{"id":2264879,"date":"2024-06-11T11:56:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-keith-olbermann-call-for-clarence-thomas-to-be-caged\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T11:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:58:15","slug":"fact-check-did-keith-olbermann-call-for-clarence-thomas-to-be-caged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-keith-olbermann-call-for-clarence-thomas-to-be-caged\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Keith Olbermann Demand Clarence Thomas Be Put in a Cage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-keith-olbermann-call-for-clarence-thomas-to-be-caged%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=2264879&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>The summary deals with a misleading social media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">post<\/a> claiming that commentator Keith Olbermann\u200b wanted Supreme \u200dCourt Justice Clarence Thomas to be placed &#8220;in a cage.&#8221; This allegation originated from a parody account, rather than being \u200ca genuine statement by Olbermann. Additionally, it touches on Justice \u200dClarence Thomas disclosing two trips in 2019, accompanied \u200bby\u2062 Harlan Crow, with one of the\u2064 destinations being \u200dBali.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"19.57425111536\">\n<div readability=\"6.6666666666667\">\n<p>A post<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0pTTnRe2DZ2DCQJcRHEJq2jyySrp6rkaTdBrNVFrmHd2hYjPxo7F6qsxzYCHwx3hZl&#038;id=61555073465775\"> shared on social media<\/a> purports that commentator Keith Olbermann <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">called<\/a> for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be \u201cin a cage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">claim<\/a> stems from a parody account.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.603305785124\">\n<p>Thomas disclosed two trips he took with Harlan Crow in 2019, one destination was Bali,<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-financial-disclosures-clarence-thomas-trips-harlan-crow\/\">CBS News<\/a><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>reported. Justice Katanji Brown Jackson accepted concert tickets from Beyonc\u00e9 and artwork for her chambers, all valued at thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"10\">\n<p>A post shared on Facebook allegedly shows an X post from Olbermann that compares Justice Thomas to a monkey. The post reads, \u201cWhat\u2019s the difference between Clarence Thomas and a monkey? Clarence Thomas actually belongs in a cage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.192660550459\">\n<p>The claim is inaccurate. The post stems from an Olbermann<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KTOlbermann\/status\/1797063109200298403\">parody account<\/a>. Their account\u2019s bio-self identifies as<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KTOlbermann\"><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>parody<\/a><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>saying, \u201cPounded a twink or six million. The king of the gays. Parody artist. If you fell for my bait, you owe me eight dollars.\u201d The screenshot of the post does not identify it as a parody account.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"8.566265060241\">\n<p>Olbermann has criticized the<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>Supreme Court. Olbermann has called for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">court<\/a> to be dissolved after they overturned a law related to gun control, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/keith-olbermann-supreme-court-twitter-rant-reactions-1718631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsweek<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.6701030927835\">\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation has been shared online. Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/07\/fact-check-eminem-leave-country-donald-trump-re-elected\/\">debunked<\/a><span class=\"gmail-apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>a claim rapper Eminem said he would leave the country if former President Donald Trump is re-elected.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A social media post falsely claimed that commentator Keith Olbermann suggested Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should be &#8220;in a cage,&#8221; originating from a parody account. Justice Thomas disclosed two 2019 trips with Harlan Crow, including to Bali, as reported by CBS News. Justice Katanji Brown Jackson accepted concert tickets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1245,"featured_media":2264880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Keith_Olbermann-e1602525394399.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29362],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2264879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-caller"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Keith_Olbermann-e1602525394399.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264879","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\/1245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}