames<\/span><\/a> <span>in the background made it impossible to deny the obvious. The statements made by Kamala Harris about the man she would later endorse for president \u2014 namely that he was potentially guilty of sexual assault and had supported racist policies \u2014 were journalistically erased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The list of ignored stories goes on and on, whether it be Trump\u2019s once-in-a-generation foreign policy achievements as a result of the Abraham Accords, or the astonishing achievement of delivering multiple effective vaccines in record time \u2014 despite the legacy media denying this was possible just months prior \u2014 or that some election irregularities or suggestions of impropriety even existed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>No one is more demonstrative of this problem than CNN\u2019s Chris Cuomo. Throughout 2020, he provided New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with a platform for overt propaganda. With the governor\u2019s career trajectory taking a nosedive after the reality of his administration\u2019s disastrous COVID-19 mandates and his alleged habit of sexually harassing his own staff finally allowed to come to light, Chris Cuomo\u2019s interest in the biggest stories of the week seems suddenly muted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Folks, it seems like having obvious ties between politicians and media has some drawbacks. I wonder why <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisCuomo<\/a> isn&#8217;t mentioning the biggest stories of the week? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HvUuixieir\">pic.twitter.com\/HvUuixieir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian G Haworth (@ighaworth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\/status\/1365012739999944705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>While it\u2019s crucial that we hold the media accountable for what they say, 2020 taught us that it\u2019s even more important to hold them accountable for what they choose not to say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><em>@ighaworth<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For conservatives, the coverage of political and cultural topics by legacy media is an almost constant barrage of irritation and criticism. 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