{"id":2271700,"date":"2024-06-19T15:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greg-gutfeld-takes-apart-legacy-media-for-gobbling-up-cheap-fakes-spin\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:35:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:35:14","slug":"greg-gutfeld-takes-apart-legacy-media-for-gobbling-up-cheap-fakes-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greg-gutfeld-takes-apart-legacy-media-for-gobbling-up-cheap-fakes-spin\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Gutfeld Criticizes Legacy Media for Falling for &#8216;Cheap Fakes&#8217; Spin"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fgreg-gutfeld-takes-apart-legacy-media-for-gobbling-up-cheap-fakes-spin%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=2271700&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>Fox News host \u200cGreg Gutfeld criticized mainstream media for their coverage of White House claims that recent videos depicting\u200d President\u2063 Joe Biden as confused and frail were &#8220;cheap fakes.&#8221; During his commentary on &#8220;The \u200cFive,&#8221; Gutfeld\u200b highlighted that many of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-big-tech-and-media-actions-to-steal-the-election-heres-whats-going-on-in-pennsylvania-and-michigan\/\" title=\"Democrat, Big Tech and Media Actions to Steal the Election \u2013 Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going on in Pennsylvania and Michigan\">media outlets<\/a> previously circulated similarly edited or context-lacking stories that negatively portrayed former President Donald Trump. Gutfeld accused them of inconsistent standards, questioning where these critical voices were during various misrepresented or exaggerated incidents involving Trump, such as the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greg-gutfeld-blasts-adam-schiff-and-media-wheres-the-reckoning-for-this-five-year-russian-hoax\/\" title=\"Greg Gutfeld Blasts Adam Schiff And Media: Where\u2019s The \u2018Reckoning For This Five Year\u2019 \u2018Russian Hoax\u2019\">fine people hoax<\/a>&#8221; and others.  <\/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<p>Fox News host Greg Gutfeld went after legacy media for eagerly gobbling up the White House\u2019s latest narrative \u2014 namely that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-nickelodeon-star-urges-children-to-cheer-on-trans-friends-as-they-express-themselves\/\" title=\"Transgender Nickelodeon Star Urges Children To \u2018Cheer On\u2019 Trans Friends \u2018As They Express Themselves\u2019\">recent series<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-rips-unflattering-biden-videos-as-cheap-fakes\/\" title=\"White House slams disparaging Biden videos as 'cheap fakes\">unflattering videos<\/a> of President Joe Biden were \u201ccheap fakes,\u201d deceptively edited to make Biden appear more confused and more frail than he actually is.<\/p>\n<p>On Fox News\u2019 \u201cThe Five,\u201d Gutfeld pointed out the fact that many of the same media outlets had also reported almost any story that reflected poorly on former President Donald Trump, even if it was clearly edited or without relevant context.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Fox\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greggutfeld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregGutfeld<\/a> calls out liberal media over claims from White House that Biden videos are \u2018cheap fakes\u2019: \u201cWhere were these anti-hoaxers in the \u2018fine people hoax\u2019, the \u2018drinking bleach hoax\u2019, the \u2018koi pond hoax\u2019, the \u2018migrant kids in cages hoax\u2019, the \u2018border patrol\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LmnygWM4kW\">pic.twitter.com\/LmnygWM4kW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TVNewsNow\/status\/1803184256224473200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhere were these anti-hoaxers when there was the \u2018fine people hoax,\u2019 the \u2018drinking bleach hoax,\u2019 the \u2018koi pond hoax,\u2019 the \u2018migrant kids in cages hoax,\u2019 the \u2018border patrol whipping migrants hoax,\u2019 the \u2018lab leak is a conspiracy theory hoax,\u2019 the \u2018Russian collusion hoax,\u2019 the \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay Bill hoax\u2019 \u2026 did I leave any \u2014 the \u2018Pee Tape hoax,\u201d Gutfeld said, nearly running himself out of breath as he tried to list them all. \u201cWhere were they?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a difference,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhen we see something, we vet it. The media does not because they\u2019re the engine behind their hoaxes as long as they go in one direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dems and the media are lucky we don\u2019t match their dishonesty. We could. We don\u2019t,\u201d Gutfeld concluded, arguing that conservatives didn\u2019t have to be dishonest to make Biden look old and frail. \u201cWe don\u2019t have to, because basically we don\u2019t have to make up crap. Apparently, though, they hold us to a higher standard than they hold themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gutfeld went on to explain that Democrats believe that they have the \u201cmoral high ground,\u201d and that justifies all manner of bad behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can call you Hitler, they can interfere with elections, they can wage unprecedented lawfare, they can say you\u2019re banning books, they can say you\u2019re xenophobic, they can say you don\u2019t have any compassion for the homeless, they can say anything. They can lie, because they have the \u2018moral high ground,&#8217;\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most dangerous person is one who excuses their bad actions in the name of the good, especially when the good never materializes,\u201d Gutfeld declared.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News host Greg Gutfeld criticized mainstream media on &#8220;The Five&#8221; for quickly adopting the White House&#8217;s claim that recent videos showing President Joe Biden as confused and frail were &#8220;cheap fakes,&#8221; misleadingly edited to exaggerate his condition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2271701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1954048722.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1954048722.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271700","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}