The Mainstream Media AKA Corporate Media / Fake News / The Dishonest Press: Their 50 Biggest Lies

I’m working on a short book to redpill people on how the media lies intentionally. (Title TBD.) I’m sure it’ll become a series, with how often they lie...

For book #1 I’m only going back to the Iraq War, which started 20 years ago—thanks to the media lie of “Iraq has weapons of mass destruction” - and the manipulation to make people think Iraq was connected to 9/11.

I’m tempted to include things like MSNBC’s “With the money Michael Bloomberg spent on ads to run for president, he could’ve given $1 million dollars to every American!” (It would’ve only been enough for $1.53 per American.)

But I’m focusing on the biggest, most important lies—and ones that were spread by multiple networks—turning into a narrative and perceived fact/reality.

Also shout out to my relevant merch design ‘If the news is fake, imagine the history.’ (Free Substack subscribers get a $5 coupon—$10 for paid subs):

Feel free to comment on Substack with any important lies I forgot. I know there’s plenty of material for an entire book on lies about COVID made by the “brought to you by Pfizer” media. And I might do that :) But I’m trying to keep this 1st book short.

Below is my working outline / table of contents. They’re in mostly chronological order, but I grouped together some relevant ones which took place around the same time:

  1. “Iraq has WMDs”

  2. (Media blackout of anti-war Republican Ron Paul’s 2008 campaign for president)

  3. “Obama had a scandal free presidency”

  4. “Affordable Care Act … if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor”

  5. “NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is a traitor who defected to Russia”

  6. “Wikileaks put people’s lives in danger by releasing documents”

  7. “It’s illegal for you to view Wikileaks”

  8. “Hillary Clinton will definitely be elected president in 2016”

  9. “Trump colluded with Russia, who hacked the 2016 election”

  10. “BOMBSHELL! THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN ON TRUMP!”

  11. “Trump called neo-nazis fine people”"

  12. “Covington high school kids surrounded and harassed a native American”

  13. “At 2am in 20° Chicago, Jussie Smollet was attacked by Trump supporters wearing MAGA hats—who also happened to have bleach and a noose on them. This definitely happened and was not an obvious hoax”

  14. “Trump built the cages for illegal immigrants”

  15. “There is no evidence COVID-19 came from a Wuhan lab leak”

  16. “Fauci is the most trusted voice on Covid-19”

  17. “Protesting is ok now because white supremacy is a lethal public health issue that contributes to COVID-19”

  18. “Masks work”

  19. “NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo was the best leader during the pandemic”

  20. “Ivermectin is horse dewormer”

  21. “Joe Rogan looks sickly after doing treatments for COVID that aren’t approved by Fauci” (Oh wait, he recovered in a few days and CNN put a filter on Rogan’s photo to make him look worse)

  22. “Mostly peaceful protests”

  23. “Kyle Rittenhouse was a white supremacist who had his mom drive him across state lines with an AR-15 to kill BLM protestors”

  24. “The Hunter Biden laptop is fake Russian disinformation and can’t be authenticated”

  25. “The 2020 election was the most secure in the nation’s history–with no evidence of fraud”

  26. “January 6th was an insurrection of people trying to overthrow the government–and they killed cops”

  27. “Border Patrol agents whipped illegal immigrants crossing border”

  28. “The border is secure”

  29. “The Great Replacement is a right-wing conspiracy theory”

  30. “SUV drives into Christmas parade”

  31. “Police shot and killed Ma'Khia Bryant for no good reason” (ft. deceptive editing)

  32. “Puberty blockers are safe and reversible”

  33. “Gender-affirming surgeries for trans kids saves lives”

  34. “Children's Hospitals aren’t performing gender-affirming surgeries on children"

  35. “Don’t Say Gay is the name of a controversial bill in Florida”

  36. “In Florida, Gov. DeSantis is banning books” … “a book could be banned in FL for “having a black character”

  37. ”Ron DeSantis plans to strip First Amendment rights from the press

  38. “Republicans are after interracial marriage to ban it”

  39. “John Fetterman is fit for office”

  40. “FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is the next JP Morgan”

  41. “Tucker Carlson getting surveillance video of January 6th is dangerous, puts the security of Congress at risk!”

  42. “Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was totally unprovoked”

  43. “Putin blew up his own pipeline”

  44. “Russian missiles hit Poland” (Oops, the missile was Ukrainian–and the Associated Press wouldn’t disclose their lying source)

  45. “Putin’s price hike”

  46. “Inflation is transitory”

  47. “Our banking system is sound”

  48. “The Great Reset is an economic recovery plan”

  49. “Climate change is definitely caused by humans emitting CO2”

  50. “Bitcoin is dead”

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