{"id":375831,"date":"2021-12-03T04:47:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T01:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ny-times-master-of-misinformation-and-more\/"},"modified":"2021-12-03T04:47:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T01:47:55","slug":"ny-times-master-of-misinformation-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-times-master-of-misinformation-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"#NY Times&#8217; Master of Misinformation and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a348b6c2313c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a348b6c2313c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-times-master-of-misinformation-and-more\/#This_column\" >This column:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-times-master-of-misinformation-and-more\/#This_flashback\" >This flashback:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-times-master-of-misinformation-and-more\/#This_story\" >This story:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-times-master-of-misinformation-and-more\/#This_statement\" >This statement:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#NY Times&#8217; Master of Misinformation and more<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_column\"><\/span>This column: <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Whoppers-NYT-MIsinformation1-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New York Times Hunter and Joe Biden\" class=\"wp-image-20355416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Whoppers-NYT-MIsinformation1-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Whoppers-NYT-MIsinformation1-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Whoppers-NYT-MIsinformation1-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The New York Times claims The Post expos\u00e9 on Hunter Biden\u2019s scandalous e-mails is an example of misinformation.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NY Post composite; istock; Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/28\/business\/media-misinformation-disinformation.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">this New York Times whopper of a whopper<\/a>, Master of Misinformation Ben Smith not only writes about misinformation; he engages in it. Smith \u2014 who, recall, is responsible for publishing the wholly spurious Steele dossier at BuzzFeed \u2014 cites The Post\u2019s October 2020 story about Hunter Biden\u2019s e-mails, claiming we insisted they \u201cprove President Biden\u2019s corruption.\u201d That\u2019s not quite true, but more important: The e-mails, which Hunter doesn\u2019t deny are his and which have been corroborated by others, <em>did<\/em> connect the father to the son\u2019s influence-peddling and <em>do<\/em> offer compelling evidence that Joe Biden lied when he said he knew nothing about his son\u2019s business. Maybe Smith\u2019s column was actually meant as an example of misinformation, rather than a discussion of it.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_flashback\"><\/span>This flashback: <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JussieSmollett<\/a> is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I\u2019m praying for his quick recovery. <\/p>\n<p>This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1090361495119187969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>The two men Jussie Smollett accused of attacking him in a hate crime testified this week that the actor paid them to \u201cfake beat him up.\u201d Smollett is facing six counts of felony disorderly conduct for lying to police and staging the hoax. Yet back in 2019, after Smollett made his allegations, then-soon-to-be-veep Kamala Harris <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kamalaharris\/status\/1090361495119187969?s=12\">raced to call it <\/a>an \u201cattempted modern day lynching.\u201d No need to wait for the facts; the story fit her narrative \u2014 that America is filled with violent mysoginistic, homophobic racists \u2014 much in the way that President Biden once painted Kyle Rittenhouse as a white supremacist.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_story\"><\/span>This story: <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Whoppers-BBC-albatross.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The BBC insists that global warming is somehow causing an uptick of divorces between albatrosses.\" class=\"wp-image-20352327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Whoppers-BBC-albatross.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Whoppers-BBC-albatross.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Whoppers-BBC-albatross.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The BBC insists that global warming is somehow causing an uptick of divorces between albatrosses.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NY Post composite; istock; Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>Just last month, we noted how the Associated Press was blaming climate change for killing off polar bears, while offering no hard evidence. Now, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/newsbeat-59401921\">the BBC is pushing <\/a>a similarly wacky story of global warming causing albatrosses to \u201cdivorce.\u201d The story cites a study claiming the birds <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly mate with the same partner for life but warmer weather can drive up to 8 percent of them to find other mates. Yes, it\u2019s headline does reflect the study, though the scientists involved were far more hedged. More important, though: Is this really such a major problem? Indeed, <em>if<\/em> true, it shows the birds adapt. Just as humans can. At least the BBC didn\u2019t target \u201cstructural racism\u201d \u2014 as did <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/vegetables\/the-difference-between-yams-and-sweet-potatoes-is-structural-racism\">a 2020 headline in Food &amp; Wine<\/a> in citing (get this!) the difference between yams and sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_statement\"><\/span>This statement: <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/51644626846_Pres-Joe-Biden.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Joe Biden supply chain\" class=\"wp-image-20349152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/51644626846_Pres-Joe-Biden.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/51644626846_Pres-Joe-Biden.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/51644626846_Pres-Joe-Biden.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden claims the nation\u2019s supply chain woes occur annually.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">White House<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere are items every year that sell out, that are hard to find.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 President Biden, Dec. 1<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>President Biden really needs to think of new ways to lie. Early this year, he claimed the surge at the southern border was merely seasonal and would soon abate. Yet the number of migrants was far higher than in other years and only got <em>worse<\/em>. Now he claims shortages in stores, as Christmas shopping begins, h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en \u201cevery year.\u201d Sorry, but the supply-chain problems have little to do with Christmas; they started long before the season began, are expected to last longer and are worse than ever. We wonder: Will Biden now claim <em>every <\/em>problem he creates is just \u201cseasonal\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <em>Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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