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Political fake news is designed to push an agenda, typically the [[liberal]] one. Non-political clickbait is designed to attract internet traffic, attention, or sales. Clickbait websites often lack known publishers hindering lawsuits against them for [[libel]] or [[slander]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/opinions/suing-fake-news-not-so-fast-callan/index.html|title=Sue over fake news? Not so fast|last=Callan|first=Paul|website=CNN|accessdate=April 6, 2017}}</ref> In many cases, clickbait websites resolve to [[IP address]]es located outside the United States.  

Political fake news is designed to push an agenda, typically the [[liberal]] one. Non-political clickbait is designed to attract internet traffic, attention, or sales. Clickbait websites often lack known publishers hindering lawsuits against them for [[libel]] or [[slander]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/opinions/suing-fake-news-not-so-fast-callan/index.html|title=Sue over fake news? Not so fast|last=Callan|first=Paul|website=CNN|accessdate=April 6, 2017}}</ref> In many cases, clickbait websites resolve to [[IP address]]es located outside the United States.  

===Leftwing riots===

==2016 Presidential election==

A long-tracked pattern reflects the DOJ and FBI leak their PR needs to the ''New York Times''. The preferred outlet for the U.S. State Department is CNN; and the ''Washington Pos''t generally comes out first with leaks in defense of the CIA agenda. This pattern has been remarkably consistent for years.

During the [[Marxist]] insurrections of 2020 NPR made the false claim that alleged "[[white supremacist]]s" were using vehicles to run down alleged "peaceful" rioters based on an edited video from [[Louisville]], Kentucky.<ref>https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/06/22/journalism-is-dead-part-9999-receipt-filled-thread-details-what-really-happened-in-louisville-with-driver-who-allegedly-struck-protester/</ref> The allusion was intended to bring to mind a 2017 Charlottesville incident in which a protester was run over.  In Alamosa, [[Colorado]] a 27 year old white [[Black Lives Matter]] protestor shot an innocent driver in the head who was trying to avoid protesters blocking the street at an intersection.<ref>https://krdo.com/news/2020/06/06/video-shows-moments-surrounding-alamosa-protest-shooting/</ref>  Another was shot in [[Provo, Utah]].<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/30/black-lives-matter-protester-shoots-suv-driver-in-/</ref>  After riling leftists with false reporting, NPR later had to walk back its claim about the Louisville incident when it was discovered that the driver, who was black, was in fact the victim of a violent [[leftist]] assault.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/06/22/don-jr-calls-for-defunding-npr-after-it-gets-caught-using-wrong-photo-by-mistake-937761</ref>

===Chloroquine===

===Trump-Russia collusion hoax===

A topic of fake news stories after the 2016 election was whether there was violence between Trump supporters and opponents.  After the 2016 election, several violent and disturbing anti-Trump attacks occurred throughout the nation against Trump supporters or supposed Trump supporters. Despite these attacks, liberals and leftists only focused on alleged "attacks" by Trump supporters against minorities and others (the leftist narrative, although being blatantly false and one-sided, fits their manufactured narrative that Trump supporters are "racist" and "evil" and that leftists are "tolerant" and "forgiving"). Fox News found that despite the number of real anti-Trump attacks which went largely unreported, several of the "pro-Trump" attacks were hoaxes.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.</ref>

NBC, CNN, CBS and Axios all reported that a man died after drinking fish tank water which President Trump had recommended as a cure for [[Covid-19]].  In response to reporters' questions at a press briefing President Trump answered that the [[Food and Drug Administration]] was looking into the possibility of using an approved drug for human consumption, [[hydroxychloroquine]] as a possible treatment for the Chinese coronavirus infection.  Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was approved decades ago as an anti-[[malaria]] medication. A couple in [[Arizona]], not under a medical doctor's supervision, drank fish tank water containing chloroquine phosphate, a chemical used to kill algae and fish parasites. The husband died.  NBC, CNN, CBS, Axios and other leftist outfits reported that President Trump had recommended chloroquine phosphate as a miracle cure.<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/news/media-outlets-called-out-for-misleading-reports-that-man-died-after-taking-coronavirus-drug-touted-by-trump/</ref>

[[File:Nyt-coronavirus-wuhan-0206202.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Fake news in American media: Chinese Communists claim that reporting the Wuhan Coronavirus is "racist".<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/16/the-atlantic-must-stop-covering-for-the-chinese-communist-party/</ref>]]

One widely shared fake story, spread by the mainstream media, that Trump's election had led to a rise in anti-Semitism by white supremcists—it turned out that bomb threats at a synagogue were actually carried out by "an African-American left-wing journalist" and a "Jewish teenager in Israel, with dual citizenship in the U.S."<ref>Pollak, Joel (March 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/29/fake-news-donald-trump-antisemitism-vindicated/ Donald Trump Vindicated: Antisemitism Surge ‘Fake News’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 29, 2017.</ref>

CBS News used footage of the "worst hit" hospital in Bergamo, [[Italy]] purporting it to be a report about the coronavirus outbreak in [[New York]].<ref>https://summit.news/2020/03/30/cbs-news-uses-footage-of-worst-hit-hospital-in-italy-while-describing-new-york-coronavirus-outbreak/</ref>

ABC News chief Washington DC narrative engineer Jonathan Karl was the rotating head of the [[White House Correspondents Association]] (WHCA) during the [[CCP global pandemic]].  The WHCA has a customary and traditional role of selecting the journalists who will participate in the White House daily briefing.  Karl invited Youyou Wang, a known propagandist for the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) claiming to be a "reporter", into the briefing room to question President Trump.  

Following the 2016 election in which Trump won, [[liberals]], the [[mainstream media]], and [[social media]] had misapplied the term "fake news" to make the false accusation that [[Alternative Media|alternative news]] and Russian sources are "deliberately lying" to their readers, listeners, and viewers, and that these "lies" helped elect [[Donald Trump]] [[President of the United States]]. The liberal-pushed "fake news" accusations are a form of [[conspiracy theory]]. However, the [[mainstream media]] itself publishes and promotes fake news stories,<ref>Heinlein, Peter (May 30, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/donald-trump-frustrated-fake-news-overlooks-accomplishments/3878266.html Trump Frustrated by 'Fake News' That Overlooks His Accomplishments]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved June 26, 2017.</ref> from appearing in its nightly network newscasts, on its cable news channels, in its newspapers and on its websites (including Facebook). The MSM has allegedly been adopting safeguards to prevent itself from reporting fake news stories,<ref name="Tech Crunch"/><ref name="Barron"/> but it has been unsuccessful based on more recent examples.

The Hong Kong/Cayman Islands based Phoenix TV, for which Karl's [[fellow traveller]] works and who falsely claimed her employer was "privately owned", is actually owned in large part by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and by a former CCP propaganda officer.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5IreHffSms Chinese Communist Media Infiltrates White House Presser] at One America News Network YouTube channel</ref><ref>[https://thenationalpulse.com/news/trump-reporter-china/ FACT CHECK: Trump Asked a Reporter If She Was Working For China... She Is]</ref> The very next day, the WHCA brought in a propagandist from the state-controlled Dragon Television in [[Shanghai]], China, Ching-Yi Chang, who did not disclose who he was working for when asked by President Trump who he worked for but, assuming that he was asking which country he was from, stated he was from Taiwan.<ref>[https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/another-ccp-reporter-white-house-trump/ ANOTHER Chinese Govt ‘Reporter’ Lies to Trump in White House Press Room]</ref>

In July 2020 MSNBC producer Ariana Pekary quit, calling the network fake news and a cancer that risks human lives, even in the middle of a pandemic. Pekary said President Trump became the primary focus of the [[coronavirus]] coverage instead of “science itself.”  “As new details have become available about antibodies, a vaccine, or how COVID actually spreads, producers still want to focus on the politics. Important facts or studies get buried,” she wrote in her resignation letter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/08/04/msnbc-producer-calls-network-a-cancer-after-quitting-job/</ref>

The Mueller probe provided no evidence that Russia hacked the DNC. In fact, Special Counsel Robert Mueller was threatened with contempt of court by federal Dc district court Dabney Friedrich for making public statements that the government of Russia was involved in so-called "Russian meddling" in the 2016 elections.  

No evidence has ever been presented the Russians, Russian entities, or the Russian government ever hacked, or attempted to hack, the servers of the [[Democratic National Committee]]. Russians did, however, make failed efforts to hack into the voter rolls of state election boards, notably those maintained by [[Georgia]] Secretary of State [[Brian Kemp]]. The Obama White House, however, at the direction of [[Susan Rice]] and others, conflated the issue of Russian attempted hacking of state election boards with the release of DNC emails by [[WikiLeaks]].

[[File:Axios fake news tweet.PNG|left|250px|thumb|Only Axios corrected it's fake news story that President Trump had recommended fish tank cleaner as a cure for Covid-19. NBC, CNN, and CBS never corrected their fake news reporting.<ref>https://spectator.us/trump-chloroquine-fish-tank-cleaner-media-blame/</ref>]]

The first case of [[COVID-19]] was medically verified in China on December 8, 2019 and first death occurred on December 9.  The doctor who reported on the first verified cases posted on [[social media]] was forced to plead guilty to "rumormongering" and disrupting social order in late December 2019.  The Beijing central government attempted to hide the outbreak from the people of Wuhan and the world.  The [[Chinese Communist Party]] finally admitted publicly that a full blown [[pandemic]] was occurring in Wuhan on January 23, 2020, and the doctor who first warned the public and was convicted of a crime for doing so died on February 4, 2020.  Eight hundred million people expressed their condolences on Chinese social media in 24 hours after his death was announced.

[[File:ABC - New coronavirus 'not spreading' in the US.PNG|right 350px|thumb|The 'hoax' hoax; Biden still spewed this lie and many others on the campaign trail in 2020.]]

To save face for the Communist regime's deliberately incompetent handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in their country, the Chinese foreign ministry falsely accused the [[United States]] of being responsible for the corona virus outbreak.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg7FwHteB0I</ref>  On March 12, 2020 the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman initiated a [[conspiracy theory]] that the US military started the coronavirus in China,<ref> https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1238150527751319575</ref><ref>https://news.trust.org/item/20200312152307-rlv7m</ref>  Leftist media in the United States aided Chinese propaganda efforts by calling those who link the virus' origin to China were it originated as "[[racist]]s".<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/13/dems-media-warned-new-narrative-aids-chinas-new-conspiracy-us-military-started-covid-19-896694</ref><ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/15/nbc-news-ny-times-running-chinese-propaganda-criticizing-us-erick-erickson-points-out-897729</ref>

April 7, 2020 NBC News tweeted Communist Chinese propaganda when it was well known the Chinese Communist Party was being illusive and deceptive in its reporting on the CCP global pandemic.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/posts/4172210622798936</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/nbc-china-coronavirus-numbers-backlash</ref>

Disgraced FBI director [[James Comey]] testified to Congress that the [[FBI]] never examined DNC servers to determine if they had indeed been hacked, and by who. Evidence suggests the public disclosure of [[John Podesta]], [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]], and other Democratic operatives' emails came from an inside [[whistleblower]] source. Some speculate the inside [[leak]]er was [[Seth Rich]], whose murder, like the DNC breach itself, was never fully investigated. The fake news narrative of "Russia hacked the DNC," was coined by [[CrowdStrike|a private security firm hired by the DNC]] after the security breach was discovered.

====The 'hoax' hoax====

The only known evidence that exists points to an inside leaker, who downloaded the DNC emails on a flash drive and likely forwarded them to WikiLeaks.

 

President Trump referred to Democrats' efforts to politicize the [[coronavirus]] outbreak as their new hoax;<ref>https://www.nysun.com/national/a-sickening-press-tries-to-blame-trump/91035/</ref> liberal media and Democrats immediately and deliberately twisted President Trump's words out of context to fit their narrative by claiming that he called the coronavirus a "hoax".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I08ZZzP53Wg Gutfeld on the media "hoax" hoax] at Fox News YouTube channel</ref>

 

 

As the outbreak progressed in the United States, the anti-Trump mainstream media were more concerned with instilling panic and blaming President Trump than informing the public on critical precautionary measures to avoid unnecessary strains on the healthcare and economic system.

 

 

''[[Bloomberg News]]'', owned by then-Democrat presidential candidate [[Michael Bloomberg]], tried blaming Trump supporters for the [[Iowa caucus]] fiasco<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKEipLNGFA</ref> after Democrat insiders stole election results from [[Bernie Sanders]] and attempted to hand a victory to [[Pete Buttigieg]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYQmD39tx3A</ref>  Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] blamed Russia.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/06/democrat-congresswoman-blames-iowa-caucus-disaster-on-russia/</ref>  The [[Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS), working in coordination with state elections officers, have an existing relationship to ensure computer systems and data collection systems are safe and secure.  The DHS reported their offer to review the data system was rebuked by the Iowa Democrat Party.<ref>https://youtu.be/v5hfbALvhMo</ref>

For a lot of people, “‘normal’ has been a real problem for a very long time, and I think the failures of the Obama era help explain how we got Trump.<ref>https://archive.is/5vXG0</ref>}}

*In order to pander and mislead the vital Black female demographic for the Democratic party, CNN's April Ryan reported that [[Stacey Abrams]] was being interviewed and vetted by the [[Biden team]] for the vice president spot when in fact Abrams herself no shall call, interview, or vetting process had taken place.<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/06/11/april-ryan-deletes-tweet-that-appears-to-contradict-stacey-abrams-on-vetting-for-vp/</ref>

 

''[[The Hill]]'' claimed in late October 2020 that Trump's re-election campaign "appeared to use a Marine Corps helicopter to hover over a large crowd of cheering supporters, raising questions about the ethics of using the military aircraft for such purposes."<ref>[https://thehill.com/policy/defense/523238-trump-campaign-event-use-of-marine-corps-helicopter-raises-ethics-questions Trump campaign event use of Marine Corps helicopter raises ethics questions]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 22, 2021.</ref> This suggestion was later debunked by the Marine Corps, who clarified that the impression was due to the camera angle when recording the video.<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2020/10/29/marine-corps-calls-out-the-hill-for-publishing-misleading-story-about-marine-one-at-trump-rally-n2579024 Marine Corps Publicly Calls Out The Hill for Misleading Story About Marine One at Trump Rally]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved January 22, 2021.</ref>

==Trump transition and presidency==

==Trump transition and presidency==

In January 2019 President Trump made a nationally televised address from the Oval Office to request funding from the Democratically controlled House for the growing humanitarian crisis on the Southern border.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/president-trump/trump-makes-humanitarian-case-for-wall-calling-border-situation-%E2%80%98a-crisis-of-the-soul%E2%80%99/ar-BBRZJlh</ref> Democrats and the [[mainstream media]] called it a "manufactured crisis,"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K8dwSt1hog&feature=youtu.be</ref>  denying such a crisis existed.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/03/x-times-the-media-said-there-was-no-crisis-at-the-southern-border/</ref>  After a photo of the bodies of a father and his 23 month old daughter who drowned in the [[Rio Grande]] river trying to enter the United States illegally was widely published,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PxNj4_mEVg</ref> some Democrats, most notably [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], falsely charged the U.S. with maintaining "[[concentration camp]]s" on the Southern border since the Obama era,<ref>https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/statement-regarding-the-museums-position-on-holocaust-analogies</ref><ref>Walter Shaub was the Obama era director of the United States Office of Government Ethics, now Senior Director of the election law organization Campaign Legal Center. https://archive.fo/tMEu5</ref> forcing migrants to drink toilet water,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q48Ch_6kU5A</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.in/photo-shows-hybrid-of-toilet-and-drinking-fountain-in-migrant-detention-centers-where-women-allegedly-had-to-drink-from-the-bowl/articleshow/70041097.cms</ref>  and then voted ''against'' bills to provide funding for humanitarian relief.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/28/ocasio-cortez-senate-mcconnell-house-border-bill-tapper/</ref>

In January 2019 President Trump made a nationally televised address from the Oval Office to request funding from the Democratically controlled House for the growing humanitarian crisis on the Southern border.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/president-trump/trump-makes-humanitarian-case-for-wall-calling-border-situation-%E2%80%98a-crisis-of-the-soul%E2%80%99/ar-BBRZJlh</ref> Democrats and the [[mainstream media]] called it a "manufactured crisis,"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K8dwSt1hog&feature=youtu.be</ref>  denying such a crisis existed.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/03/x-times-the-media-said-there-was-no-crisis-at-the-southern-border/</ref>  After a photo of the bodies of a father and his 23 month old daughter who drowned in the [[Rio Grande]] river trying to enter the United States illegally was widely published,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PxNj4_mEVg</ref> some Democrats, most notably [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], falsely charged the U.S. with maintaining "[[concentration camp]]s" on the Southern border since the Obama era,<ref>https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/statement-regarding-the-museums-position-on-holocaust-analogies</ref><ref>Walter Shaub was the Obama era director of the United States Office of Government Ethics, now Senior Director of the election law organization Campaign Legal Center. https://archive.fo/tMEu5</ref> forcing migrants to drink toilet water,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q48Ch_6kU5A</ref><ref>https://www.businessinsider.in/photo-shows-hybrid-of-toilet-and-drinking-fountain-in-migrant-detention-centers-where-women-allegedly-had-to-drink-from-the-bowl/articleshow/70041097.cms</ref>  and then voted ''against'' bills to provide funding for humanitarian relief.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/28/ocasio-cortez-senate-mcconnell-house-border-bill-tapper/</ref>

==2016 Presidential election==

:{{main|Mainstream media and Donald Trump|Fake news in the 2016 presidential election}}

In the synergy between the U.S. intelligence apparatus and their media agents, the CIA, DOJ and State Department have specific outlets assigned to public relations.

==2020 Presidential election==

:{{See also|2020 Presidential election|Fake news in the 2020 presidential election|Russia 3.0}}

 

 

 

 

:{{See also|Hydroxychloroquine denial}}

NBC, CNN, CBS and Axios all reported that a man died after drinking fish tank water which President Trump had recommended as a cure for [[Covid-19]].  In response to reporters' questions at a press briefing President Trump answered that the [[Food and Drug Administration]] was looking into the possibility of using an approved drug for human consumption, [[hydroxychloroquine]] as a possible treatment for the Chinese coronavirus infection. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was approved decades ago as an anti-[[malaria]] medication. A couple in [[Arizona]], not under a medical doctor's supervision, drank fish tank water containing chloroquine phosphate, a chemical used to kill algae and fish parasites.  The husband died.  NBC, CNN, CBS, Axios and other leftist outfits reported that President Trump had recommended chloroquine phosphate as a miracle cure.<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/news/media-outlets-called-out-for-misleading-reports-that-man-died-after-taking-coronavirus-drug-touted-by-trump/</ref>

 

[[File:Nyt-coronavirus-wuhan-0206202.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Fake news in American media: Chinese Communists claim that reporting the Wuhan Coronavirus is "racist".<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/16/the-atlantic-must-stop-covering-for-the-chinese-communist-party/</ref>]]

CBS News used footage of the "worst hit" hospital in Bergamo, [[Italy]] purporting it to be a report about the coronavirus outbreak in [[New York]].<ref>https://summit.news/2020/03/30/cbs-news-uses-footage-of-worst-hit-hospital-in-italy-while-describing-new-york-coronavirus-outbreak/</ref>

 

The Hong Kong/Cayman Islands based Phoenix TV, for which Karl's [[fellow traveller]] works and who falsely claimed her employer was "privately owned", is actually owned in large part by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and by a former CCP propaganda officer.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5IreHffSms Chinese Communist Media Infiltrates White House Presser] at One America News Network YouTube channel</ref><ref>[https://thenationalpulse.com/news/trump-reporter-china/ FACT CHECK: Trump Asked a Reporter If She Was Working For China... She Is]</ref>  The very next day, the WHCA brought in a propagandist from the state-controlled Dragon Television in [[Shanghai]], China, Ching-Yi Chang, who did not disclose who he was working for when asked by President Trump who he worked for but, assuming that he was asking which country he was from, stated he was from Taiwan.<ref>[https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/another-ccp-reporter-white-house-trump/ ANOTHER Chinese Govt ‘Reporter’ Lies to Trump in White House Press Room]</ref>

 

In July 2020 MSNBC producer Ariana Pekary quit, calling the network fake news and a cancer that risks human lives, even in the middle of a pandemic. Pekary said President Trump became the primary focus of the [[coronavirus]] coverage instead of “science itself.”  “As new details have become available about antibodies, a vaccine, or how COVID actually spreads, producers still want to focus on the politics. Important facts or studies get buried,” she wrote in her resignation letter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/08/04/msnbc-producer-calls-network-a-cancer-after-quitting-job/</ref>

A long-tracked pattern reflects the DOJ and FBI leak their PR needs to the ''New York Times''. The preferred outlet for the U.S. State Department is CNN; and the ''Washington Pos''t generally comes out first with leaks in defense of the CIA agenda.  This pattern has been remarkably consistent for years.

[[File:Axios fake news tweet.PNG|left|250px|thumb|Only Axios corrected it's fake news story that President Trump had recommended fish tank cleaner as a cure for Covid-19. NBC, CNN, and CBS never corrected their fake news reporting.<ref>https://spectator.us/trump-chloroquine-fish-tank-cleaner-media-blame/</ref>]]

The first case of [[COVID-19]] was medically verified in China on December 8, 2019 and first death occurred on December 9.  The doctor who reported on the first verified cases posted on [[social media]] was forced to plead guilty to "rumormongering" and disrupting social order in late December 2019.  The Beijing central government attempted to hide the outbreak from the people of Wuhan and the world.  The [[Chinese Communist Party]] finally admitted publicly that a full blown [[pandemic]] was occurring in Wuhan on January 23, 2020, and the doctor who first warned the public and was convicted of a crime for doing so died on February 4, 2020.  Eight hundred million people expressed their condolences on Chinese social media in 24 hours after his death was announced.

[[File:ABC - New coronavirus 'not spreading' in the US.PNG|right 350px|thumb|The 'hoax' hoax; Biden still spewed this lie and many others on the campaign trail in 2020.]]

To save face for the Communist regime's deliberately incompetent handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in their country, the Chinese foreign ministry falsely accused the [[United States]] of being responsible for the corona virus outbreak.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg7FwHteB0I</ref>  On March 12, 2020 the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman initiated a [[conspiracy theory]] that the US military started the coronavirus in China,<ref> https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1238150527751319575</ref><ref>https://news.trust.org/item/20200312152307-rlv7m</ref> Leftist media in the United States aided Chinese propaganda efforts by calling those who link the virus' origin to China were it originated as "[[racist]]s".<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/13/dems-media-warned-new-narrative-aids-chinas-new-conspiracy-us-military-started-covid-19-896694</ref><ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/15/nbc-news-ny-times-running-chinese-propaganda-criticizing-us-erick-erickson-points-out-897729</ref>

April 7, 2020 NBC News tweeted Communist Chinese propaganda when it was well known the Chinese Communist Party was being illusive and deceptive in its reporting on the CCP global pandemic.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/posts/4172210622798936</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/nbc-china-coronavirus-numbers-backlash</ref>

[[File:Mifsud with Boris Johnson.jpeg|left|350px|thumb|'''FBI / CIA spy [[Joseph Mifsud]] (left) with [[UK]] prime minister [[Boris Johnson]] (center)''' two weeks after [[George Papadopoulos]]' plea agreement in the [[Mueller investigation]].<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-pictured-with-london-professor-from-fbi-russia-probe/amp/</ref> The entire Trump-Russia conspiracy hoax was hatched by [[Obama administration|Obama]] CIA director [[John Brennan]] on the false allegation that Mifsud was a Russian agent.  Mifsud had been working for Brennan and [[Jimmy the Weasel]] Comey all along.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUZ8XI_ncas Why the Mifsud Story Matters], DECLASSIFIED with Gina Shakespeare,- ''The Epoch Times'', Aug 5, 2019.</ref>]]

It has been confirmed that many fake news sites were actually created and managed by liberal Democrats ("false flag" operations) who support [[Hillary Clinton]] and oppose [[Donald Trump]] who engage in their [[Deceit|deception]] in an attempt to discredit conservatives and Trump.<ref name="NPR"/><ref>Dewey, Caitlin (November 17, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/17/facebook-fake-news-writer-i-think-donald-trump-is-in-the-white-house-because-of-me/?utm_term=.b3656316a9a1 Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref> One of them, Jestin Coler, a Democrat and Clinton supporter who owns the company Disinfomedia, runs several fake news sites that create "conservative" fake news stories.<ref name="NPR">Sydell, Laura (November 23, 2016). "[https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned]." ''NPR''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref>

A topic of fake news stories after the 2016 election was whether there was violence between Trump supporters and opponents.  After the 2016 election, several violent and disturbing anti-Trump attacks occurred throughout the nation against Trump supporters or supposed Trump supporters. Despite these attacks, liberals and leftists only focused on alleged "attacks" by Trump supporters against minorities and others (the leftist narrative, although being blatantly false and one-sided, fits their manufactured narrative that Trump supporters are "racist" and "evil" and that leftists are "tolerant" and "forgiving"). Fox News found that despite the number of real anti-Trump attacks which went largely unreported, several of the "pro-Trump" attacks were hoaxes.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.</ref>

====The 'hoax' hoax====

One widely shared fake story, spread by the mainstream media, that Trump's election had led to a rise in anti-Semitism by white supremcists—it turned out that bomb threats at a synagogue were actually carried out by "an African-American left-wing journalist" and a "Jewish teenager in Israel, with dual citizenship in the U.S."<ref>Pollak, Joel (March 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/29/fake-news-donald-trump-antisemitism-vindicated/ Donald Trump Vindicated: Antisemitism Surge ‘Fake News’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 29, 2017.</ref>

President Trump referred to Democrats' efforts to politicize the [[coronavirus]] outbreak as their new hoax;<ref>https://www.nysun.com/national/a-sickening-press-tries-to-blame-trump/91035/</ref> liberal media and Democrats immediately and deliberately twisted President Trump's words out of context to fit their narrative by claiming that he called the coronavirus a "hoax".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I08ZZzP53Wg Gutfeld on the media "hoax" hoax] at Fox News YouTube channel</ref>

Following the 2016 election in which Trump won, [[liberals]], the [[mainstream media]], and [[social media]] had misapplied the term "fake news" to make the false accusation that [[Alternative Media|alternative news]] and Russian sources are "deliberately lying" to their readers, listeners, and viewers, and that these "lies" helped elect [[Donald Trump]] [[President of the United States]]. The liberal-pushed "fake news" accusations are a form of [[conspiracy theory]]. However, the [[mainstream media]]  itself publishes and promotes fake news stories,<ref>Heinlein, Peter (May 30, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/donald-trump-frustrated-fake-news-overlooks-accomplishments/3878266.html Trump Frustrated by 'Fake News' That Overlooks His Accomplishments]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved June 26, 2017.</ref> from appearing in its nightly network newscasts, on its cable news channels, in its newspapers and on its websites (including Facebook). The MSM has allegedly been adopting safeguards to prevent itself from reporting fake news stories,<ref name="Tech Crunch"/><ref name="Barron"/> but it has been unsuccessful based on more recent examples.

Politico and MSNBC willingly peddled the Trump "hoax" story,<ref>https://checkyourfact.com/2020/02/29/fact-check-donald-trump-coronavirus-hoax-south-carolina-rally/</ref> as did [[Joe Biden]], [[Michael Bloomberg]], [[Pete Buttigieg]], Rep [[Ted Lieu]], Senate minority leader [[Chuck Schumer]] and former Democrat Virginia governor [[Terry McAuliffe]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/05/donald-trump-coronavirus-hoax-media-politicians/ Here Are The Politicians And Media Outlets Pushing The Claim That Trump Called The Coronavirus A ‘Hoax’] at the Daily Caller</ref>

As the outbreak progressed in the United States, the anti-Trump mainstream media were more concerned with instilling panic and blaming President Trump than informing the public on critical precautionary measures to avoid unnecessary strains on the healthcare and economic system.

The Mueller probe provided no evidence that Russia hacked the DNC. In fact, Special Counsel Robert Mueller was threatened with contempt of court by federal Dc district court Dabney Friedrich for making public statements that the government of Russia was involved in so-called "Russian meddling" in the 2016 elections.  

Disgraced FBI director [[James Comey]] testified to Congress that the [[FBI]] never examined DNC servers to determine if they had indeed been hacked, and by who. Evidence suggests the public disclosure of [[John Podesta]], [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]], and other Democratic operatives' emails came from an inside [[whistleblower]] source. Some speculate the inside [[leak]]er was [[Seth Rich]], whose murder, like the DNC breach itself, was never fully investigated. The fake news narrative of "Russia hacked the DNC," was coined by [[CrowdStrike|a private security firm hired by the DNC]] after the security breach was discovered.

''[[Bloomberg News]]'', owned by then-Democrat presidential candidate [[Michael Bloomberg]], tried blaming Trump supporters for the [[Iowa caucus]] fiasco<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKEipLNGFA</ref> after Democrat insiders stole election results from [[Bernie Sanders]] and attempted to hand a victory to [[Pete Buttigieg]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYQmD39tx3A</ref>  Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] blamed Russia.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/06/democrat-congresswoman-blames-iowa-caucus-disaster-on-russia/</ref>  The [[Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS), working in coordination with state elections officers, have an existing relationship to ensure computer systems and data collection systems are safe and secure.  The DHS reported their offer to review the data system was rebuked by the Iowa Democrat Party.<ref>https://youtu.be/v5hfbALvhMo</ref>

[[File:Wapo-bernie-is-russian-asset.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Russia 3.0|Russiagate 3.0]] was formally announced by the [[media-intelligence complex]] on February 21, 2020.]]

*[[CBS News]] reporter Caitlan Hurley-Burns and other "independent" [[mainstream media]] [[journalist]]s accompanied Sen. [[Kamala Harris]] to a boutique and helped her pick out a rainbow jacket.<ref>https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1096821175701983233</ref>  [[CNN]] was again caught flipping poll results for Elizabeth Warren and [[Bernie Sanders]] in the early primary state of [[New Hampshire]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny9NLAsp8yo&feature=youtu.be</ref>

*''[[The LA Times]]'' reported that [[Pete Buttigieg]] blamed Barack Obama for the election of Donald Trump.

:The news set [[Twitter]] afire. Within hours the ''LA Times'' censored the itself and altered the quote.

*MSNBC aided Mayor [[Pete Buttigieg]] based on his [[white privilege]] when the [[racist]] reporting at MSNBC consistently snubbed [[Andrew Yang]], an Asian American, to help Buttigieg surge in early 2020 presidential primary polling of [[Iowa]].<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/18/msnbc-excludes-andrew-yang-from-media-coverage-despite-polling-above-other-candidates/</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/464349-yang-hits-back-after-appearing-to-be-left-out-of-cnn-msnbc-fundraising</ref> During the pre-primary debates, MSNBC cut off Yang's microphone.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/28/andrew-yang-msnbc-cut-off-my-mic-during-debate-let-other-dems-interject/</ref>

*In ten debate appearances, [[Elizabeth Warren]] was never asked once about her false claims of [[Native American]] heritage.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/06/warren-went-all-10-debates-without-one-question-about-her-native-american-claims-894450</ref>

*In order to pander and mislead the vital Black female demographic for the Democratic party, CNN's April Ryan reported that [[Stacey Abrams]] was being interviewed and vetted by the [[Biden team]] for the vice president spot when in fact Abrams herself no shall call, interview, or vetting process had taken place.<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/06/11/april-ryan-deletes-tweet-that-appears-to-contradict-stacey-abrams-on-vetting-for-vp/</ref>

The only known evidence that exists points to an inside leaker, who downloaded the DNC emails on a flash drive and likely forwarded them to WikiLeaks.

''[[The Hill]]'' claimed in late October 2020 that Trump's re-election campaign "appeared to use a Marine Corps helicopter to hover over a large crowd of cheering supporters, raising questions about the ethics of using the military aircraft for such purposes."<ref>[https://thehill.com/policy/defense/523238-trump-campaign-event-use-of-marine-corps-helicopter-raises-ethics-questions Trump campaign event use of Marine Corps helicopter raises ethics questions]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 22, 2021.</ref> This suggestion was later debunked by the Marine Corps, who clarified that the impression was due to the camera angle when recording the video.<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2020/10/29/marine-corps-calls-out-the-hill-for-publishing-misleading-story-about-marine-one-at-trump-rally-n2579024 Marine Corps Publicly Calls Out The Hill for Misleading Story About Marine One at Trump Rally]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved January 22, 2021.</ref>

==Other examples of fake news==

==Other examples of fake news==