BY FLORIDA BILL
When pornographic material was surging and there were efforts by legislators to control it, a Supreme Court justice observed in a decision in 1964 that he would have trouble defining that which constitutes pornography. " I know it when I see it," he asserted.
Those comments by the late Associate Justice Potter Stewart reminded me of the ongoing controversy over what is "fake news." Is this a delusional figment in the mind of President Trump, as his critics charge, or is there such an animal as "fake news."
Would you know it if you encountered it? Would ABC or CNN or MSNBC or NBC know a phony news report aimed at the President? You Might ask them if the following qualifies.
Recently ABC television aired a segment which it entitled "Slaughter in Syria" and the video showed exploding bombs which lighted the sky and the voice-over told of the new war in Syria precipitated by the incompetence of President and wrong call of the nation's President who betrayed Kurdish allies who helped the USA destroy ISIS. The film aired on "Good Morning America and World News Tonight which was viewed by millions of Americans.
As it turned out, the video was a 24 Carat fake and the films were actually made by ABC cameras in 2017 during the annual gun shoot celebration in Knob Creek, Kentucky. Apparently the station which been outspoken in its hate for the nation's President, dipped into the station archives and posted the video in an underhanded effort to attack the President.
ABC might have gotten away with the fraud except for an eagle eyed viewer who recognized the films as not from any bombing in a border town in Syria by Turkish soldiers, but rather homemade films of years ago selected to persuade listeners that America's Commander in Chief, President Trump, was sucking up to his friend, the Turkish President, and giving a helping hand to the Russians pursuing their own interests in the Middle East.
So when the hoax was revealed, what did ABC do? On October 13, a few days following the revelation that ABC had posted phony films, the network "tweeted" an apology, and a lame one to say the least. It read:
"We’ve taken down the video that aired on “World News Tonight" Sunday and “Good Morning America” this morning that appeared to be from the Syrian border immediately after questions were raised about its accuracy. ABC News regrets the error."
So far as I know,there was no explanation as to how the mistake had occurred and there was a dearth of reports on the incident from other corners of the media. Fox News' Tucker Carlson reported the "mistake" made by ABC, and noted that it was a part of the media's its continuing disingenuous machinations to discredit and bring down President Trump.
It is hard to believe that the network station, which clearly despises the President would actually stoop so low as to intentionally post a two-year old video which had been stored in its archives as a way of driving a knife into the President. But it happened. Citizens can decide for themselves how it might have happened.
Ever since the election of Trump, the media, electronic and print, have ganged up on the President and accused him of lying (7-10 times a day according to some critics); and of being a racist because of his promotion of border security.
Efforts are underway by Democrats in the House to put together Articles of Impeachment, but with all of their windy and sanctimonious statements have been unable to show any crime which the president has committed. Allegations of colluding with Russia and obstructing justice are democratic fantasizing and have fallen as part of the "fake news" agenda against the nation's 45th President.
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