{"id":379692,"date":"2021-12-11T06:33:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T03:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dont-expect-media-mea-culpa-too-eager-to-fall-for-jussie-smolletts-hoax\/"},"modified":"2021-12-11T06:33:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T03:33:14","slug":"dont-expect-media-mea-culpa-too-eager-to-fall-for-jussie-smolletts-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dont-expect-media-mea-culpa-too-eager-to-fall-for-jussie-smolletts-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"#Don\u2019t expect media mea culpa \u2014 too eager to fall for Jussie Smollett\u2019s hoax"},"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-6a3dcc04923ef\" 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-6a3dcc04923ef\" 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\/dont-expect-media-mea-culpa-too-eager-to-fall-for-jussie-smolletts-hoax\/#Lets_talk_about_facts\" >Let\u2019s talk about facts<\/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\/dont-expect-media-mea-culpa-too-eager-to-fall-for-jussie-smolletts-hoax\/#Implausible_details\" >Implausible details<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Don\u2019t expect <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> mea culpa \u2014 too eager to fall for Jussie Smollett\u2019s hoax<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kyle-smith3.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Kyle Smith\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kyle-smith3.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kyle-smith3.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As anyone who has ever been in a relationship can tell you, occasionally saying \u201cI was wrong and I\u2019m sorry\u201d can go a long way. But the media can never say \u201cWe\u2019re sorry.\u201d Because then Republicans might pounce.<\/p>\n<p>Consider a recent Gallup poll about Americans\u2019 trust in the media. Sixty-eight percent of Democrats said they had a \u201cgreat deal\u201d or \u201cfair amount\u201d of trust. It was 11 percent among Republicans. And 31 percent among independents. What media executive hears this and doesn\u2019t hear five-alarm sirens going off in his head?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Answer: Virtually all media executives, because becoming outspoken defenders of the Left has made the media very popular with Democrats, the cosseting and flattering of whom is now most of the media\u2019s chief survival strategy. If no one trusts us except liberals, we\u2019ll only say stuff liberals like to hear!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Does CNN ever apologize for getting it wrong \u2014 putting out false or deliberately misleading information \u2014 again and again and again and again and again?<\/p>\n<p>No, CNN simply pretends all of this failure derives from good-faith errors rather than wishcasting and flamboyantly obvious partisan hackery, then dials the whataboutism up to 11.<\/p>\n<p>Last night a hilariously defiant Oliver Darcy, who like his co-worker Brian Stelter overtly espouses left-wing talking points (frequently regurgitating Media Matters posts) in the guise of offering nonpartisan \u201cmedia reporting,\u201d sent out a furious <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter suggesting that no one should be mocking the media for its weeks of spectacular failures on the Jussie Smollett hoax.\u00a0<\/p>\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\/media-mea-culpa-332.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"CNN anchor Oliver Darcy\" class=\"wp-image-20452080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-332.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-332.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-332.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>CNN anchor Oliver Darcy insists the liberal media should not be slammed for promoting Jussie Smollett\u2019s hate-crime hoax.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CNN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He complains that Sean Hannity, \u201cand other bad faith media personalities on the right, used Smollett\u2019s conviction to (predictably) attack the news media and aim to delegitimize the credibility of the entire press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bad faith? Because the press doesn\u2019t have any other credibility issues? It was just this one little whoopsie, which we all should ignore so as not to hurt the feelings of social-fabric-shredding billion-dollar corporations and their $6 million-a-year talking heads?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPropagandists,\u201d Darcy continues, \u201cknow that their power increases substantially when they can convince their audiences not to trust other sources of information. And so, Smollett\u2019s case is very valuable to them.\u201d<\/p>\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\/media-mea-culpa-335.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sean Hannity, host at Fox News\" class=\"wp-image-20452083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-335.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-335.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-335.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Fox News host Sean Hannity didn\u2019t fall for Jussie Smollett\u2019s hate-crime fantasy.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lets_talk_about_facts\"><\/span>Let\u2019s talk about facts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Yeah, and you know what might be a solid way to fight off those who say you\u2019re not trustworthy, CNN? Actually being trustworthy. Darcy concludes his snit with the most beautiful piece of Oliver Darcy-ism I\u2019ve ever come across:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you cannot argue on the facts, it is much easier to dismiss a story in its entirety and go after the credibility of the press for reporting on it. It\u2019s the timeless play \u2014 one that played on repeat during the Trump administration . . .\u201d<\/p>\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\/media-mea-culpa-333.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"CNN anchor Don Lemon\" class=\"wp-image-20452081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-333.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-333.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-333.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>CNN anchor Don Lemon criticized Jussie Smollett for making up \u201ctoo many lies\u201d while pushing his hoax.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CNN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Smollett story fell apart precisely because of the facts! Arguing the facts is what Smollett\u2019s detractors have been doing since Day One. It is Smollett and his defenders who have been arguing ludicrous fiction, and now that we know the truth, the story therefore should, actually, be \u201cdismiss[ed] in its entirety.\u201d But anyway, what about Trump???\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I realize that deciding to issue only true and accurate reports would necessitate a disruptive, indeed revolutionary change at CNN that would begin with the firing of hacks such as Darcy and Stelter, but failing that, CNN could at least apologize for having breathlessly pumped up the Smollett hoax until long after everyone with an IQ above the level of algae had noticed it was fake news.\u00a0<\/p>\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\/media-mea-culpa-334.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Jussie Smollett and Don Lemon\" class=\"wp-image-20452082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-334.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-334.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-334.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>CNN anchor Don Lemon sent text messages to Jussie Smollett about Chicago police investigating his hate-crime hoax.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Instead, CNN still employs Don Lemon, who tipped off Smollett that the police were on to him. And it has continued to act as an unpaid outside publicist to Smollett right up to when it ran the headline \u201cSmollett guilty on some charges,\u201d as though the whole thing is still confusing and nebulous and maybe he\u2019s only kinda guilty?<\/p>\n<p>Jussie Smollett told a story on Jan. 29, 2019, that seemed far-fetched, raised eyebrows when he refused to allow police to inspect his phone or medical records, altered details in a Valentine\u2019s Day interview <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/03\/04\/robin-roberts-gets-completely-honest-about-interview-with-jussie-smollett\/\">with Robin Roberts<\/a> of \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d and refused to admit his ruse even after it fell apart later that day, when reports emerged that police had arrested Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo on suspicion of carrying out a phony attack in cahoots with the actor.<\/p>\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\/media-mea-culpa-337.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Former &quot;Empire&quot; actor Jussie Smollett\" class=\"wp-image-20452085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-337.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-337.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-337.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Why would anyone believe Jussie Smollett\u2019s frivolous claim that Chicago is a \u201cMAGA Country?\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Matt Marton, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Implausible_details\"><\/span>Implausible details<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bad things 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 every day in America, but the details of this story were really extraordinarily hard to believe, from the day he told it. Who beats up a guy without really beating him up? Who thinks Chicago is \u201cMAGA country\u201d? What dudes roam Chicago with a noose and a bottle of bleach in the dead of winter hoping to run into a black guy so they can gently drape the noose around his neck and run away without so much as taking his cellphone? Smollett is an exceptionally dumb guy who overloaded the fake attack with implausible details, and the everything-is-a-racial-emergency media ran with it. If you don\u2019t have a functioning bushwa detector, you simply shouldn\u2019t be in the media <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.<\/p>\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\/media-mea-culpa-336.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Brothers Olabinjo Osundairo, right, and Abimbola Osundairo\" class=\"wp-image-20452084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-336.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-336.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/media-mea-culpa-336.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jussie Smollett paid brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo to help stage the hate-crime conspiracy.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Charles Rex Arbogast, file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"797\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=797\" alt=\"Joe Biden Jussie Smollett\" class=\"wp-image-20452262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 797w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=399 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=800\" alt=\"Kamala Harris Jussie Smollett\" class=\"wp-image-20452261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=400 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"762\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=762\" alt=\"AOC Jussie Smollett\" class=\"wp-image-20452263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 762w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=381 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=810\" alt=\"Joy Reid Jussie Smollett\" class=\"wp-image-20452260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 810w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/tweet1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=405 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Nevertheless, almost across the board, the media reported it as a fact that Smollett \u201cwas attacked,\u201d or attributed this assertion to police, when it was never anything but a dubious assertion by an actor. This is basic, entry-level stuff. I didn\u2019t go to journalism school, but I learned the trade as a news clerk at the New York City bureau of The Associated Press starting in 1992. As soon as I started work delivering mail and printing out stories, I started to internalize an extremely useful phrase uttered many times a day by our wise city editor, the late Jim Fitzgerald: \u201cSays who?\u201d Says who, says who, says who. You can\u2019t say this to yourself often enough when you\u2019re writing up the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJussie Smollett said he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack\u201d would have been a true and accurate report, CNN. Joy Reid. Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Simple suggestion to everyone who promoted the hoax: Just say, \u201cI was wrong and I\u2019m sorry.\u201d It\u2019ll be good for you. It\u2019ll be good for America.<\/p>\n<p><em>From National Review<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\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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But the media can never say \u201cWe\u2019re sorry.\u201d Because then Republicans might pounce. 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