{"id":938319,"date":"2021-10-29T16:58:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T20:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=938319"},"modified":"2021-10-29T16:58:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T20:58:47","slug":"establishment-media-parrot-barack-obama-on-loudoun-county-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/establishment-media-parrot-barack-obama-on-loudoun-county-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishment Media Parrot Barack Obama on Loudoun County Sexual Assault"},"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\">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%2Festablishment-media-parrot-barack-obama-on-loudoun-county-sexual-assault%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=938319&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1348284068-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The establishment media are parroting former President Barack Obama\u2019s comments on the controversy surrounding Virginia\u2019s embattled Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), which he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/24\/barack-obama-calls-outcry-loudoun-county-rape-coverup-phony-trumped-up-culture-war\/\">dismissed<\/a> as \u201cfake outrage\u201d and \u201ctrumped-up culture wars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have time to be wasted on these phony trumped-up culture wars, this fake outrage, the right-wing media\u2019s pedals to juice their ratings,\u201d Obama said while campaigning for former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Monday, a Virginia judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/10\/26\/teen-found-guilty-of-forcible-sodomy-in-loudoun-county-school-girls-bathroom-attack\/\">ruled<\/a>&nbsp;that a male student at Loudoun County\u2019s Stone Bridge High School is guilty of \u201cforcible sodomy\u201d after sexually assaulting a female student in a girls\u2019 bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the establishment media appears to be doing Obama\u2019s bidding, suggesting that the outrage in response to the sexual assault in Loudoun County is merely&nbsp;political.<\/p>\n<p>In an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/tom-cotton-to-merrick-garland-thank-god-you-are-not-on-the-supreme-court-2021-10\">article<\/a> published on Wednesday,&nbsp;<em>Business Insider<\/em> referred to the&nbsp;sexual assault in Loudon County as a \u201cGOP talking point\u201d when reporting on Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)\u2019s comments to Attorney General Merrick Garland during a recent hearing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Wednesday, Sen. Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/27\/tom-cotton-blasts-ag-garland-over-fbi-probe-into-domestic-terrorists-parents\/\">blasted<\/a>&nbsp;Garland upon permitting an FBI probe into parents labeled \u201cdomestic terrorists\u201d after protests erupted against indoctrinating children with Critical Race Theory in Loudoun County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCotton reiterated the GOP talking point on Wednesday by linking a prominent report of an alleged sexual assault at a school in Loudoun County, Virginia, to Garland\u2019s directive,\u201d reads the report by<em> Business Insider<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.594752186589\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An \u201calleged sexual assault,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BusinessInsider?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BusinessInsider<\/a>? You\u2019re a bunch of rape apologists. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCotton reiterated the GOP talking point on Wednesday by linking a prominent report of an alleged sexual assault at a school in Loudoun County, VA, to Garland&#8217;s directive.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qYbosxDXl7\">https:\/\/t.co\/qYbosxDXl7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArthurSchwartz\/status\/1453485210788671489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;NBC News reported on the Loudoun Country controversy by giving a platform to people who claimed it was \u201ccreated chaos,\u201d and suggested it is only being talked about now because of Virginia\u2019s upcoming gubernatorial race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome in the school community say the voices at board meetings don\u2019t speak for the majority of parents, and that some may be trying to sway the governor\u2019s race,\u201d NBC News reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Katrice Nolan, who reportedly ran for a seat on the school board seat, told NBC, \u201cI would&nbsp;describe it as created chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Loudoun teacher saying while there should be accountability on the assaults, she questions the timing,\u201d NBC reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The teacher told the outlet that the controversy \u201call came about&nbsp;all at once, and then exploded,\u201d adding, \u201cThe election is so close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.603878116343\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NBC went on to suggest that people should question the timing of the story blowing up. They accuse Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin and the GOP of trying to exploit the rapes, suggesting it was &#8220;created chaos&#8221; and Loudoun was the GOP &#8220;proving ground&#8221; for 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PlveBJ8UFv\">pic.twitter.com\/PlveBJ8UFv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1453503751801683968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>NBC Nightly News<\/em> anchor&nbsp;Lester Holt reported that the Loudoun County school board \u201cis at the center&nbsp;of a firestorm\u201d with \u201cparents demanding resignations after they say a sexual assault on campus was covered up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holt then immediately segued to stating: \u201cNow, it\u2019s a hot button issue in the state\u2019s very tight governor\u2019s race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Washington Post<\/em>&nbsp;reporter Justin Jouvenal described Monday\u2019s sexual assault ruling by the Virginia judge as \u201ca case&nbsp;at [the] center of political firestorm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jouvenal also took to Twitter on Monday to proclaim that the victim had \u201cmet a classmate for consensual sex in the girls\u2019 bathroom of a Loudoun County high school before,\u201d but \u201cwas sexually assaulted\u201d during a separate encounter in May.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5604026845638\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A teen testified she met a classmate for consensual sex in the girls\u2019 bathroom of a Loudoun County high school before, but in a May encounter she was sexually assaulted. New details in the case at the center of a firestorm <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wON6Y7EpRD\">https:\/\/t.co\/wON6Y7EpRD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 justin jouvenal (@jjouvenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jjouvenal\/status\/1452809719534469127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter users quickly took to the comment section of&nbsp;Jouvenal\u2019s post to lambast the reporter over the manner in which he described the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh look\u2026 the<em> Washington Post<\/em> victim blames teens who were raped now,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1452870629741432832?s=20\">wrote<\/a> <em>Washington Times<\/em> columnist Tim Young.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you implying only virgins can be raped? That consenting to one sexual encounter is automatic consent for another? What does this mean?\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLaurenChen\/status\/1453098834314285069?s=20\">inquired<\/a>&nbsp;YouTuber Lauren&nbsp;Chen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo what you\u2019re saying is \u2018she asked for it\u2019?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1452963060210192386?s=20\">asked<\/a> Christina Pushaw, a spokesperson for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). \u201cShame on you and shame on @washingtonpost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelete this now, unless you\u2019re actually intending to blame the victim here. No means no,\u201d another Twitter user&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/polkabecky\/status\/1453008061367521300?s=20\">advised<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The establishment media are parroting former President Barack Obama\u2019s comments on the controversy surrounding Virginia\u2019s embattled Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), which he dismissed as \u201cfake outrage\u201d and \u201ctrumped-up culture &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-938319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938319","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}