{"id":1953181,"date":"2023-06-21T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biggest-threat-to-democracy-is-media-hysterics-about-threats-to-democracy\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T15:17:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:17:33","slug":"the-biggest-threat-to-democracy-is-media-hysterics-about-threats-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biggest-threat-to-democracy-is-media-hysterics-about-threats-to-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Media hysteria about &#8216;threats to democracy&#8217; is the biggest threat to democracy."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fthe-biggest-threat-to-democracy-is-media-hysterics-about-threats-to-democracy%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=1953181&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The corporate media has added a new face to their exhaustive list of \u201cthreats to Democracy.\u201d \u201cRobert F. Kennedy Jr. is a threat to your health \u2014 and our democracy,\u201d reads the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2023-06-19\/column-robert-f-kennedy-jr-is-not-only-a-threat-to-your-health-but-a-threat-to-our-democracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headline<\/a> of a recent Los Angeles Times column. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2017\/07\/17\/los-angeles-times-denies-request-correct-false-claims-disgraced-columnist-michael-hiltzik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disgraced<\/a> L.A. Times journalist Michael Hiltzik, there are many \u201cdangers\u201d posed by RFK Jr. conducting a lawful and <em>democratic<\/em> campaign for president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hiltzik writes that Kennedy\u2019s candidacy \u201cwill increase the political credibility of anti-vax claptrap,\u201d and \u201ccould cut into the vote in 2024 for a responsible Democrat,\u201d allowing \u201cTrump or a Trump clone\u201d to take office and deploy \u201cthuggish attacks on diversity, inclusion and voting rights that have become the alpha and omega of GOP politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1877036042\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a38052926567eea3f65af8969af71808 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a38052926567eea3f65af8969af71808\"><\/div>\n<p>Ah yes, curbing racist, culturally Marxist \u201cdiversity and inclusion\u201d policies and enacting measures to protect the integrity of American elections is a <em>serious<\/em> threat to America. Do not be fooled. The media attacks on RFK Jr. have nothing to do with vaccine acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>As I <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/20\/rfk-jr-s-critics-think-theyre-too-good-to-debate-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> Tuesday, asking questions, whether they be about vaccines or literally anything else, is a <em>defining feature<\/em> of a free society. RFK Jr. has every right to discuss vaccines, particularly when the medical establishment thinks they are above debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Hiltzik and his colleagues in the propaganda press aren\u2019t really afraid of vaccine \u201cmisinformation.\u201d The corporate media is primarily drumming up hysteria around RFK Jr.\u2019s appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast because, as Hiltzik wrote, they perceive him as a threat to Biden\u2019s 2024 presidential bid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In other words, RFK Jr.\u2019s legitimate presidential campaign is a \u201cthreat to democracy\u201d because it could help the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-thune-democrats-plan-to-nuke-filibuster-will-have-long-term-consequences\/\" title=\"Sen. Thune: Democrats\u2019 plan to nuke filibuster will have long-term consequences\">opposition party win<\/a> the upcoming presidential election and, ironically, throttle Democrats\u2019 plan to erode the liberties prescribed in the Constitution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-078c5c02b1e71c8a7a078387e8826a61 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-078c5c02b1e71c8a7a078387e8826a61\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Media Is the Real Threat<\/h2>\n<p>Using the phrase \u201cthreat to democracy\u201d as a way of protecting Democrats ahead of a presidential election is a media tradition at this point. Recall how the press promulgated the FBI-contrived Russia-collusion hoax, claiming former President Donald Trump was a \u201cthreat to democracy\u201d in order to interfere in the 2016 election and discredit the Trump presidency after he was elected.\u00a0Today, the media is <em>still<\/em> trying to thwart a Trump presidency by praising Biden for prosecuting his most probable 2024 opponent in, of course, the name of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/04\/02\/1167645435\/trumps-indictment-could-serve-as-a-test-of-democracy-in-the-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">democracy<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>[Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fdrlst\/videos\/431276442518804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats Conveniently Forget Their Party\u2019s Long History Of Rejecting Election Results<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the 2020 election, the media again interfered in a presidential election when they claimed Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop was \u201cRussian disinformation\u201d and a \u201cthreat to democracy.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biggest-threat-to-democracy-is-media-hysterics-about-threats-to-democracy\/\" title=\"Media hysteria about 'threats to democracy' is the biggest threat to democracy.\">laptop contained damning evidence<\/a> that Hunter was engaging in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-throttling-the-hunter-biden-laptop-story-with-hacked-and-russian-disinformation-lies-propaganda-press-quietly-admit-it-was-completely-legit\/\" title=\"After Throttling The Hunter Biden Laptop Story With \u2018Hacked\u2019 And \u2018Russian Disinformation\u2019 Lies, Propaganda Press Quietly Admit It Was Completely Legit\">sketchy foreign business dealings<\/a> and that his father, presumably referred to as \u201cthe big guy,\u201d was part of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to today, congressional Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-partners-at-firm-hired-to-review-lincoln-project-scandal-have-donated-thousands-to-group\/\" title=\"Senior Partners at Firm Hired to \u2018Review\u2019 Lincoln Project Scandal Have Donated Thousands to Group\">uncovered significant evidence<\/a> that then-Vice President Joe Biden and Hunter received multimillion-dollar payouts from a Ukrainian Burisma executive in exchange for influence over American foreign policy. If the allegations are true, they mean the sitting president of the United States sold out America and may still be compromised by foreign nationals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-94180419e390a26ab54bc8a75fbd0238 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-94180419e390a26ab54bc8a75fbd0238\"><\/div>\n<p>Yet the institution <em>so<\/em> preoccupied with preserving democracy has done nothing to cover the Biden bribery scandal. Instead, the media has been obsessing over the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/16\/six-reasons-dojs-legal-case-against-trump-is-seriously-flawed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deeply flawed<\/a> Trump indictment and parroting White House talking points that Hunter was \u201cheld accountable\u201d this week after he was charged with tax and firearm offenses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/20\/hunter-bidens-plea-deal-is-a-coverup-disguised-as-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunter Biden\u2019s Plea Deal Is A Coverup Disguised As Justice<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hunter was not \u201cheld accountable.\u201d He received an excessively lenient plea deal for crimes many Americans are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/20\/hunter-bidens-wrist-slap-on-gun-tax-crimes-is-a-complete-smokescreen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thrown behind bars<\/a> for committing. More importantly, none of the charges have anything to do with the bribery scandal \u2014 rather, they appear to be a transparent ploy by the Department of Justice to cosplay as fair actors and distract the American people from the real Biden crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The media could have done their job in 2020 and reported \u2014 or at the very least not lied about \u2014 the Hunter Biden laptop. Then maybe we <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/flashback-16-of-biden-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wouldn\u2019t have<\/a> a president who appears to be compromised by foreign nationals and American <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/30\/u-s-senators-reveal-ccp-controlled-company-funneled-millions-to-biden-family-to-represent-spy-chief-of-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adversaries<\/a>. But the media didn\u2019t want to report on it because they didn\u2019t want Biden to lose in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the propaganda press, \u201cdemocracy\u201d no longer means a form of government. It means the suppression of anything that threatens the left\u2019s agenda or their candidates. Just a few examples of what the media considered a \u201cthreat to democracy\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/27\/here-is-everything-democrats-claim-is-a-threat-to-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">include<\/a> Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/10\/disgraced-fbi-no-2-andrew-mccabe-calls-for-feds-to-treat-mainstream-conservatives-like-domestic-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">half<\/a> of the U.S. population, Ron DeSantis, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, lawfully conducted elections, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, poll watchers, Elon Musk, parents at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism\/\" title=\"Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Preschool, Redefine \u2018Discrimination\u2019 and \u2018Racism\u2019\">school board meetings<\/a>, pro-lifers, our bicameral legislature, free speech, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/06\/actual-democracy-and-4-other-things-the-left-called-a-threat-to-democracy-besides-jan-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">democracy itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Supposed \u201cthreats to democracy\u201d are used by the left to actively call for the censorship of those who are willing<em> <\/em>to speak the truth. The legacy press <em>encouraged<\/em> Big Tech to censor the New York Post when the Hunter Biden laptop scandal broke, and they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/k7zz9z\/spotify-rogan-rfk-vaccine-misinformation-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>encouraged<\/em><\/a> Big Tech to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukewearechange\/status\/1670901345526620163?s=61&#038;t=L2JpAmjZ6dtVliW1Gq5Pxg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">censor<\/a> Joe Rogan\u2019s RFK Jr. podcast.<\/p>\n<p>The media feel justified in launching full-on assaults against the First Amendment because they\u2019re entitled, believing they should be the sole arbiters of truth. In order to maintain a monopoly on information, they call for the annihilation of smaller media outlets or even random social media users who dare challenge their carefully curated narratives \u2014 all in the name of protecting \u201cdemocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9391c73ab6d082cfecec15b6b9cd9e34 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9391c73ab6d082cfecec15b6b9cd9e34\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media claims RFK Jr. is a threat to health and democracy. L.A. Times columnist Michael Hiltzik lists numerous dangers associated with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1623,"featured_media":1953182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[8710,5521,6346,4188,4104,4855],"class_list":["post-1953181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biggest","tag-democracy","tag-hysteria","tag-media","tag-threat","tag-threats"],"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\/1953181","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\/1623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1953181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1953182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1953181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1953181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1953181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}