Now that VP Kamala Harris is going to be the Democrat nominee for president, the media has clearly been tasked with re-writing history.
GovTrack has already tried to erase Harris' history as "the most Left-leaning U.S. senator," and Axios has even amended three-year-old reporting:
Editor's Note: This article has been updated and clarified to note that Axios was among the news outlets that incorrectly labeled Harris a 'border czar' back in 2021.
The media hackery is completely off the charts and it's only going to get worse.
Media with any past stories that might make Kamala Harris look bad: https://t.co/G2yDMVeUG5 pic.twitter.com/QYix47O1ga
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) July 24, 2024
Even the so-called "fact-checkers" are getting in on the "erased from existence" game.
Politifact ruled claims that Kamala Harris was Biden's "border czar" as "mostly false":
Joe Biden didn’t name Kamala Harris “border czar.” He tasked her with addressing the issues driving migration from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. U.S. Border security is the Homeland Security Secretary’s responsibility. https://t.co/Fjrg46bWwj
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) July 24, 2024
Politifact is "mostly lying" in that fact check that sounds like Karine Jean-Pierre wrote it.
"The Vice President is overseeing a whole-of-government approach supported by outstanding public servants...including Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas... to rebuild our immigration system..."https://t.co/pIC14Sk9be
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) July 24, 2024
Predictably Politifact uses the term "border czar" instead of something like "Biden put Harris in charge of border solutions" because with the former they can just say "there's no such position" when we all know it's just a colloquial term.
This is Orwellian.
— Nick Stehle (@nstehle) July 24, 2024
If Orwell were still alive, he'd probably be suing these people for stealing his stuff.
https://t.co/kkYLvVIxX8 pic.twitter.com/8sJ7CJ7joD
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) July 25, 2024
Beautiful to see “fact checkers” get community noted ❤️ https://t.co/Yqs6q1xlTw pic.twitter.com/UjzM0KTG8P
— Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) July 25, 2024
Community Notes is going to be hospitalized for exhaustion before the election gets here.
