{"id":2337781,"date":"2024-09-06T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-camp-unleashes-on-media-for-brazenly-lying-about-his-comments-on-georgia-school-shooting\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T10:46:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:46:09","slug":"jd-vance-camp-unleashes-on-media-for-brazenly-lying-about-his-comments-on-georgia-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-camp-unleashes-on-media-for-brazenly-lying-about-his-comments-on-georgia-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance Camp Unleashes on Media for &#8216;Brazenly Lying&#8217; About His Comments on Georgia School Shooting"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fjd-vance-camp-unleashes-on-media-for-brazenly-lying-about-his-comments-on-georgia-school-shooting%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=2337781&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>In the wake of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uvalde-shooters-cousin-is-arrested-over-making-a-school-shooting-threat-court-records-say\/\" title=\"Cousin of Uvalde Shooter arrested for school shooting threat, per court records.\">tragic school \u2063shooting<\/a>\u200d at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, that \u2063left four dead\u200c and\u200b several\u200b injured, gun control and \u200cschool safety have become hot\u2062 topics of\u2063 discussion. Ohio Senator JD Vance,\u200d the Republican vice-presidential nominee, addressed the \u200cincident during a rally in Phoenix, expressing his dismay over the normalization of such tragedies. However, his remarks were \u2063reportedly \u200cmisrepresented by The Associated \u2064Press\u2062 (AP), which quoted him as\u200b stating that school shootings are \u2063a &#8220;fact of life,&#8221;\u200b a claim his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-cheney-admits-she-doesnt-represent-the-people-shes-a-representative-for\/\" title=\"Liz Cheney Admits She Doesn&#039;t Represent the People She&#039;s a Representative for\">campaign vehemently denies<\/a>. \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Vance&#8217;s spokesman criticized the AP for this &#8220;brazenly \u200clying&#8221;\u2062 headline, asserting\u200d that it \u2062and similar media\u2063 reports serve to promote a narrative that Republicans are indifferent to school shootings. The situation escalated with the AP deleting their \u2064controversial post after it\u2062 was criticized \u200conline, though not before it had been\u200c widely \u200bcirculated. The\u2063 spokesman also \u2064took the opportunity to attack\u200b Vice\u200d President Kamala \u200bHarris&#8217;s stance on police presence in schools, suggesting that her policies endanger children.<\/p>\n<p>This situation highlights ongoing tensions\u2063 in media reporting regarding political figures and significant events, particularly as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-ask-him-even-trump-doesnt-know-if-desantis-is-running-in-24\/\" title=\"\u2018I Don\u2019t Ask Him\u2019: Even Trump Doesn\u2019t Know If DeSantis Is Running In \u201924\">presidential election approaches<\/a>.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&rsquo;s tragic news of a school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, that left four dead and more injured caused a firestorm to erupt over gun control and school safety.<\/p>\n<p>With the presidential election only two months away, Republican vice-presidential nominee Ohio Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h1hBsbcA7ls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JD Vance spoke at a rally<\/a> in Phoenix, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arizona-authorities-hunting-man-allegedly-threatened-kill-trump-ahead-campaign-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona<\/a>, on Thursday where he remarked how terrible that day was stating, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like that this is fact of life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Were Vance&rsquo;s comments hard to report fairly and accurately? If you work for The Associated Press, they are, and now his campaign is firing back.<\/p>\n<p>The AP found it appropriate to take Vance&rsquo;s remarks completely out of context and twist his words about the shooting with a phony headline stating, &ldquo;Vance says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/teacher-recorded-laughing-apalachee-school-shooting-may-bravest-person-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school shootings<\/a> are a &lsquo;fact of life.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The lie garnered attention via an X post made by the AP linking to their article about Vance&rsquo;s remarks with the above quote in a headline.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>As many users noted how totally disconnected from reality this interpretation was of Vance&rsquo;s words, they AP quickly deleted the post, but not before a user could screenshot it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The AP deleted their trash about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance?\">@JDVance<\/a> after it was about to receive a nuclear community note.<\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;ve since reposted it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w35o8Fw8Du\">pic.twitter.com\/w35o8Fw8Du<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1831871761190941150?\">September 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/peta-tried-guilt-people-international-sushi-day-community-notes-sliced-diced-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> community notes<\/a> on X are easily one of the best features to be added in promoting a more honest and open dialogue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/vance-spox-blasts-ap-brazenly-lying-out-context-quote-lost-any-all-credibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Digital<\/a> reported comments from Vance representative William Martin who was justifiably angry, giving the AP a more one-sided verbal lashing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is yet another case of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ap-exploits-tragedy-to-twist-vances-words-for-propaganda\/\" title=\"AP Exploits Tragedy To Twist Vance&#039;s Words For Propaganda\">fake news media brazenly lying<\/a> about a Republican politician. Senator Vance said exactly the opposite of what the Associated Press claimed. It should come as no surprise that the AP lost any and all credibility it had years ago, because they will lie about literally anything in order prop up the Democrats,&rdquo; Martin said.<\/p>\n<p>Martin took the chance to then focus on the Democrat presidential ticket and its headliner, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/putin-endorses-kamala-harris-comments-infectious-laugh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has called for all police officers to be removed from schools, putting children all over America at risk. It&rsquo;s yet another example of how Kamala Harris&rsquo;s weak, failed, and dangerously liberal agenda makes her unfit for office,&rdquo; Martin said.<\/p>\n<p>Martin is right in doing what any good campaign spokesman would do as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-betrays-voters-flips-issue-called-medieval\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the voter<\/a> needs to know how bad a Harris presidency would be.<\/p>\n<p>But, focus on his remarks about the AP for moment.<\/p>\n<p>It is not that the once-reputable outlet is incompetent and incapable of doing a basic search to see what Vance actually said in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>The AP simply does not care.<\/p>\n<p>The point is to push an agenda that Vance and the top of the GOP ticket &mdash; former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cbs-news-zeroes-christian-support-trump-ring-leader-sees-gods-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> &mdash; are indifferent to school shootings and expect America to accept dead children and teachers as a regular part of life.<\/p>\n<p>That simply isn&rsquo;t true.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;brazenly lying&rdquo; media were outed this time, but this won&rsquo;t stop.<\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;ll be sure to try again before November, numerous times. 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With the presidential election just two months away, Ohio Senator JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, addressed a rally in Phoenix, Arizona on Thursday. He expressed his dismay over the tragic event by stating that he disliked this being a &#8220;fact of life.&#8221; However, reporting on Vance&#8217;s comments has proven challenging for The Associated Press (AP), which is now facing backlash from his campaign. <\/p>\n<p>The AP controversially took Vance\u2019s remarks out of context and misrepresented them with a misleading headline claiming that he said school shootings are a &#8220;fact of life.&#8221; This inaccurate portrayal gained traction through an X post by the AP linking to their article featuring this quote as its headline. Many users criticized this interpretation as completely detached from reality; although the AP quickly deleted the post after it was about to receive significant community backlash, someone managed to capture a screenshot before its removal.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this incident, Fox News Digital reported statements from William Martin, Vance&#8217;s representative who expressed justified anger towards the AP for what he described as another instance of &#8220;fake news&#8221; targeting Republican politicians. He asserted that Senator Vance had said precisely the opposite of what was claimed by the AP and accused them of lacking credibility due to their willingness to distort facts for political purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Martin also took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris regarding her stance on police presence in schools and criticized her agenda as dangerous and ineffective. While it&#8217;s important for campaign representatives like Martin to inform voters about potential risks associated with Harris&#8217;s presidency, his comments regarding the AP deserve attention too.<\/p>\n<p>The issue isn&#8217;t merely one of incompetence on part of once-reputable media outlets like The Associated Press; rather it reflects an apparent disregard for accurately reporting what politicians say. The underlying goal seems to be promoting an agenda suggesting that both Vance and former President Donald Trump are indifferent toward school shootings while expecting society to accept such tragedies as commonplace\u2014a notion that is simply untrue. Although this instance exposed media dishonesty regarding coverage around these issues, similar attempts will likely continue leading up to November elections\u2014so it&#8217;s crucial not to be misled by such narratives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2337782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jd.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40286,32082,33295,36160,40287],"class_list":["post-2337781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-georgia-school-shooting","tag-jd-vance","tag-media-criticism","tag-political-controversy","tag-public-statements"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jd.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337781","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=2337781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}