Over the past year, the mainstream media has managed to popularize fake news stories of every kind. Manufactured hate crimes. Climate crises. Fake war footage. Here are just a few of the stories intended to deceive in 2019. MAGA Hat Smirker In January, the media reported that bunch of Covington high school kids surrounded a…
Henry Rodgers on March 29, 2019 Chicago Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel blamed President Donald Trump Thursday for creating the “toxic environment” that caused actor Jussie Smollett to allegedly fake a hate crime. “My recommendation is the president go to Opening Day baseball, sit on the sidelines and stay out of this,” Emanuel said to reporters. “Let me be…
On Friday, “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was indicted by a grand jury on 16 felony counts. The indictment comes after Smollett was charged last month with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report alleging he was victim to a racist and homophobic attack. “False report of offense” charges are class 4 felonies….
Julie Borowski on February 23, 2019 Actor Jussie Smollett is facing charges over allegedly submitting a false police report and staging a hate crime in what police say was an effort to boost his acting career, and libertarian commentator Julie Borowski is calling it a “disservice to real hate crime victims.” “Police are saying that the…
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged with disorderly conduct on Wednesday, for allegedly filing a false police report about an attack he claims took place last month as he walked to his apartment building in Streeterville last month. The felony charge was announced by the Cook County state attorney’s office Wednesday evening, hours after police…
Chris White YouTube appears to have added a new content guideline preventing users from posting videos that criticize potential hate crime hoaxes. The change comes amid media reports suggesting actor Jussie Smollett falsely claimed a group of men assaulted him one night in Chicago. “Content claiming that specific victims of public violent incidents or their…
SAN FRANCISCO – Local white supremacist Claude Burke cancelled plans to commit a hate crime, citing a waning credibility factor. According to Burke, he didn’t have confidence that the heinous act he was planning to commit would be believable in a time when the left keeps staging fake crimes against themselves for attention. Claude wrote…
Neetu Chandak Vox senior video correspondent Liz Plank said celebrities — not media outlets — were reporting on the “This is MAGA country” quote in “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s alleged attack. “The [Make America Great Again] quote, I remember reading about this story and looking for a real, reputable media outlet reporting on that and I…
Neetu Chandak The Chicago Police Department (CPD) said Friday the two men who were being questioned over the alleged racist and homophobic attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett were arrested. The men were identified as two Nigerian brothers, according to The Associated Press. CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said both were arrested on suspicion of assault and…