Click here to view original web page at redstate.com
Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool The Associated Press is at it again. Last month I wrote a critique of an AP fact-checker who clearly didn’t check her facts . There were multiple factual errors in the article, including the central predicate fact that still remains uncorrected. Who checks AP fact-checkers? Who knows. Today’s edition of AP word manipulation can be found here .
The lede is as follows: Prosecutors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial may have lost their best chance at convicting the Illinois man of something when the judge threw out a charge that Rittenhouse was a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon. Judge Schroeder didn’t “throw out” the charge. He dismissed it because the statute did not fit the charge. The defense made a motion to dismiss because the statute states that a gun barrel has to be shorter than 16 inches for it to apply. The rifle Rittenhouse possessed had a barrel exceeding 16 inches. Two plus two still equals four. The prosecution didn’t argue that the barrel was longer than 16 inches, they simply whined.
Judge Schroeder asked the prosecution if they had any evidence that the barrel was under 16 inches. They answered “No.” The “gun charge” never had a chance of surviving. And even had the jury convicted on that count, it would never have survived on appeal. In short, it wasn’t the prosecution’s best chance of conviction – it was in fact its worst.
The article, written yesterday on November 18 th , explains how Rittenhouse shot two men, and wounded another “during police brutality protests.” Not once does it acknowledge that the city was set aflame by rioters or that the total in property damage for several nights of rioting cost over $50,000,000. Not once was the word “riot” used in the article. And, like most of AP’s reporting on the Kenosha “protests” over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, the fact that Blake admitted he was armed with a knife, and the police officer who shot him was cleared of wrong-doing — those predicate facts are left on the cutting […]
Click here to view original web page at redstate.com
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker