This might shock you, but the Washington Post has been spotted having some evolving standards when it comes to hyperbolic rhetoric to describe presidential administrations and government agencies:
🧵The Washington Post has published at least two articles complaining about hyperbolic criticism of the FBI coming from the right.
They don't like people using terms like "banana republic" or "dictatorship."
Here's a little thread showing why they are full of bovine excrement.
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
We always knew the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” news outlet has covered themselves in ironic and hypocritical BS for a long time, and now it’s been applied even thicker. You won’t be surprised to know when the Washington Post’s aversion to extreme rhetoric to describe an administration began:
Here's a little ditty comparing Trump's America to the Holocausthttps://t.co/IGwpanksjY
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
Here's another linking Trump to Nazis because of the phrase "America First."https://t.co/QWWBaLYGng
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
Nobody will ever accuse the Biden administration of being “America first,” that’s for sure.
In this piece, the author appears to take issue with the Hitler trope — not because it's wrong, but because it might just strengthen Trumphttps://t.co/zahcRESDS5
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
This one intimates that Trump is a fascist.https://t.co/FXwsNLRwmp
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
Another one comparing Trump to Hitler:https://t.co/5FfT0PSUOJ
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
Perhaps to some degree the WaPo is laying off any Hitler comparisons because they have to save that for later when their “why DeSantis is more dangerous than Trump” hot takes are being churned out.
Another piece calling him a fascisthttps://t.co/BUeG9h8W43
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
More fascism!https://t.co/oId8uUmuDj
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
This one refers to conservatives as fascists as well.
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
Of course!
There are plenty more than this. But to be fair, they did publish 3 pieces arguing that it is wrong to refer to Trump as Hitler or a fascist.https://t.co/h7S0l7B3nPhttps://t.co/Bei5sU1otXhttps://t.co/DJXYHY7WAl
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
But the fact remains…WaPo has no problem with incendiary language when it involves people they don't like. I didn't even do a search to find more hyperbolic language hurled at Trump supporters.
This is why we can't — and shouldn't — take them seriously.
— Jeff Charles, Agent of Chaos🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) August 14, 2022
True. The Washington Post should not be taken seriously.
The Washington Post and New York Times complaining about FBI and IRS criticism is the biggest tell of all-time.
It shows just how far their 'journalism' as fallen and has been replaced by state-run mediahttps://t.co/5QcCsCGKah
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) August 15, 2022
Exposed for their completely biased and unfair reporting in this thread. Shoe is on the other foot and they cry. Prayers for them in November. https://t.co/paaztCmGuq
— Connor Hennessey (@ConnorHennes) August 15, 2022
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