The Associated Press and NY Times “Not Real News” Series is Not Real #FAKE

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You just can’t make this stuff up. The Associated Press and New York Times, the world’s leading disseminators and dictators of what the national and international news outlets write and run in their publications, has published a piece by AP writer Beatrce Duply, “NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week.” It’s “part of  the Associated Press ongoing effort to fact-check misinformation that is shared widely online.” It’s so bad, it’s good. The only really fake news story, and I mean giant fake news, is the Russia collusion hoax that these same outlets have been running with for well over two years. No mea culpa. Instead, they zero in on a Facebook post and a video which are both largely true.

Mind you, these are not news or website stories, but Facebook shares. This is the level of desperation the big left has had to resort to. The first Facebook comment the AP deems “not real news”:

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California Rep. Maxine Waters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders have passed only six bills during their combined 67 years in office.”

The AP’s correction is actually worse.  Waters, Pelosi and Sanders have not 67 years between them but 80 years and have sponsored a scant 13 bills. 13 bills in 80 years. And the AP is crowing about this?

The other “not real news” is concerning a Facebook comment (a small page with roughly 5,000 likes) ] about the the Islamic supremacist demo in NY. The AP deems this major reportage and claims:

a video circulating on social media that claims to show Muslims in New York rallying for Sharia law has been falsely captioned. The footage was taken during the March 24 “United Against Islamophobia” rally in Times Square.

“Islamophobia” is a thought crushing device designed to silence any criticism of Islamic terror and sharia oppression. Anyone who opposes sharia, i.e. advocates for free speech, is deemed islamophobic. So the post title is not wrong. And considering how the AP and the NYT editorialize their headlines when it comes to Israel, Trump, Republicans or anyone with whom they disagree they have a helluva lot of nerve.

But this is what the AP is reporting as news. First off, these are not even news stories, but folks sharing their opinions on Facebook. Secondly, we are talking about a few hundred shares. Nothing.  It’s like the thought police.

 

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts:

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CLAIM: California Rep. Maxine Waters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders have passed only six bills during their combined 67 years in office.

THE FACTS: The three Democratic members of Congress have together served more than 80 years and have sponsored a total of 13 bills that became law. The false claim about their combined years of service and number of bills passed is circulating on Facebook. According to Congress.Gov, the government’s official website for federal legislative information, Waters has sponsored three bills in her 28 years in office, all of which have passed, including the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010. Sanders has sponsored three bills that have passed during his 28 years in office, including the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, which increased rates of compensation for disabled veterans. Pelosi, who was voted speaker of the house for the second time in January, has sponsored seven bills that have been enacted during her 32 years, including the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which was introduced to address the mortgage crisis, and the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, which was passed to help boost the economy. In her time as House speaker, she has played a major role in passing numerous bills, including well-known laws like the Affordable Care Act.

–AP Writer Beatrice Dupuy in New York reported this item.

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CLAIM: Muslims in California are asking people to not decorate for Easter or Christmas this year out of respect.

THE FACTS: There have been no documented cases of any prominent Muslim leaders or Islamic organizations in California requesting that people not decorate for Easter or Christmas this year, as posts circulating social media suggest. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Islam and civil rights advocacy group, said the claim was baseless and conspiratorial in nature. “I’ve never in my life heard Muslims say you can’t decorate for Easter, Christmas or whatever,” Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR national communications director, told The Associated Press. “Muslims are not opposed to Christians celebrating Easter, they just don’t celebrate it themselves,” he said. Ishaq Pathan, deputy director of Islamic Networks Group, said his organization had not heard of any such reports. “I’m inclined to believe it’s a hoax,” he said. This claim was circulating widely days after a mosque in Escondido, California, was set on fire, and weeks after the attacks in New Zealand.

–AP Writer Joseph Gedeon in Phoenix reported this item.

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CLAIM: Video footage said to show Muslims rallying in New York City demanding their “Sharia Rights.”

THE FACTS: A video circulating on social media that claims to show Muslims in New York rallying for Sharia law has been falsely captioned. The footage was taken during the March 24 “United Against Islamophobia” rally in Times Square. Muslim leaders and allies held the march to combat Islamophobia and show solidarity following the mosque attacks in New Zealand, where at least 50 people were killed on March 15. Hossam Gamea, outreach director for Majlis Ash-Shura: Islamic Leadership Council of New York, one of the organizers of the event, confirmed to The Associated Press that the footage showed the Sunday rally against Islamophobia.

–AP Writer Beatrice Dupuy in New York reported this item.

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CLAIM: Disney-Pixar to release “Boo,” a film spinoff from the animated “Monsters, Inc.” franchise, in July 2020.

THE FACTS: Disney is not releasing a sequel to the popular animated buddy movie “Monsters, Inc.” this summer, despite social media posts circulating what appears to be a movie poster for “Boo,” which is the name of the child featured in the 2001 movie. The poster, which shows a grown-up Boo with a teddy bear standing in a doorway, says “SHE KNOWS MONSTERS ARE REAL. JULY 2020. The same poster circulated widely in 2016. At that time, an Instagram user took credit for the poster saying it represented a concept for a movie. A Disney-Pixar spokeswoman, who declined to be identified by name, told The Associated Press in an email that Pixar is not releasing “Boo” in 2020 and has no such movie in the works. According to Associated Press reporting CEO Bob Iger said Disney is planning a “Monsters, Inc.” series for its upcoming streaming service.

–AP Writer Beatrice Dupuy in New York reported this item.

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This is part of The Associated Press’ ongoing effort to fact-check misinformation that is shared widely online.

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Dan Roley
Dan Roley
4 years ago

Pamela..great timing with this ‘fake news’ issue report.
There are 1000s of true believers waiting for any reasonable excuse to destroy America..and to destroy our freedom.
Check the commemorative ceremony happening today ( last 3 days!) on Israel/ Gaza border. When the last jihadist is finished off..Israel can be proud. The IDF has scored big again…

Suresh
Suresh
4 years ago

Real News !

New innovation made by Islamic culture and they are thrilled http://bit.ly/2iMxEZt

LGBT, Left/Liberals are invited to name it ! LOL !
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Thomas Faddis
Thomas Faddis
4 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

That mohammed was mistaken for a girl, anyone would laugh at his FGM!

Rlb
Rlb
4 years ago

The fact that these elected boobs have only sponsored 13 bills in 80 years should be celebrated. God help us if any of these 3 were smart enough to do the damage they really wanted to do.

Thomas Faddis
Thomas Faddis
4 years ago
Reply to  Rlb

F’ing good point, as much as it still sickens me they’ve been suckling on My, as well as your, teat for that long!!!

M Aurelius
M Aurelius
4 years ago

There’s a reason why “journalists” are trusted less than lawyers and are on par with car salesmen.

Nick Danger
Nick Danger
4 years ago
Reply to  M Aurelius

I trust a car salesman much more than a journalist. If I want to read fiction, I read it from someone that can actually write.

M Aurelius
M Aurelius
4 years ago
Reply to  Nick Danger

And if I want to hear a story about the best deal I’ll ever get, like free everything..I’ll go with the car salesman and be lied to buy someone I can ignore and can’t effect my life….Unlike a lying journalist or congressman I cant get away from…..

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago
Reply to  M Aurelius

Agreed. AP = American Pravda

Thomas Faddis
Thomas Faddis
4 years ago

What the heck kind of POS is beatrice dupuy, ya know?

Lophatt
Lophatt
4 years ago

Stifling speech is not the proper response to speech we don’t like. More speech is the proper response. These outfits have evolved into control mechanisms. They determine what is “true” or “acceptable” and we are supposed to be OK with that. I’m not. I’ll make up my own mind, thank you very much.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago
Reply to  Lophatt

Agreed. The only reasons I buy a newspaper anymore is for the crossword puzzle and the obituaries, and am beginning to question why they see fit to drag the dead into it.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

Have we arrived at “What is truth?”

John.18:38
[38] Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? ….

Many things can have truth but only one thing can actually be the truth. The best lie is one that some truth mixed into it. That makes it easier to believe. For example, look at Islam. Mohammad borrowed from Judaism and Christianity. They selectively stole from both to create a different “religion”. So Muslims can claim it is an Abrahamic based but it really isn’t with the deviations and perversions it includes. When something false is added in, it becomes false or fake news.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

Have we arrived at “What is truth?”

John.18:38
[38] Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? ….

Many things can have truth but only one thing can actually be the truth. The best lie is one that some truth mixed into it. That makes it easier to believe. For example, look at Islam. Mohammad borrowed from Judaism and Christianity. They selectively stole from both to create a different “religion”. So Muslims can claim it is an Abrahamic based but it really isn’t with the deviations and perversions it includes. When something false is added in, it becomes false or fake news.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

Have f’ing muslums ever protested AGAINST Shariah law en toto?

leonore35
leonore35
4 years ago

Actually banning Xmas decorations has happened. In Brunei when I lived there they banned stores from putting decorations outside the store. About the same time they banned alcohol sales although there is a sizeable Chinese population, and a lot of Westerners also (this lead to smuggling, I am not aware if this continues) Last year they introduced sharia law and last week made stoning to death for homosexuality a law! So the slide to Islamic totalitarianism goes on.

StevenRobert
StevenRobert
4 years ago

News bias, or slanting news so it’s deceptive is the biggest danger.

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