Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions
This claim:
“Most Americans just don’t care about ‘Biden family corruption.’”
— MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, Monday
We say: As The Post’s Miranda Devine points out, a whopping 78% of likely US voters say they’ve “closely” followed reports of Hunter Biden, including 47% who say they’ve followed them “very closely,” per an April Rasmussen poll.
A Harvard-Harris survey found 60% believe Hunter sold access to the president, 58% say Joe Biden was “part” of Hunter’s business interests, and 67% believe that, if true, the misdeeds constitute an impeachable offense.
H-H also found “corruption” to be among voters’ top 10 concerns — above terrorism, income inequality, voting rights, climate change, foreign relations and numerous others.
Spot the difference:
“Why the Donald Trump-West Point ramp story actually matters” — CNN headline, June 15, 2020
vs.
“White House says Biden is fine after tripping on sandbag and falling on stage at Air Force Academy commencement” — CNN headline, June 1, 2023
We say: If you’re CNN, Trump’s cautious stepping down a ramp he says was slippery in 2020 “actually matters” — but when 80-year-old President Biden actually fell last week, and not for the first time, there’s nothing to worry about: “Biden is fine,” the White House assures us.
This statement:
“We have been [in Israel] for more than 1.5 million years.”
— Palestinian National Council President Rawhi Fattouh, May 22
We Say: Fattouh tried to one-up Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who cited the City of David to prove Jews have been in Jerusalem for 3,000 years.
That was in response to a lie by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas — that Jews had no connection to the Temple Mount (site of Judaism’s First and Second Temple).
But Fattouh’s claim of a 1.5 million-year Palestinian presence takes the cake: Homo sapiens wasn’t even around until, at most, 300,000 years ago.
Oh, and for the record, modern-day Palestinians didn’t even see themselves as a people distinct from Arabs until the past century or so.
This assertion:
“[To Republicans,] DEI does not mean DEI, it means black and gay people. It’s fear of the other.”
— NBC’s Ben Collins, Wednesday
We say: Where do these leftists come up with such nonsense?
To Republicans and everyone else, DEI — Diversity, Equity and Inclusion™ — means racial quotas, reverse discrimination, politically policed speech, redistribution. . . . Leftists might avoid using those words to describe it, but they support the concepts wholeheartedly.
Conservatives, by contrast, see problems with such ideas — but not with “black and gay people,” as Collins suggests. No: If anyone’s using code words here, it’s not Republicans, but the left.
Compiled by The Post Editorial Board