As Twitchy told you last night, the MSM shifted into overdrive in order to push a bogus narrative about NRA hypocrisy. Outlets like Slate and the HuffPost practically wet themselves with delight over the news that the NRA had banned guns at its own convention, where Mike Pence will be speaking. Just one problem: The NRA didn’t ban any guns; the Secret Service did.
It’s one thing for Slate and HuffPost to push this crap, but they’re pretty much expected to advance narratives with a liberal bias. The Associated Press, though, is a very big fish and is at least supposed to appear objective. But it’s pretty clear that they just don’t give a damn about maintaining any semblance of objectivity anymore:
https://twitter.com/ap/status/991006532891545601
Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. Especially given that the article clearly states that the Secret Service — not the NRA — is responsible for the gun ban:
The NRA has said on its website that due to Pence’s attendance, the U.S. Secret Service is responsible for security then. It’s standard for the Secret Service to bar firearms from being carried into places visited by the people they protect, regardless of state laws.
Push that narrative at all costs. Even at the expense of your last shred of credibility.
You should correct this headline as it's factually inaccurate and embarrassingly so.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) April 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/colonel_potter/status/991008297347174402
This is a lie, it is the Secret Service that’s banned weapons. https://t.co/ivFsTfXJ2c
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) April 30, 2018
Er, no. The Secret Service does, as per usual when either one of the big guys is making an appearance.
— Horst von Horstmann (@Kaboom1776) April 30, 2018
This is a totally misleading headline. The NRA didn’t ban guns, the Secret Service did. #fakenews
— Nick Harrison (@HarrisonNick) April 30, 2018
Every media organization spreading this story absolutely knows it's not true. You don't need layers and layers of editorial fact checking to know what the Secret Service does. https://t.co/MwLQZVc7le
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) April 30, 2018
NRA banned nothing. The media does this every year. It’s Secret Service SOP and they supersede all start and local control. Don’t complain about your eroding credibility and people calling you “fake news” when you publish things like this. https://t.co/aVlNuMNaw0
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 30, 2018
When you get an absolute lie like this from the @AP, how can you expect to believe anything the MSM tells you
Also, its, not it's pic.twitter.com/ATzAbjtdb3
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) April 30, 2018
Just embarrassing all around, AP.
*its (c'mon, AP, you're AP)
— Rebecca Kelley (@rebeccakelley) April 30, 2018
Evergreen exit tweet:
https://twitter.com/Conn52J/status/991016225051435008
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Update:
AP has deleted a tweet that incorrectly said the NRA had banned guns during Trump and Pence speeches at its annual meeting. The ban was put in place by the Secret Service. A corrected tweet is coming.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 30, 2018
How much you wanna bet that the corrected tweet gets less attention than the original?
See? That wasn't hard, was it? https://t.co/URkazEWkjm
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) April 30, 2018
You know what’s even easier? Not blatantly pushing a blatantly false narrative in the first place.
https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/991044835309182982
The tweet was obviously false, to anyone with a basic knowledge of how this stuff works. Anybody pushing it knew they were being dishonest. https://t.co/Jin3lq56Ln
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) April 30, 2018
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