{"id":2466002,"date":"2025-07-24T06:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-media-mouthpieces-touted-lie-that-russia-hacked-16-election\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T06:03:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:03:56","slug":"7-media-mouthpieces-touted-lie-that-russia-hacked-16-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-media-mouthpieces-touted-lie-that-russia-hacked-16-election\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Media Mouthpieces Touted Lie That Russia &#8216;Hacked&#8217; &#8217;16 Election"},"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\">20<\/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%2F7-media-mouthpieces-touted-lie-that-russia-hacked-16-election%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=2466002&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article discusses newly released documents declassified<\/a> by Tulsi Gabbard that reveal the Obama administration allegedly &#8220;manufactured&#8221; the evidence for the narrative that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to help Donald Trump win.According to these documents, a House report showed that the intelligence used to support claims of Russian assistance to Trump was based on weak, unclear, and unverifiable information, yet the corporate media relentlessly promoted the Russia collusion theory for years, acting as propaganda outlets for the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Following the release of these reports, mainstream media outlets quickly downplayed the revelations. The article highlights seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-wages-harassment-campaign-against-freedom-convoy-donors\/\" title=\"Media Wages Harassment Campaign Against Freedom Convoy Donors\">prominent media figures<\/a> and organizations accused of perpetuating the Russia collusion hoax, including The Washington post, Jake Tapper, Stephen Colbert, Margaret Brennan, Jen Psaki, Karine Jean-Pierre, and The New York Times.these entities are criticized for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rashida-tlaib-breaks-down-in-tears-on-house-floor-as-she-attempts-to-make-herself-the-victim\/\" title=\"Rashida Tlaib Breaks Down in Tears on House Floor as She Attempts to Make Herself the Victim\">promoting false narratives<\/a> about Russian interference and political conspiracies.<\/p>\n<p>The piece concludes by noting that former President Trump has expressed determination to pursue legal consequences for those involved in what he calls the politicization and weaponization of intelligence against him during the 2016 election.  <\/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>\n<p>The corporate media have insisted for years that Russia hacked the 2016 election or colluded with Trump to steal it. The hoax&nbsp;was already thoroughly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/21\/5-years-ago-the-russia-collusion-hoax-fell-apart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debunked<\/a>, but documents released by Tulsi Gabbard on Friday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/obama-admin-manufactured-intelligence-create-2016-russian-election-interference-narrative-documents-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;that the Obama administration &ldquo;manufactured&rdquo; the evidence behind the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>A House&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/DIG\/DIG-Declassified-HPSCI-Report-Manufactured-Russia-Hoax-July2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;Gabbard declassified on Wednesday further revealed how the Obama administration manipulated the contents of an intelligence report to push the claim that Putin &ldquo;aspired&rdquo; to help Trump. The &ldquo;only classified information&rdquo; cited as evidence for the assertion was &ldquo;one scant, unclear, and unverifiable fragment of a sentence&rdquo; in a &ldquo;substandard&rdquo; report. Nonetheless, the corporate media for years acted as willing propaganda arms for the Democrat Party, uncritically and relentlessly&nbsp;peddling the claim that Russia helped Donald Trump win in 2016.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the release of the DNI report on Friday and the House report on Wednesday, legacy outlets unsurprisingly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/22\/obamas-intel-agencies-interfered-in-the-2016-election-and-of-course-the-media-dont-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rushed<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/23\/us\/politics\/trump-russia-obama-gabbard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">downplay<\/a>&nbsp;the bombshells. While the media continue to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trumps-intelligence-chiefs-try-rewrite-history-2016-election-rcna220103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">run cover<\/a>&nbsp;for themselves and the Obama&nbsp;administration, here is a reminder of seven Democrat mouthpieces who perpetuated the Russia collusion hoax.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#8220;Nobody ever said &#8216;the Russians hacked the election!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Except, of course, they ALL said &#8220;the Russians hacked the election&#8221; &#128071; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w50F9lQN9i\">pic.twitter.com\/w50F9lQN9i<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryOConnor\/status\/1947628066974359870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>1. Washington Post<\/h2>\n<p>WaPo was responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/18\/spygate-101-a-primer-on-the-russia-collusion-hoaxs-years-long-plot-to-take-down-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">breaking<\/a> the story about the DNC server hack that became the basis for the Russia collusion hoax, and the publication has been running cover for the lie ever since. In late 2016, the Post <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/23\/new-dni-docs-reveal-washington-posts-central-role-in-russiagate-hoax\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=new-dni-docs-reveal-washington-posts-central-role-in-russiagate-hoax&amp;utm_term=2025-07-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brazenly regurgitated<\/a> the purported CIA conclusion that &ldquo;Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency.&rdquo; The reporters who wrote the story were later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/ellen-nakashima\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">awarded<\/a> a Pulitzer for their false coverage.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday WaPo&rsquo;s home page was almost entirely devoid of any Russiagate coverage, though several reports debunking the paper&rsquo;s earlier claims have been released in recent days. Buried near the bottom was the only headline touching the topic, which read, &ldquo;Obama&rsquo;s office: Trump administration&rsquo;s treason claims are a &lsquo;distraction.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>2. Jake Tapper<\/h2>\n<p>Jake Tapper <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/sotu\/date\/2016-07-24\/segment\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anchored<\/a> the CNN segment that introduced the Russia collusion hoax to America via an interview with Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook. Tapper seemed initially skeptical, calling Mook&rsquo;s accusation a &ldquo;very, very strong charge,&rdquo; but he became one of the foremost media propagators of the hoax, helping author what The Federalist&rsquo;s Mollie Hemingway <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/29\/jake-tapper-is-lying-about-cnns-key-role-in-the-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> &ldquo;the most important <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/10\/politics\/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">story<\/a> of the entire Russia collusion hoax.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He later denied his involvement in the Russia collusion hoax, telling J.D. Vance in an interview that he had only been <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/29\/jake-tapper-is-lying-about-cnns-key-role-in-the-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">covering<\/a> an FBI investigation.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Stephen Colbert<\/h2>\n<p>Stephen Colbert, whose unfunny, leftist TV segment <em>The Late Show<\/em> was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/stephen-colbert-late-show-cbs-end-8bad9f16f076df62c0ffc50e9c8adbab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">canceled<\/a> by CBS, also peddled the hoax.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight: Stephen&#8217;s back in action after celebrating America&#8217;s birthday, but guess what? Everyone&#8217;s still taking about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Russia<\/a>&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LSSC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LSSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eT2coGvaCh\">pic.twitter.com\/eT2coGvaCh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colbertlateshow\/status\/884572972861669378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>4. Margaret Brennan<\/h2>\n<p>In late 2016, Margaret Brennan published a story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-has-high-confidence-russian-intelligence-agency-hacked-dnc-dccc\/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">titled<\/a> &ldquo;U.S. has high confidence Russian intelligence agency hacked DNC, DCCC&rdquo; that claimed Russia&rsquo;s motivation was to aid Trump in winning the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>Just before the 2024 election, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2-more-russian-disinformation-videos-targeting-u-s-election-circulating-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contributed<\/a> to more fearmongering about Russian interference in America&rsquo;s elections.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Jen Psaki<\/h2>\n<p>During her tenure as Biden&rsquo;s press secretary, the now-MSNBC anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/psaki-tells-tiktok-influencers-russia-hacked-election-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blamed<\/a> Trump&rsquo;s win in the 2016 election on Russian interference. This willingness to lie should come as no surprise, considering that the former press secretary was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/judge-rules-jen-psaki-sit-deposition-lawsuit-collusion-big-tech-censor-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subpoenaed<\/a> in a lawsuit claiming the Biden administration conspired with tech companies to censor free speech. She also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jen-psaki-insists-she-never-saw-diminished-biden-while-working-press-secretary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied<\/a> Biden&rsquo;s cognitive decline while in office.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Karine Jean-Pierre<\/h2>\n<p>Years before she was tapped to be press secretary for the Biden administration, KJP was already towing the party line <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/karine-jean-pierre-ends-press-briefing-pressed-durham-report-fled-podium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/05\/09\/bidens-new-press-secretary-is-a-stolen-election-conspiracy-theorist-who-called-trump-an-illegitimate-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">peddling claims<\/a> that Trump stole the 2016 election, ostensibly with Russia&rsquo;s help. During her tenure at the White House, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/karine-jean-pierre-ends-press-briefing-pressed-durham-report-fled-podium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused<\/a> to answer questions about the administration&rsquo;s reaction to the Durham report, which concluded that the DOJ and the FBI &ldquo;failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law&rdquo; in their investigation into purported Russian interference in the 2016 election. She is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/karine-jean-pierre-more-top-biden-aides-appear-house-cover-up-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">implicated<\/a> in the cover-up of Biden&rsquo;s decline.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<h2>7. The New York Times<\/h2>\n<p>Not satisfied with being one of the first outlets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/12\/09\/us\/obama-russia-election-hack.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tout<\/a> the Obama intelligence agencies&rsquo; lie that Russia tried to get Trump elected, The New York Times was persistent in platforming the narrative throughout Trump&rsquo;s presidency. Between 2016 and 2017, the publication released stories with titles like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/12\/11\/us\/politics\/cia-judgment-intelligence-russia-hacking-evidence.html?searchResultPosition=245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;C.I.A. Judgement on Russia Built On Swell of Evidence,&rdquo;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/18\/us\/politics\/fact-check-donald-trump-james-comey-russia-border-wall-tax-cut.html?searchResultPosition=88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Fact Check: Trump Is Contradictory On Comey And Misleading On Russia,&rdquo;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/09\/01\/us\/politics\/russia-election-hacking.html?searchResultPosition=39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Russian Election Hacking Efforts, Wider Than Previously Known, Draw Little Scutiny.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Times also <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/reDly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cast<\/a> doubts on the 2024 election results. Writers outlined the supposed evolution of Russian strategy from misspelled Facebook posts to an AI-aided assault on democracy across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-orders-florida-to-halt-bill-aimed-at-stopping-big-tech-censorship-of-conservatives\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Orders Florida To Halt Bill Aimed At Stopping Big Tech Censorship Of Conservatives\">multiple social media sites<\/a> that also involved China and Iran. &ldquo;But the broad goal of these efforts has not changed,&rdquo; the authors <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/reDly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. &ldquo;To sow discord and chaos in hopes of discrediting American democracy in the eyes of the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Today, the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/23\/us\/politics\/trump-obama-retribution.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/23\/us\/politics\/trump-russia-obama-gabbard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stories<\/a> with headlines &ldquo;Targeting Obama, Trump&rsquo;s Retribution Campaign Takes Another Turn&rdquo; and &ldquo;Gabbard Releases Documents on Obama White House Amid Epstein Criticism,&rdquo; attempting to spin Gabbard&rsquo;s latest revelations against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>As more evidence is released, President Trump seems more determined to bring the perpetrators of what Gabbard <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DNIGabbard\/status\/1948007534960198036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calls<\/a> &ldquo;the most egregious weaponization and politicization of intelligence in American history&rdquo; to justice.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They tried to rig the election, and they got caught, and there should be very severe consequences for them,&rdquo; he said in a press conference yesterday.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>HUGE&#128293;<\/p>\n<p>President Trump says it&#8217;s time to go after Democrats who participated in the Russiagate hoax: &#8220;After what they did to me, and whether it&#8217;s right or wrong, it&#8217;s time to go after people. Obama has been caught directly.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JAb7C9DmYc\">pic.twitter.com\/JAb7C9DmYc<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1947687293545832856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jacqueline Annis-Levings is a correspondent for the Federalist. She is a rising junior at Patrick Henry College, where she is majoring in English.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media pushed false Russia-Trump collusion claims, now debunked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3848,"featured_media":2466003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-23-101713.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33169,34247,4188,50738,4280],"class_list":["post-2466002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2016-election","tag-fake-news","tag-media","tag-misinformation-2","tag-russia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-23-101713.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466002","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\/3848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2466002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2466006,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466002\/revisions\/2466006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2466003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2466002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2466002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2466002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}