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Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions

This tweet:

“Dem party leadership . . . failed to pass a basic state ballot measure to protect NY redistricting.”

— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Wednesday

We say: Earth to AOC: New York did pass a ballot initiative to “protect” redistricting, and keep it fair and nonpartisan, in 2014 — and this year  Democrats tried (but failed) to flout it. Did you mean to criticize them for not getting away with their illegal scheme?

This claim:


  MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson claimed Georgia suffered significant voter suppression this year even though it actually saw record turnout. Twitter MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson claimed Georgia suffered significant voter suppression this year even though it actually saw record turnout. Twitter

“The level of voter suppression [in Georgia] is beyond anything that we saw in 2018 … We can’t say [the election] is fair.”

— MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson, Tuesday

We say: For Johnson (and much of the left), an election can only be “fair” if Democrats win in a landslide. The truth? By Tuesday, 4 million Georgians had voted — more than in any other midterm in the state’s history (though the Senate race between Herschel Walker (R) and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) is set for a runoff). Maybe Georgians should thank a 2021 state law that expanded early voting and boosted the number of voting stations. You know, the one President Biden called “Jim Crow in the 21st Century”?  

This story:


  Mediate suggested that New York City is a “mostly peaceful place.” NY Post composite / istock/ Getty Images Mediate suggested that New York City is a “mostly peaceful place.” NY Post composite / istock/ Getty Images

We say: On the eve of the election, with crime a top voter concern, Mediaite tried to claim that New York City is a “mostly peaceful” place. Never mind that hundreds of people are murdered each year, subway riders fear for their lives and serial shoplifters have forced store closures; Fox News hosts had the nerve to flag the crime and slime “on a perfectly pleasant day.” Such a skewed, idiotic “analysis” — couched in a cheap, deceptive shot at Fox News — is what passes for “independent” media “fact-checking” these days. 

This slur:

“[Republicans] . . . are willing to kill, literally kill, to get [power].”

— Rob Reiner, Friday

We say: Literally kill”? OK, Rob Reiner has long hated Republicans and falsely accused them of lots of things, but what on earth was Meathead talking about this time — and why did a national network host (MSNBC’s Joy Reid) let him get away with such an ugly, ludicrous and divisive slur?  

This remark:

“There are legal analysts that say . . . [a Supreme Court ruling against Harvard’s affirmative action program] could impact Brown v. Board.”

— Grio WH reporter April Ryan, Wednesday

We say: Huh? How in the world would a Supreme Court ruling that insists college applicants be treated equally in admissions regardless of race “impact” Brown v. Board of Education, which similarly says public-school kids must be treated equally and not separately regardless of race? It’s just another case of disingenuous fear-mongering by another flagrantly biased reporter and her “legal analysts.”

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board

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