Fake News

Talking Points Memo reports: Unlike thousands of TV reporters around the country, Ben Swann is a registered Russian agent. While taking millions of dollars to produce branded content for Russian state broadcaster RT over the past year, Swann has sought to build a media platform that aims to serve as a means of broadcasting January 6 conspiracy theories, RFK Jr., …

“I just think the Democrats wake up every morning, Emily, and they look at the calendar, the iPhone says January 6, 2021, the date never changes. And then they get an electric vehicle and go get an abortion. I just described the Democratic Party in 7 seconds. That’s it. That’s what I see. But it’s always January 6.” – Kellyanne …

The Washington Post reports: Artificial intelligence is automating the creation of fake news, spurring an explosion of web content mimicking factual articles that instead disseminates false information about elections, wars and natural disasters. Since May, websites hosting AI-created false articles have increased by more than 1,000 percent, ballooning from 49 sites to more than 600, according to NewsGuard, an organization …

Semafor reports: NBC News has demanded that Donald Trump’s campaign remove a video that includes audio deceptively edited to seem like it comes from an NBC correspondent after the third presidential debate, two people familiar with the exchange told Semafor. The video in question, shared by a top Trump adviser, opens with authentic footage of NBC News senior Capitol Hill …

The Independent reports: Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is launching his own streaming service, he announced in a post on X, the platform previously known as Twitter. The new streaming platform named Tucker Carlson Network, or TCN, is expected to be officially launched on Monday, charging subscribers $9 per month, but launching with a promo price of $6-per-month, according …

“That’s why next week when the Republicans bring their vote to the floor for formalizing this impeachment inquiry, every single Republican should be voting yes to that. “And If they don’t, you have to think there’s something suspicious going on and that they’re being bribed or they’re being blackmailed because there is no Republican who should not want to get …

NBC News reports: Dominion Voting Systems is entitled to review personal communications and text messages of Newsmax Media journalists in its defamation suit against the conservative media company, a Delaware judge ruled last week. The ruling is a blow to Newsmax, which successfully avoided such a mandate in a similar case and sought to allow its employees to voluntarily offer …

Mediaite has the transcript: Alex Jones: You see the system, the media, you go to everybody and he deserves it. But they were covering it up until now. Now they’re covering the laptop. Now they’re covering attack on the dog. Now they’re covering, you know, all of his senility, all the corruption, the Chinese spies. Tucker Carlson: Attacking a dog. …

Media Matters reports: Fox News has been presenting an anti-vaccine activist as a “Democrat voter” — despite her past public comments declaring that she actually votes Libertarian for president and for Republicans in other races, and that Democratic candidates are “an automatic no-no.” Stephanie Edmonds became an anti-vaccine political activist after she lost her job in the New York City …

Mediaite reports: Fox News host Jesse Watters drew criticism on social media Sunday over his interview of former Gambino underboss Salvatore “Sammy The Bull” Gravano about the allegations against First Son Hunter Biden. Watters invited Gravano, a former mafioso and admitted killer turned informant who served time for racketeering, onto Jesse Watter Primetime where he claimed the allegations were “mind-blowing.” …

“They have to empower Iran. Iran’s economy needs to be strong while they weaken Israel. While they begin the process of controlling Israel, quote unquote, demilitarizing Israel. Because the problem in the Middle East, according to Biden, Blinken, Sullivan, according to Obama and Thomas Friedman, the problem in the Middle East is Israel. “Meanwhile, Biden today and Blinken doing his …

“I like the phrase, the destroyers of democracy. Now, listen, I don’t know if it’s a matter of human nature, but I definitely know it’s a matter of political strategy, that the left has engaged successfully for a good half a decade now of accusing their opponents of the sins which they are committing. What they have done is demonize …

“The fact is, Musk may be the last man standing between real freedom of speech and the suffocating block of this censorship industrial complex, which is made up of government, media, and tech forces. He realizes that advertisers have no spine and can be easily cowed by special interest groups in cahoots with political allies. If you don’t believe me, …

Media Matters has the transcript: LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): Tulsi, you’re saying they’re inviting someone to take a shot at Trump. I think you’re right. TULSI GABBARD (GUEST): Yes, this is what is dangerous. They’re sending a message to a rogue actor, a lone wolf saying, “Hey, we need someone to save our country from this modern day Hitler-like person.” And …

The money laundering investigator finished his report with this: ‘The activity on the account appears unusual with no current business purpose and may require re-evaluation of the bank’s relationship with the customer.’ That’s bank lingo for, ‘The Chinese are bribing the vice president’s family and we should tell them to bank somewhere else so we don’t find ourselves under federal …

“The green agenda has never been about saving the planet. Only goofy teens and 20-somethings who obsess on TikTok believe that. The goal is control. In the globalist dream world, a central authority of some sort will decide how far you can travel, when you can travel, and by what means you can travel. Well, they like EVs for obvious …

“I agree with you on the UN. I’ve never liked the UN. I’ve never thought they were, you know, putting forward America’s best interests. My beef is with feminism, which by the way Sheryl Sandberg is part of it. Feminism has never been about all women. You can see that, as you pointed out Martha, they didn’t stand up for …

“Joe Scarborough, like something broke there. I always liked Joe, people would always whisper at the company that he had murdered someone who’d worked for him. I didn’t have views on that but a lot of people thought that he did it, I didn’t know. He was my fill-in guy when I was on vacation and I look up in …

Mediaite reports: Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade channeled his inner Howard Cosell while doing a bit about the recent falling of the White House Christmas Tree due to high winds. After a decent wind-up that explained the details of the story, Kilmeade delivered a solid payoff with “Down goes the Fraser fir!” which was a clear reference to Cosell’s …

“The only time Democrats talk about school violence is if there is a deadly mass shooting. But when there’s a deadly ass-kicking, nothing. That means they only care about death if it helps them take away your guns. A student gets stabbed to death? We don’t hear about knife control. Black kids beat a white kid to death? No way …