Michelle Malkin points out how leftist media propagates falsehoods; Haters attack

As our readers are well aware, Twitchy has extensively documented the lengths to which the leftist media will go to to propagate false narratives in order to damage conservatives. And, when called out, very few of them have the moral fortitude to own up to their mistakes. Twitchy CEO Michelle Malkin took to Twitter this afternoon to illustrate that very point:

When we make an error about Baltimore County vs. Baltimore City, it's grounds for journalistic malpractice…

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

We did indeed make a mistake — and we took responsibility for it:

Our story about the Baltimore County police chief's comments contained errors. Corrected version has been posted ==> http://t.co/BFc5OHkw

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 30, 2013

The same cannot be said of many in the liberal media:

When WaPo, Atlantic, Buzzfeed, Business Insider, Christiane Amanpour & tons of liberal Twitter users spread wrong facts, it's nothingburger.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

Just watch it, tweeps. Watch us get attacked as mean, ideological, vicious & petty. For what? Pointing out a material error.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

Yes, we all make mistakes. Some matter more materially than others.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

The Giffords "handwritten" gaffe was a material error because of emotional bearing on public police and political debate.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

Exactly. The engineered frenzy over Giffords’ statement on gun control — which was in fact written by Giffords’ speech therapist — was designed to provoke emotional reactions.

No. These so-called “cherry-picked” members of the liberal media aren’t random no-names; they’re prominent voices for the political left. Award-winning journalists and media mavens with hundreds of thousands of viewers and readers. Not only is it disingenuous to downplay their reach and their impact on public perception, but it’s downright insulting to those of us who have to sift through their garbage every day just to uncover some semblance of the truth.

Responses: "Who cares?" "You're a bitch!" "You're not journalists." "You're a hater." Irrational and embarrassing.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

.@dfreshy975 @dottiebowman Where was I mocking the note?! This was about the media. Why do you have to personalize it? I didn't.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

Among those who spread Giffords/"handwritten" note story: @mckaycoppins @BuzzFeed @businessinsider @camanpour @TheAtlantic @pourmecoffee

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

Some of you miss the point. It's not about Giffords. It's about media spreading faulty claim that she wrote it herself to play on emotions.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

Bingo.

Look at libs mocking. If you talk about practice of journalism, they mock you with jibes about Pulitzers and deride your lack of credentials

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

One of the fundamental battles of conservatives in media: Credentialing. Who is a journalist? Only Left thinks it can define, determine.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

What newspaper did Rachel Maddow work for? Chris Matthews? George Stephanopoulous?

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

Or look at this guy: Tim Pool. Documentarian of Occupy mvmt. Hailed by Left as "guerrilla journalist of digital age" http://t.co/LNXvL4J3

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

But grassroots citizen journos who filmed Tea Party mvmt in its infancy? Who will praise them as "guerilla journalists of the digital age?"

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

NYT columnists/edwriters call themselves "journalists." But a conservative ed writer/columnist w/20plus yrs in the biz? #justablogger

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

Let them pour their derision on truth-seekers for being “just bloggers.” In the end, the Left is only exposing itself as a haven for colossal frauds.

This is why Twitter is valuable, conservatives. U can amplify/expose worst lib dbl standards & dishonesty in real time. Journos can't ignore

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

We won’t let them.

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Update:

This post wasn’t written specifically with Christiane Amanpour in mind, but it very well could have been. The ABC and CNN Global Affairs anchor was among those who breathlessly tweeted out a photo of what was supposedly Gabby Giffords’ handwritten testimony.

http://twitter.com/#!/camanpour/status/296697284186472448

When informed that Giffords did not in fact write it herself, Amanpour did what any self-respecting journalist of integrity would do:

You know what @camanpour did when we pointed out her tweet spreading false Giffords' handwritten meme? She…wait for it…deleted her tweet

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

We’d call it unbelievable, except this sort of cowardice is exactly what we’ve come to expect from the liberal media.

.@camanpour Just curious: When you delete a factually-incorrect tweet, do you post a retraction? http://t.co/VbrHMrmw

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 30, 2013

Something tells us we shouldn’t hold our breath.

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