{"id":2527197,"date":"2025-12-31T07:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-10-biggest-media-hoaxes-of-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T07:51:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:51:44","slug":"here-are-the-10-biggest-media-hoaxes-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-10-biggest-media-hoaxes-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are The 10 Biggest Media Hoaxes Of 2025"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fhere-are-the-10-biggest-media-hoaxes-of-2025%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=2527197&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>This Federalist opinion piece argues that mainstream U.S. media saw its credibility collapse in 2025 and compiles what the author calls the top 10 media &#8220;hoaxes&#8221; or misrepresentations of the year. The article presents a strongly partisan critique and alleges that legacy outlets routinely distorted or suppressed stories to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-the-fatal-flaw-in-matthew-mcconaugheys-common-sense-gun-plan\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s The Fatal Flaw In Matthew McConaughey\u2019s \u2018Common Sense\u2019 Gun Plan\">protect political allies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Key claims and examples the piece highlights:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Media credibility hit record lows as outlets allegedly pushed conspiratorial or dishonest narratives.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Elon musk was portrayed by some outlets as giving a &#8220;fascist&#8221; salute at a post\u2011inauguration event, a characterization the piece calls false.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth faced repeated smear campaigns and manufactured scandals in media coverage, the article asserts.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The press covered up or minimized President Joe Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline, then later acknowledged it only after political changes.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Coverage of the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was framed as a &#8220;Maryland man&#8221; abduction by the management, which the author says was misleading.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Declassified records about Russiagate were downplayed by outlets that originally helped promote the collusion narrative, the piece contends.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A Sydney Sweeney jeans ad was turned into an overblown &#8220;racism&#8221; controversy, according to the article.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, major outlets quickly criticized and smeared him rather than focusing on the crime, the author charges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The media allegedly downplayed or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >excused left\u2011wing political violence<\/a> while overemphasizing right\u2011wing threats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Coverage of legal actions differed by political alignment: the piece accuses outlets of praising prosecutions of trump while attacking the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to hold Democrats accountable, and of campaigning against conservative Supreme Court justices when they block injunctions against the administration.<\/p>\n<p>The article is by Shawn fleetwood, a Federalist staff writer, and frames its reporting as corrective journalism; it also notes The Federalist&#8217;s own awards for investigative work. the piece is an opinionated, partisan critique alleging systemic bias and misconduct across mainstream media in 2025.  <\/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>It turns out that when you spend every day parroting the most asinine conspiracies and narratives imaginable, people lose faith in your ability to play it straight pretty quickly. That&rsquo;s the situation that America&rsquo;s propaganda media found themselves in this year, as their credibility amongst the public hit the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/02\/americans-trust-in-corporate-media-hits-lowest-level-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lowest level in recorded history<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For anyone who&rsquo;s paid attention to their coverage of the 2025 &ldquo;news&rdquo; cycle, it&rsquo;s not hard to see why. From running cover for leftist violence to gaslighting Americans about their role in the cover-up over Joe Biden&rsquo;s ailing health, the corporate media&rsquo;s bid to hide the truth was nothing short of remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>So, as a public service, The Federalist has compiled a list of the top 10 biggest hoaxes run by our reality-deprived media throughout the past year. In no particular order, here they are. <\/p>\n<h2>Elon the &lsquo;Fascist&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>It didn&rsquo;t take long after President Trump was sworn back into office for the media to pick up right where they left off after his first term. <\/p>\n<p>While celebrating alongside Trump supporters at a post-inauguration event, X owner Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/20\/after-elon-musk-raises-his-hand-from-his-heart-pbs-labels-him-fascist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delivered remarks<\/a> to attendees, in which he thanked them for making Trump&rsquo;s victory possible. With his hand over his heart, the tech mogul then pointed to the crowd and said, &ldquo;My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Media hacktivists quickly leapt into action to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/20\/after-elon-musk-raises-his-hand-from-his-heart-pbs-labels-him-fascist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">falsely characterize<\/a> the hand gesture as a &ldquo;fascist&rdquo; or &ldquo;Nazi&rdquo; salute. This included outlets like PBS News, which <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsHour\/status\/1881445540031857115?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X, &ldquo;Billionaire Elon Musk gave what appeared to be a fascist salute Monday while making a speech at the post-inauguration celebration for President Donald Trump at the Capital One Arena.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Anti-Hegseth Campaign<\/h2>\n<p>From the day President Trump tapped him to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth has been under a barrage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-media-onslaught-tennessee-parents-double-down-on-efforts-to-establish-no-politics-public-schools\/\" title=\"Amid ... Onslaught, Tennessee Parents Double Down On Efforts To Establish No...Politics Public Schools\">media smear campaigns<\/a> and hoaxes. Throughout his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/27\/hegseths-confirmation-is-another-humiliating-defeat-for-americas-propaganda-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate confirmation battle<\/a> to become America&rsquo;s next war secretary, the media ran <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/04\/100-percent-bullsh-t-fox-news-talent-shoot-down-nbcs-smear-campaign-against-pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endless stories<\/a> featuring anonymous sources alleging wrongdoing at his prior places of employment and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/21\/nbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-pete-hegseth-is-even-dumber-than-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dishonest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/23\/cnns-last-minute-hit-piece-against-pete-hegseth-is-a-giant-nothingburger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit pieces<\/a> about his personal life &mdash; all to keep him from being confirmed. <\/p>\n<p>Even after failing to prevent Hegseth&rsquo;s confirmation, the media have shifted their focus to ousting him from the position. Throughout the past year, these efforts have included pushing the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/27\/media-efforts-to-turn-signalgate-into-a-scandal-are-the-surest-sign-its-not-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Signalgate dud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/22\/cnn-lets-its-anti-christian-bias-fly-with-hit-piece-on-pentagon-prayer-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manufacturing<\/a> a &ldquo;constitutional crisis&rdquo; about a Pentagon-led prayer service, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/31\/insubordinate-officers-publicly-attack-the-secretary-of-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elevating<\/a> the voices of unnamed disgruntled officers to trash Hegseth, and &mdash; most recently &mdash; fomenting a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/04\/the-medias-war-crimes-hoax-was-always-about-taking-out-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hoax<\/a> surrounding the military&rsquo;s strikes on drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<h2>Wait &hellip; Joe Biden Wasn&rsquo;t OK After All?<\/h2>\n<p>Despite outlets like The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/26\/12-times-the-federalist-called-out-bidens-decline-when-legacy-media-wouldnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reporting<\/a> on it for <em>years<\/em>, America&rsquo;s propaganda press didn&rsquo;t just ignore Joe Biden&rsquo;s clear cognitive decline &mdash; they <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/13\/propaganda-press-launches-reputation-rescue-op-after-covering-up-bidens-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">actively participated in<\/a> the cover-up. At every turn of his presidency, the media did everything possible to run interference for the doddering Delaware Democrat and preserve their party&rsquo;s political power.<\/p>\n<p>It was only after Biden disgracefully exited stage right that media hacks like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/jake-tapper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jake Tapper<\/a> felt it was OK to acknowledge what those who aren&rsquo;t regime simps have long known to be true about the now-former president. Earlier this year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/26\/jake-tapper-tries-to-make-millions-exposing-bidens-cognitive-decline-after-he-spent-years-hiding-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN talking head<\/a> and Axios&rsquo; Alex Thompson embarked on a media tour to hawk their new book, which promises readers an inside look at the Democrat-led effort they <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/14\/9-times-jake-tapper-dismissed-bidens-decline-claimed-hes-sharp-mentally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">participated in<\/a> to hide Biden&rsquo;s decline from the American public.<\/p>\n<p>If that&rsquo;s not <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/14\/jake-tappers-latest-absurd-biden-gaslighting-attempt-explained-entirely-by-tim-robinson-memes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gaslighting<\/a> at its absolute worst, then I don&rsquo;t what is. <\/p>\n<h2>A &lsquo;Maryland Man&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Given their willingness to turn a blind eye to the border crisis under the Biden administration, it came as no surprise when the media ran to sow falsehoods about President Trump&rsquo;s immigration enforcement efforts. <\/p>\n<p>One of the most prominent examples of this came to a head with the deportation of Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/04\/turn-this-new-york-times-immigration-story-inside-out-and-its-perfect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">credibly accused<\/a> MS-13 gang member and wife-beater. Rather than inform their readers that Garcia is an illegal alien and detail his reported criminal record, the media orchestrated a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/15\/the-maryland-man-hoax-is-designed-to-criminalize-immigration-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full-blown disinformation campaign<\/a> to deceive Americans into believing the Trump administration abducted an unsuspecting &ldquo;Maryland man&rdquo; off the streets.<\/p>\n<p>One Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-white-house-el-salvador-kilmar-abrego-garcia-ad338d6b4558a6aba80e8290fd3eece9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headline<\/a> read, &ldquo;El Salvador President Bukele says he won&rsquo;t be releasing a Maryland man back to the US.,&rdquo; while an NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/live-blog\/trump-administration-tariffs-china-immigration-musk-doge-live-updates-rcna200873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">piece<\/a> partially read, &ldquo;El Salvador won&rsquo;t return Maryland man to the U.S. &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The disinformation op was but one of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/01\/lets-track-every-lie-dems-and-media-invented-to-demonize-immigration-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many<\/a> that media hacks ran throughout the year to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/24\/24-hours-before-attack-on-ice-nbc-ran-a-hoax-accusing-ice-of-holding-child-hostage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smear<\/a> and vilify immigration enforcement operations throughout the country.<\/p>\n<h2>Whitewashing the Russiagate Scandal<\/h2>\n<p>The damaging, years-long <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/russia-collusion-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russia collusion hoax<\/a> would not have been possible without the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/29\/russiagate-wouldnt-have-been-possible-without-a-complicit-propaganda-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">active participation<\/a> of America&rsquo;s corrupt media. So, when explosive records on the subject were released earlier this year, it wasn&rsquo;t exactly shocking that these so-called &ldquo;defenders of democracy&rdquo; immediately moved to sweep it all under the rug. <\/p>\n<p>Declassified by the Trump administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/23\/fbi-analyst-on-russia-hoax-our-instructions-were-to-push-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">these<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/23\/brennan-overruled-cia-experts-objections-to-include-steele-dossier-in-bogus-intel-assessment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">damning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/23\/house-investigators-obama-officials-ignored-intel-contradicting-russia-collusion-narrative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">documents<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/23\/new-docs-contradict-top-obama-officials-claims-steele-dossier-wasnt-included-in-critical-russiagate-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">showed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/23\/report-russia-hoax-was-built-on-one-scant-unclear-and-unverifiable-fragment-of-a-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how<\/a> Obama-era intel leaders included uncorroborated intel in a 2017 intelligence report ordered by President Obama that parroted the false claim that Russia &ldquo;aspired&rdquo; for Trump to win the 2016 election. Not only was this and other unsubstantiated intel included at the behest of officials like then-CIA Director John Brennan, but intel contradicting that central claim was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/23\/house-investigators-obama-officials-ignored-intel-contradicting-russia-collusion-narrative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">left out<\/a> of the report altogether.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[EXCLUSIVE:[EXCLUSIVE:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/24\/exclusive-this-should-not-be-included-read-intelligence-officials-objections-to-extremely-sketchy-steele-dossier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&lsquo;This Should NOT Be Included&rsquo; &mdash; Read Intel Officials&rsquo; Objections To &lsquo;Extremely Sketchy&rsquo; Steele Dossier<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The propaganda press wasted little time in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/24\/politico-wants-you-to-believe-the-massive-russiagate-scandal-is-just-a-story-about-trumps-impulses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">downplaying<\/a> the scandal it helped to create. From running <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/24\/after-spreading-russia-hoax-lies-media-lie-again-to-bury-evidence-they-lied\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dishonest headlines<\/a> to spewing <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/25\/flashback-see-how-the-media-spread-russian-hoax-lies-as-obama-intel-agencies-created-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outright falsehoods<\/a>, the brazen hackery was a sight to behold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/29\/shameless-accomplice-media-spins-again-to-cover-for-obama-and-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shameless Accomplice Media Spins Again To Cover For Obama And Friends<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Meanwhile, The Federalist &mdash; which conducts <em>actual<\/em> journalism &mdash; was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/11\/20\/the-federalist-wins-dao-grand-prize-for-russia-collusion-hoax-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">awarded<\/a> the 2025 Dao Grand Prize for Investigative Journalism for its work exposing the Russia collusion hoax.)<\/p>\n<h2>Sydney Sweeney&rsquo;s Good Jeans<\/h2>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hard to imagine how even the most deranged members of the corporate press could turn an ad for denim jeans into a controversy about &ldquo;racism.&rdquo; And yet, they somehow found a way to do it.<\/p>\n<p>When actress Sydney Sweeney modeled for American Eagle&rsquo;s summer jeans line, shrieking leftist harpies and other media numskulls immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/30\/claims-that-sydney-sweeney-jeans-ad-is-racist-are-why-no-one-trusts-the-corporate-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rushed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/31\/the-woke-scolds-who-look-at-sydney-sweeney-and-see-hitler-dont-control-culture-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to<\/a> characterize the ad campaign as one that promotes &ldquo;racism,&rdquo; &ldquo;white supremacy,&rdquo; &ldquo;eugenics,&rdquo; and pretty much every other left-wing outrage word you can think of. And then, after being inevitably mocked for their stupid responses, masculinity-challenged media flakes like David French were there to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/03\/david-french-will-say-anything-for-a-paycheck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tell us<\/a> that it was actually those darn right-wingers who made up the entire controversy.<\/p>\n<h2>Smearing Charlie Kirk<\/h2>\n<p>If you thought the barbaric assassination of a young husband and father of two small children would be enough for the media to change their grotesque ways, then you are gravely mistaken. Almost immediately after the murder of Christian and conservative speaker Charlie Kirk, the despicable ghouls allowed to permeate cable news wasted no time in smearing him. <\/p>\n<p>Less than an hour after news broke that Kirk had been shot, MSNBC (now MS NOW) correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/katy-tur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katy Tur<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/10\/divisive-figure-media-ghouls-rush-to-smear-charlie-kirk-after-horrific-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">characterized<\/a> the TPUSA founder as a &ldquo;divisive&rdquo; and &ldquo;polarizing&rdquo; figure and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theMRC\/status\/1965856307510128979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attempted<\/a>&nbsp;to frame the shooting around gun access and Utah&rsquo;s &ldquo;permissive&rdquo; firearm laws. She furthermore appeared to express more concern about the political fallout for her Democrat allies than for Kirk, saying, &ldquo;You can imagine the [Trump] administration using this as a justification for something.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Tur&rsquo;s then-colleague Matthew Dowd initially <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/10\/divisive-figure-media-ghouls-rush-to-smear-charlie-kirk-after-horrific-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggested<\/a> that Kirk could&rsquo;ve been shot as the result of a &ldquo;supporter shooting their gun off in celebration,&rdquo; and then pivoted to smearing Kirk as &ldquo;one of the most divisive, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-ghouls-smear-charlie-kirk-after-horrific-assassination\/\" title=\"... Ghouls Smear ... After Horrific ...\">divisive younger figures &#038;hellip<\/a>; who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech &hellip; aimed at certain groups.&rdquo; (Dowd was later fired for his repulsive conduct.) <\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/16\/debunking-the-top-5-lies-the-left-is-spreading-about-charlie-kirk-after-his-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Debunking The Top 5 Lies The Left Is Spreading About Charlie Kirk After His Death<\/a>] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The smears were two of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/10\/divisive-figure-media-ghouls-rush-to-smear-charlie-kirk-after-horrific-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">numerous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/12\/after-his-murder-new-york-times-assassinates-charlie-kirks-character\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media-led<\/a> character assassination campaigns against Kirk that occurred in the wake of his assassination. <\/p>\n<h2>Excusing Leftist Violence<\/h2>\n<p>The assassination of Charlie Kirk. The attempted assassinations of Donald Trump. Attacks on ICE agents. The destruction of Tesla cars and dealerships. The firebombing of pro-life centers. The 2020 Black Lives Matter &ldquo;summer of love&rdquo; riots. The mafia-like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/12\/the-same-left-that-called-luigi-mangione-a-hero-is-now-laughing-at-charlie-kirks-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">murder<\/a> of a health care CEO. The 2017 congressional baseball shooting. The attempted killing of Brett Kavanaugh. Transgender-led terror attacks on Christians. <\/p>\n<p>These are but a few of the many acts of leftist violence to plague America in recent years &mdash; a problem that keeps getting worse by the minute. But according to our propaganda media, this is all just a figment of conservatives&rsquo; imagination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/24\/while-media-denied-leftist-violence-after-kirk-murder-three-more-left-wing-attacks-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">While Media Denied Leftist Violence After Kirk Murder, Three More Left-Wing Attacks Happened<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When they&rsquo;re not <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/11\/dont-let-leftist-media-gaslight-you-about-political-violence-on-both-sides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trying<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/28\/cnn-nyt-usa-today-all-publish-stories-about-shooter-without-mentioning-his-trans-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/06\/wapo-wins-pulitzer-after-downplaying-trump-assassination-attempt-as-loud-noises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">downplay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/06\/media-downplay-jay-jones-assassination-fantasies-because-they-agree-with-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">or<\/a> &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/12\/after-charlie-kirks-murder-there-can-be-no-more-both-sides-ism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both sides<\/a>&rdquo; the issue, these so-called &ldquo;journalists&rdquo; are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/axios-nyt-blame-republicans-for-noticing-leftist-motives-of-anti-ice-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">busy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/11\/03\/the-atlantic-says-its-trump-officials-own-fault-they-have-to-flee-homes-for-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">victim-blaming<\/a> Republicans for getting attacked by Democrats&rsquo; wacko footsoldiers. And in the case of outlets like The Economist, they&rsquo;ll even report out <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/20\/the-study-youre-citing-about-right-wing-violence-is-full-of-fake-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">garbage studies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/19\/the-economist-cites-a-study-by-literal-antifa-to-talk-about-right-wing-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conducted<\/a> by literal Antifa to push the bogus narrative that political violence is really a right-wing problem. <\/p>\n<h2>Democrat Lawfare? Never Heard of It<\/h2>\n<p>If you pay close enough attention, you may notice a slight difference in the way the media covered the Biden administration and other Democrat prosecutors&rsquo; lawfare against Donald Trump and how they responded to the Trump administration moving to hold Dems&rsquo; corrupt allies accountable for their allegedly unlawful actions.<\/p>\n<p>When Biden and Co. attempted to imprison Republicans&rsquo; 2024 presidential candidate on the eve of a major election, the &ldquo;democracy dies in darkness&rdquo; crowd could not have been more ecstatic. This unprecedented lawfare, media entities like The New York Times editorial board <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/30\/look-at-nyt-coverage-of-comey-trump-indictments-to-see-how-the-propaganda-machine-operates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reasoned<\/a>, was necessary to preserve what they professed to be the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when the Trump administration moved to hold figures like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/30\/look-at-nyt-coverage-of-comey-trump-indictments-to-see-how-the-propaganda-machine-operates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James Comey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/22\/never-trumpers-who-cheered-mar-a-lago-raid-melt-down-at-search-of-boltons-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Bolton<\/a> accountable for their allegedly unlawful actions, many of these same hacks have (unsurprisingly) been singing a different tune. Throughout the past year, they have twisted themselves into pretzels to deceive the American public into believing that this has nothing to do with the corrupt activities of such individuals and everything to do with Trump exacting &ldquo;political retribution&rdquo; against his enemies &mdash; all while <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/21\/watch-margaret-hoovers-justice-kennedy-interview-to-see-why-trust-in-media-is-at-record-lows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ignoring<\/a> their allies&rsquo; past lawfare against the president.<\/p>\n<h2>War on SCOTUS<\/h2>\n<p>The media&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/07\/democrats-ethics-smears-against-thomas-and-alito-are-so-embarrassing-they-buried-their-own-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bid to discredit<\/a> the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s conservative justices is not a new phenomenon. But this year, it took on a new phase. <\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-condemns-d-c-demonstrators-despite-past-encouragement-of-violent-blm-mobs\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris condemns D.C. demonstrators despite past encouragement of violent BLM mobs\">left-wing activists<\/a> and groups filing lawsuits against the Trump administration at every turn, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/18\/80-percent-of-anti-trump-lawsuits-are-filed-in-courts-ruled-by-democrat-appointees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">predominantly Democrat-appointed<\/a> judges have been quick to grant these actors&rsquo; requests to issue overreaching injunctions designed to grind the president&rsquo;s agenda to a halt. Several of these cases have since made their way up to the Supreme Court, which has stopped many of the legally dubious orders from going into effect while litigation continues in the lower judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>Seizing the opportunity, the media have used the conservative justices&rsquo; willingness to stifle this judicial coup as part of their campaign to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/11\/if-leftists-cant-weaponize-scotus-they-will-do-everything-to-destroy-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">destroy<\/a> the court. These regime mouthpieces have since <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/08\/watch-norah-odonnells-justice-barrett-interview-to-understand-how-the-media-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adopted<\/a> the bogus narrative that, by following the law, SCOTUS is doing the bidding of Trump, whom they gleefully <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/21\/watch-margaret-hoovers-justice-kennedy-interview-to-see-why-trust-in-media-is-at-record-lows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paint<\/a> as a lawless authoritarian.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Supreme Court Is Trump&rsquo;s Partner in Crimes Against America,&rdquo; a September Rolling Stone <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/B4i74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headline<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The overwhelming evidence that the Supreme Court is on Donald Trump&rsquo;s team,&rdquo; blared a September Vox <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/scotus\/460270\/supreme-court-republican-partisan-hacks-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media lost trust after pushing constant conspiracies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2527198,"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\/12\/Jake-Tapper.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50782,51854,5157,69783,50738],"class_list":["post-2527197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2025-2","tag-fact-checking-2","tag-journalism","tag-media-hoaxes","tag-misinformation-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Jake-Tapper.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527197","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2527201,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527197\/revisions\/2527201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2527198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}