How CNN, Colbert Combine to Spread Fake News
Far-left host's faith in flailing network on stunning, hypocritical display
It’s hard to get one cringe-worthy Stephen Colbert image out of our minds.
Remember how the regime comic danced along with musical syringes during the COVID-19 pandemic? Humiliating barely describes it.
He may have exceeded that moment this week.
Colbert pounced and seized on a wobbly CNN story the far-Left network swiftly walked back. The report claimed President Donald Trump’s targeted bombing of purported Iranian nuclear sites earlier this month did little damage.
The report omitted the critical term, “low confidence,” hoping to turn a Pentagon leak into a “gotcha” against President Trump.
Sound familiar?
It didn’t take long for that assessment to crumble in broad daylight. More recent reports suggest the bombs did significant damage to Iranian facilities, according to both the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission and the UN’s nuclear watchdog.
In short, it’s Fake News all over again.
Except Colbert jumped on the initial CNN findings to hammer Team Trump.
“Okay, that’s one less problem in the world. Except for one small problem: today we learned that U.S. intelligence has determined Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was not destroyed, and their centrifuges are largely intact. Oopsa nukey. So, less Operation Midnight Hammer and more Operation MC Hammer. In that Iran’s nuclear scientists just sent this message about their centrifuges.”
Colbert played a snippet of MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This,” dancing along to the 1990 tune. At least the Dancing Needles were nowhere in sight.
(Let’s put aside the notion that he’s cheering on a terrorist regime’s ability to create nuclear weapons. Why? All to smite Trump. What a patriot)
This one-two punch of Fake News has been happening ever since Trump entered the political scene. The Legacy Media stretches the truth beyond reason, and that’s being generous.
Then, on cue, late-night DNC shills take it from there.
Remember how many monologues featured the Russian collusion hoax? Too many to count. This one, though, deserves special attention.
At least CNN attempted to walk back its erroneous reporting. Expect nothing of the kind from Team Colbert. His writers will be scouring the web for the next flimsy, anti-Trump narrative to exploit.