Leftist reporters abandon basic journalism to push “GOP keg party” hoax
Kit Daniels
Prison Planet.com
May 5, 2017
Leftist media was caught pushing fake news based on an unconfirmed report that the GOP celebrated its Obamacare overhaul with a “massive keg party.”
The claim originated from a tweet by Vice News’s Alexandra Jaffe, who reported “cases upon cases of beer just rolled into the Capitol on a cart covered in a sheet.”
She later clarified that she had no idea where the beer was going or if it was even for a GOP event.
Politico’s Josh Dawsey also tweeted about the beer, but performed no basic journalism, except for retweeting Jaffe when she admitted she had no clue why the beer was there.
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That didn’t stop leftist media, including Salon, Raw Story and Mic, from “reporting” on a massive GOP “beer party” in celebration of the House vote to repeal major parts of Obamacare.
“Nothing to celebrate a job well done like cracking open a cold one — even when that job is taking away the health insurance of millions of Americans,” wrote Mic’s Mathew Rodriguez. “…Several reporters on the scene tweeted about the beer, as well.”
“One claimed she saw that Bud Light was the brand being wheeled into the Capitol by the covered cartful.”
Okay, so there’s a cart of beer at the Capitol. That’s pretty much all that was originally reported on.
Anything else is just an assumption presented as “news,” like Raw Story’s claim there was a “massive keg party.” But don’t you need a keg – not just cases of beer – for a keg party?
“Republicans on Thursday passed legislation that would rip away health care from an estimated 24 million Americans — and they plan to celebrate it with a massive keg party,” wrote Raw Story’s Brad Reed. “Vice News’ Alexandra Jaffe reports that large quantities of beer are…