The Washington Post's Philip Bump warned readers on Wednesday not to do their own research, because trusting “the authorities” and the media is enough.

bump believe “There is an extraordinary appetite for derogatory, counterintuitive, or anti-institutional evaluations of the world around us.”

“Part of the reason is that the scandal allegations are interesting, but also because Americans like to think of themselves as independent analysts of the world around them,” Bump wrote.

“Americans who don't have a lot of trust in the system can easily find something that increases their skepticism,” he continues. “They often do that.”

Americans are inherently skeptical of government, and we are raised to question violations of all kinds. The same can no longer be said for the media. They have become a weaponized arm of the government, with access to top advisers and legislators to get scoops here and there, and in some cases holding them accountable instead of having their backs from editors who have forgotten the role of the organization. I've lost the desire to pursue it. should Get used to it.

The Washington Post tried to belittle Called Hunter Biden's laptop 'Russian disinformation' and lab leak '.periphery theory” is now trying to lecture Americans about misinformation who only knew the above to be true because they didn’t listen to the established media?

That's rich.

Bump went on to cite a report by Josh Benton of the Nieman Institute, saying that people who do their own research are often “more confident in information that is not true.”

The report found that people who search “for misinformation” are exposed to “lower quality information” and are less likely to believe so-called misinformation than those who “search for real news.” claims.

Bump then brings up QAnon (of course) and says he believes “a secret society controls the world, and that the media, entertainment and political elites are in cahoots.”

Let's take a walk down memory lane and see just a few of the things The Washington Post openly lied about. You can then ask Bump why he thinks his news outlet, or any other major news organization, should be trusted more than someone's own research.

The Washington Post published an article with an anonymous source that included a fabricated Trump statement in which the then-president asked Frances Watson, Georgia's secretary of state's chief investigator, to “find wrongdoing.” How could I forget?

In the actual recording of the phone call, President Trump said nothing of the sort, leading to the Post's correction. Who can forget the firestorm this hoax caused?

The Washington Post can do this because it cannot bear the burden of accountability!

to the next.

The Post's truth guru Glenn Kessler analyzed how the coronavirus lab leak theory went from suspicion of conspiracy to possibility. In fact, Kessler once tweeted to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz that it was “virtually impossible” that the virus originated in a lab, but that Kessler had “many interviews with actual scientists.” I knew this fact because I had done so.

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— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 25, 2021

“We are dealing with facts and viewers can decide for themselves,” he posted.

Yes, viewers did. That is why viewers cast a shadow of doubt on the “scientist”, which later turned out to be completely wrong.

But if you have a lot of doubts about the government when it's trying desperately to lock you up in your house, take away your business, and arrest you if you dare to go to church, then the lab The leak theory has always been reliable. Have you always thought journalists should ask more questions?

But remember, the real reason they lied to you is not because they are very faithful to science. (Related: Washington Post redacts 15-month-old headline claiming COVID-19 lab leak story 'already proven false')

That's because they were outraged by President Trump's comments. But don't take it from me, take it from Aaron Blake at the Post. He said President Trump talked about the lab leak theory so much that the corporate media largely ignored it.

Everyone is familiar with the Hunter Biden laptop story, but who probably hasn't for a long time? Dear Washington Post readers! Because the esteemed Washington Post, with all its resources and Mr. Bezos, who has dumped millions of dollars into the outlet, can't spare the resources needed to verify the laptop for up to a full year and a half. Because I couldn't. later.

Woof woof woof.

The Daily Caller News Foundation, with its small but mighty staff, was able to see the contents of the laptop almost immediately after the New York Post first reported the story.

On the other hand, the post was previously disrespected They examined the contents of the laptop and published an article in October 2020 claiming that the New York Post's reporting “does not significantly advance what is already known about Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings.”

Opinion columnist Max Boot was fired While claiming the laptop archive is “false” and “probably part of a Russian disinformation campaign”, colleague David Ignatius said: called it “Non-scandalous”.

But why stop there! In its farewell article, the Washington Post distorted key details of President Trump's clash with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.

President Trump responded to Milley's resignation in a post on Truth Social, saying, “This will be a time for all Americans to celebrate!”

“It turns out that this man, if the fake news reports are correct, is actually a trainwreck from Wake who was doing business with China to let them know what the President of the United States was thinking,” Trump posted.

However, the Washington Post reported that Trump said, “In a phone call authorized by then-Trump administration officials, Milley tried to reassure Chinese officials that the United States would be stable during the presidential transition.'' He falsely stated that this was a “treasonous act.''

But what actually happened was that (as Milley admitted to Congress) he told his Chinese counterpart that he would warn them in advance if the United States planned to attack China.

The article also falsely claimed that President Trump marched to St. John's Church in Lafayette Square “in a show of force” after the protesters were “suddenly and aggressively removed.” The inspector general's report found that officers planned to clear the park because they wanted to erect a fence to protect officers who were under attack by the mob.

But Bump wonders why Americans are so skeptical and should actually do their own research.