Whenever there is even any hint of a scandal in Washington, politicians and pundits alike spout the cliched phase that it is ‘bigger than Watergate’ and suffix the word ‘gate’ to the subject of the scandal. This has been happening for over 45 years. The phrase has been so overused that the proponent sounds like the boy who cried ‘Wolf!’.
Beyond wordsmithing and perception pushing, the reference to
Watergate is the deep liberal yearning to repeat their feat of forcing a
Republican President out of office.
The key components of the Watergate scandal were a failed
attempt at spying on political opponents and an eventual coverup attempt.
Finally, after all these years, there may finally be a scandal
that is really bigger than Watergate.
Last Friday, Special
Counsel John Durham filed a motion in DC federal court alleging that
Hillary Clinton’s political allies had paid a contractor to spy on both the
Trump campaign and the Trump presidency. The goal was to dig up information to
push the narrative of Trump-Russia collusion.
Why is this bigger than Watergate?
Because the targets were not just political opponents but also
the US President. Also, unlike Watergate, spying most likely did occur.
Based on this, there are a few valid concerns.
Top-secret information is frequently accessed in the White
House. If agents hired by Hillary's campaign could monitor that top-secret
information, the implications are very serious.
Perhaps their intentions were not just to spy on Trump but
alter information to make it appear that Trump was colluding with Russia?
If they went this far to do it online, what did they do in the
real world? Perhaps they had spies and saboteurs planted within Trump’s
White House?
Did any intelligence agencies know of these acts of snooping?
If communication lines in the White House are not secure, what
hope do regular people have?
This implicates Jake Sullivan, who is part of the Biden
administration. Sullivan should be compelled to step aside until the
investigation is complete.
The fact that, despite their intents, they found
nothing proves that Trump is probably among the cleanest of politicians.
Unsurprisingly the media has remained mum on the matter.
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Just to put this into perspective, Media
Research Center found that from Jan. 20, 2017, through July 20, 2019,
the evening newscasts at ABC, CBS, and NBC alone devoted an astounding 2,634
minutes in pushing the Trump-Russia narrative. That number has to be considerably
higher since the media still pushes that narrative.
Every article or claim was replete with statements that began
with “our sources tell us” or “unconfirmed reports suggest”. When they made up
a preposterous allegation, they used it as a provocative headline, merely
adding a question mark to protect themselves. Hence we had headlines such as “Is
Trump be a Russian agent?”. At times they didn’t even bother with the
question mark and had headlines such as “An
Ex-KGB
Agent Says Trump Was a Russian Asset Since 1987”
Several other smaller outlets would cite the article and write
pieces of their own with further embellishments. The TV media used these
articles to conduct panel discussions. All that emanated from tertiary articles
and discussions fed the next cycle of news.
This is probably the first focused and large-scale
disinformation campaign by the media in modern times.
The ecosystem is so corrupt and self-serving that The New
York Times and Washington Post won Pulitzer Prizes for their vicious lies.
These baseless allegations were legitimized following the
appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. After more than two years and a
cloud of doubt over the Trump administration, when Mueller found nothing, he
didn’t exonerate
Trump, he just claimed he hadn’t found evidence to prove guilt which caused
the media to proceed with their baseless speculations.
The media by its very definition is a mere carrier of news. Over
the decades the media has abandoned that role and have become willing Democrat
propagandists. However, during the Trump era, they were blatant about being
partisans. In their self-righteous mind had rationalized that Trump didn’t
deserve to be treated fairly like other presidents. They frequently referred to
the Democrats as 'we’.
This relentless campaign was the first step towards rigging
the 2020 elections.
The bombshell revelations from the Durham investigation were
largely ignored by most of the mainstream media
When compelled to cover the story, they always begin with a
disclaimer that it is a ‘right-wing’ conspiracy theory or that the ‘right-wing’
media was occupied covering it.
Breitbart tracked the media coverage reported the following.
The New York Times headlined its story, “Court Filing Started a Furor in
Right-Wing Outlets, but Their Narrative Is Off Track,” and claimed the
“alarmist” narrative highlights “the challenge for journalists in deciding what
merits coverage”
The Post published an “analysis” that claimed there was no
evidence “Trump Tower was ‘wiretapped,'”. The article didn’t state links
between Hillary’s campaign and her associates that allegedly spied on Trump:
CNN merely reported the court filings.
MSNBC, NBC, ABC, and CBS news channels
have ignored the recent revelations, according to Fox News.
So what happens in the unlikely situation that Durham delivers indictments are made that go right to the very top?
It will be called a right-wing coup to enable Trump
to become President. They will call it a conspiracy to undermine the
January 6th investigations. Finally, Durham will be personally
attacked as a racist and Putin stooge. The cacophony will continue.
Apart from the partisanship, the real reason that this story
isn’t being covered is that the media was culpable in this driving the
Trump-Russia collusion narrative.
If they were to write op-eds or conduct discussions on this
story, all fingers would, at some juncture, point towards them for their
fabrications.
It helps that they have built a robust, almost self-sustaining
eco-system that some have called the Washington Democrat Media Complex.
Proponents of this unholy alliance also include Big Tech, Showbiz, Corporate
Houses (sponsors), NGOs, and the Woke Mob who have been brainwashed by decades of
propaganda.
These are ardent subscribers of the groupthink and tune in
every day to have their daily dose of hate. They have a monopoly on the
mainstream media and like tyrants, they suffer from an illusion of their
permanence.
President Trump was right when said that the mendacious
media is the enemy of the people. It is the media that drives the divide across the US with their disinformation campaigns and amplifying and censoring news stories to push their narrative.
The good news is that the public is waking
up and the audiences are rapidly dwindling.
This article also appears on American Thinker
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