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A Special Kind Of Stupid: Media And The Kyle Rittenhouse Case
Derek Hunter | Posted: Nov 21, 2021 12:01 AM
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Remember when the Mueller Report was released? It was a disaster for left-wing media-types who’d spent years assuring their audiences Mueller would “nail” President Trump on Russian collusion. Mueller found nothing, destroying a piece of the bond any TV personality needs with their audience. Ratings on MSNBC and CNN dipped, because who would trust someone who’d spent years lying to you?
But the dip was temporary, like an abused spouse with no self-esteem, the audience came back, eager to be lied to again. And lied to they were. “Kyle Rittenhouse is a white supremacist!” they cried, “He murdered people in cold blood,” they insisted. They deliberately fostered the idea that Rittenhouse had shot black people because they’re horrible people.
The trial exposed a lot of people to the reality of the case for the first time. The people Kyle shot were actively attacking him, one had a gun pointed at him, and *gasp* they were all white! No honest person with an IQ larger than their shoe size could look at what happened, watch the videos, and listen to the testimony – especially from prosecution witnesses – and come away with any idea other than Kyle Rittenhouse is not guilty.
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... “Kyle Rittenhouse is a white supremacist!” they cried, “He murdered people in cold blood,” they insisted. They deliberately fostered the idea that Rittenhouse had shot black people because they’re horrible people.
The trial exposed a lot of people to the reality of the case for the first time. The people Kyle shot were actively attacking him, one had a gun pointed at him, and *gasp* they were all white!...
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Still, the left-wing media is doubling down on their lies. They’re pot-committed at this point, the truth has no role in their lives and business model.____________