{"id":26350,"date":"2020-08-27T13:04:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T17:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=26350"},"modified":"2020-08-27T13:04:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T17:04:45","slug":"make-no-mistake-the-mainstream-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=26350","title":{"rendered":"<b>MAKE NO MISTAKE<\/b>: The Mainstream Media Really is the Enemy of the People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-5.21.03-PM-998x744-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"998\" height=\"744\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-5.21.03-PM-998x744-1.png 998w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-5.21.03-PM-998x744-1-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-5.21.03-PM-998x744-1-768x573.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Trump Was Right All Along: The Fake News Media Really Is The Enemy Of The People<\/h1>\n<h3><em>When you encounter an entity that repeatedly lies to you, slanders you, mocks you, and hides things from you, should you conclude it is anything but your enemy?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>By Kylee Zempel<br \/>\nThe Federalist<\/p>\n<p>Firework smoke still lingered in the sky over Mount Rushmore as journalists began their daily routine of story-spinning, as if their very lives depended on headlines reflecting the exact opposite of true events. President Donald Trump\u2019s pro-America speech, dripping with unity and patriotism, was decried in legacy media as diabolical.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-221668\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-08-at-5.53.22-PM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-08-at-5.53.22-PM.png 1344w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-08-at-5.53.22-PM-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-08-at-5.53.22-PM-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-08-at-5.53.22-PM-1024x466.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-08-at-5.53.22-PM-470x214.png 470w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-08-at-5.53.22-PM-998x454.png 998w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-08-at-5.53.22-PM-200x91.png 200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"273\" data-portal-copyright=\"The Federalist\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just moments after the star-spangled spectacle, The New York Times blasted out a news alert, calling the president\u2019s remarks \u201cdark and divisive\u201d and condemning his Independence Day speech as insufficiently focused on the Wuhan virus. ABC News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1279277929416069120\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0\u201cTrump pushe[d] racial division\u201d and defied pandemic rules, while the Washington Post opted for \u201cdark\u201d descriptors and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1279284126156283904\">blamed<\/a>\u00a0Trump for \u201cexploit[ing] social divisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One honest look at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/07\/05\/read-president-trumps-pro-america-independence-day-speech-from-mount-rushmore\/\">Trump\u2019s speech<\/a>\u00a0spikes these media fictions into orbit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1279454586659581952&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1279454586659581952\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1279814829843402752&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1279814829843402752\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"perma-ad-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This same media over the last several years has routinely railed against the president for his dismissal of what he calls \u201cfake news.\u201d Journalists lost their minds in February 2017 when Trump took things a step further, for the first time characterizing the fake news media as the \u201cenemy of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=832708293516632065&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"832708293516632065\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta, who frequently spars with the president while grandstanding in the press briefing room, capitalized on the phrase while playing the martyr, publishing a book called \u201cThe Enemy of the People\u201d last year. Ironically, Acosta used the same words to characterize Trump\u2019s rhetoric about the press as the press used to slander Trump: dark and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat may have begun as something of a reality TV-style parlor trick has mutated into a full-blown assault on the American free press,\u201d Acosta\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/06\/11\/politics\/enemy-of-the-people-jim-acosta-donald-trump\/index.html\">argued<\/a>, saying of the president\u2019s \u201cenemy of the people\u201d remark, \u201cIt was a dark and dangerous tweet that may well define much of his presidency.\u201d Plenty of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/think\/opinion\/trump-s-attacks-media-are-going-get-someone-killed-robert-ncna905541\">others<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytco.com\/press\/new-york-times-publisher-a-g-sulzberger-responded-to-president-trumps-continued-attacks-on-a-free-press\/\">echoed<\/a>\u00a0Acosta\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4ALkF-LphLU\">sentiment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Trump delivers a unifying speech, and the media lies, calling it dark and divisive. Trump exposes the media for its lies, and the press calls his rhetoric dark and divisive. The cycle has repeated itself over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>While the press\u2019s most recent Fourth of July smear was blatantly partisan and anti-American, it\u2019s worth noting that this wasn\u2019t an isolated instance of media misspeak. Bad-faith actors in the press have proved time and again that they are indeed the enemy of the people.<\/p>\n<h2>Liar, Liar, Cities On Fire<\/h2>\n<p>This is the same media that has spent the last six weeks stirring up strife over the death of George Floyd and lying about the resulting chaos. While rioters and looters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/28\/in-first-weekend-of-riots-looting-damage-in-20-major-cities-exceeded-400-million\/\">desecrated major cities<\/a>\u00a0across the United States, many journalists\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/trump-biden-protests-polling.html#click=https:\/\/t.co\/YgAui524vP\">downplayed the violence<\/a>\u00a0and tried to convince Americans most of the actors were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/craigmelvin\/status\/1266030830473940993\">simply peaceful protesters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be clear in how I characterize this. This is mostly a protest. It is not, generally speaking, unruly,\u201d said one MSNBC reporter as buildings burned down behind him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1266225621396525056&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1266225621396525056\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"perma-ad-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1266016306341580812&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1266016306341580812\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1266030830473940993&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1266030830473940993\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The media\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyleezempel\/status\/1267472720691789825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1267472720691789825%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D221667action%3Dedit\">malfeasance<\/a>\u00a0was endless. Many outlets initially\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomBevanRCP\/status\/1271027177446875136\">failed to report<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/25\/as-they-disband-chop-its-leaders-insist-their-anarchy-that-enabled-rape-and-murder-was-successful\/\">autonomous zone mayhem<\/a>\u00a0in Seattle,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/03\/the-media-are-lying-to-you-about-everything-including-the-riots\/\">compared<\/a>\u00a0the anarchy and violence to Hong Kong\u2019s pro-democracy protesters, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlquintanilla\/status\/1267482003156406272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1267482003156406272%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F06%2F03%2Fthe-media-are-lying-to-you-about-everything-including-the-riots%2F\">pretended<\/a>\u00a0the looting was the same as peaceful lockdown protests.<\/p>\n<p>All the while, many mainstream journalists ignored the ongoing pandemic they were otherwise using to shame Americans into lockdown. After hundreds of thousands of protesters and rioters clambered through the streets, the media continued\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/08\/us\/coronavirus-churches-outbreaks.html\">blaming churches<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-church-singing-risks\/85-0d3dd8b9-cfdd-40f6-be70-a58a153e4c3c\">coronavirus upticks<\/a>, while crediting Black Lives Matter protests with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyleezempel\/status\/1278410422639607809\">helping<\/a>\u00a0to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2020\/06\/30\/police-protests-coronavirus-spread\/?fbclid=IwAR18SDwt4d6IolYpNC_WZus2YBc72WFGQ_FH-p-I2Ml1Xrg4Sn7lOYeeXrY\">slow the spread<\/a>\u201d of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, one can\u2019t forget the media storm over Trump\u2019s trek from the White House to St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church, when every single major media outlet falsely reported that Park Police had attacked peaceful protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets so the president could have a photo-op. It turns out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/02\/media-falsely-claimed-violent-riots-were-peaceful-and-that-tear-gas-was-used-against-rioters\/\">none of that was true<\/a>. CBS then later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/08\/cbs-deceptively-edits-barr-interview-leaving-out-key-details-on-violent-riots-police-oversight\/\">deceptively edited<\/a>\u00a0an interview with Attorney General William Barr, leaving out important details about the violent nature of the protests outside the White House. The Washington Post even ran this headline with this infographic:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-221780\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-2.30.59-PM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-2.30.59-PM.png 960w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-2.30.59-PM-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-2.30.59-PM-768x1182.png 768w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-2.30.59-PM-665x1024.png 665w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-2.30.59-PM-175x270.png 175w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-2.30.59-PM-130x200.png 130w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-09-at-2.30.59-PM-139x214.png 139w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"770\" data-portal-copyright=\"The Federalist\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Countless media personalities and outlets then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/05\/media-reports-trump-comments-wildly-out-of-context-claims-he-said-george-floyd-is-happy-about-jobs-report\/\">eliminated clear context to pretend<\/a>\u00a0Trump\u2019s remarks about Floyd and equality were instead making light of Floyd\u2019s death to tout an improvement in unemployment numbers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-6\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-6&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1268942505682354176&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1268942505682354176\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-7\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-7&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1268922264801759234&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1268922264801759234\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-8\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-8&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1268946963850055682&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1268946963850055682\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is only a fraction of the press\u2019s spin over the protests and riots \u2014 which have only been going on since May 26.<\/p>\n<h2>All The Pinocchios<\/h2>\n<p>Before that, the press compulsively lied about COVID-19 on every front,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/04\/lancet-formally-retracts-fake-hydroxychloroquine-study-used-by-media-to-attack-trump-inbox\/\">using a bogus hydroxychloroquine study<\/a>\u00a0to bash the president, shaming small business owners for protesting lockdowns, blaming Republicans for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/03\/24\/after-impeaching-trump-over-ukraine-nancy-pelosi-demands-quid-pro-quo-before-releasing-aid-to-americans\/\">Democrats\u2019 failures<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/27\/opinion\/coronavirus-trump-evangelicals.html\">scorning Christians<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/04\/02\/why-blame-communists-for-the-wuhan-virus-when-you-can-blame-christians\/\">wanting<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/02\/trump-went-to-church-the-rest-of-the-country-must-follow-now\/\">prioritize their spiritual health<\/a>\u00a0over physical,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/05\/11\/cbss-60-minutes-lies-about-mike-pompeo-and-covers-for-communist-china\/\">distorting remarks<\/a>\u00a0by members of the Trump administration, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/04\/29\/who-wrote-this-pro-communist-china-article-cnn-or-xi-jinping\/\">running constant cover for Communist China<\/a>\u00a0and the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-9\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-9&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1255394827711234050&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1255394827711234050\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead of seeking answers to questions plaguing the American people, reporters used press briefings to make the story about themselves,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/05\/12\/asian-american-reporter-implies-trump-is-racist-and-the-anti-american-media-run-with-it\/\">casting themselves as victims<\/a>\u00a0and asking asinine questions such as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c4862256\/user-clip-is-chinese-food-racist\">Is Chinese food racist<\/a>?\u201d They ridiculed Trump for featuring Mike Lindell, the MyPillow guy, who pledged to use his facilities to manufacture masks, while they spit out pro-China headlines<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/04\/29\/who-wrote-this-pro-communist-china-article-cnn-or-xi-jinping\/\">\u00a0that easily could have been written by communist dictator Xi Jinping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is the same media that spent years peddling a Russia collusion hoax based on opposition research funded by Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee. The same media that ran interference for Democratic lawmakers in their ridiculous impeachment sham. The same media that slandered Brett Kavanaugh over sexual assault allegations but largely\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1256191004631281667\">refused to cover seemingly more credible allegations<\/a>\u00a0against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/05\/01\/msnbc-spends-4-minutes-detailing-tara-reades-allegations-against-biden-4-minutes-on-trump-accusers\/\">their 2020 savior Joe Biden<\/a>. The same media that lied about former national security adviser Michael Flynn, airing deceptively edited videos and then blaming journalistic ineptitude.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-10\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=kyleezempel&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-10&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1260326172203683840&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F07%2F10%2Ftrump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people%2F&amp;siteScreenName=FDRLST&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1260326172203683840\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the same media that perpetuated Jussie Smollett\u2019s race hoax and defamed a Catholic high school student. The same media that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/01\/28\/unfunny-cnn-panel-ridicules-trump-supporters-as-credulous-boomer-rubes\/\">scoffed<\/a>\u00a0at Trump voters and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/04\/14\/msnbcs-joe-scarborough-cracks-up-at-stupid-wisconsin-republicans\/\">stupid<\/a>\u201d Republicans,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomcottonar\/status\/1271613287206191105\">defended defunding the police<\/a>, and published revisionist history such as the 1619 Project. The same media that exploited deaths of minorities that fit their \u201cAmerica is racist\u201d narrative while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/05\/while-defending-rioters-the-media-ignores-slain-black-police-officers\/\">ignoring the killings of black police officers<\/a>. The same media that tried to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/18\/corporate-media-wants-to-silence-the-federalist-because-it-cant-compete\/\">silence<\/a>\u00a0this very publication for criticizing it.<\/p>\n<h2>Enemy of the People<\/h2>\n<p>In a May 2020\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/news\/national-news\/2020\/05\/12\/abcs-jonathan-karl-trumps-relationship-with-the-press-has-taken-a-dark-turn-amid-coronavirus\">interview<\/a>\u00a0with WGBH News, ABC News correspondent and president of the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Jonathan Karl described Trump\u2019s tension with the press, using the media\u2019s preferred vernacular to describe the relationship as having taken a \u201cdark turn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think [Trump has] sent the message that you can go out and say things that are completely untrue and you can vilify anybody who criticizes you and just basically say that it\u2019s all fake and made up, and get away with it,\u201d Karl said.<\/p>\n<p>Karls words, however, could just as easily be said about corporate media, as they publish lies wholesale and denigrate anybody who finds fault with them.<\/p>\n<p>The American people deserve the truth. They\u2019re smart enough to intake facts and discern what action to take based on unadulterated information filtered through their own values. They don\u2019t need the news sifted through the skewed moral framework of the Washington Post and The New York Times or packaged inside the worldview of Brian Stelter and Yamiche Alcindor.<\/p>\n<p>This life consists of enemies and allies, and we constantly discern the two. When you encounter an entity that trashes the things you cherish and promotes the things you hate, that repeatedly lies to you, slanders you, mocks you, hides things from you, and actively tries to mislead you, should you conclude it is anything but your enemy?<\/p>\n<p>Trump called the fake news media the enemy of the people, and they\u2019ve proved him right.<\/p>\n<p>Kylee Zempel is an assistant editor at The Federalist.<br \/>\n___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/07\/10\/trump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people\/\">https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/07\/10\/trump-was-right-all-along-the-fake-news-media-really-is-the-enemy-of-the-people\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}