The New York Times is whining about President Donald Trump’s remarks against the media during his rally in Phoenix, Arizona this past week. Trump said:

It’s time to expose the crooked media deceptions, and to challenge the media for their role in fomenting divisions. And yes, by the way, they are trying to take away our history and heritage…for the most part, honestly, these are really, really dishonest people and they’re bad people. And I really think they don’t like our country. I really believe that. And I don’t believe they’re going to change, and that’s why I do this.

President Trump said this after giving at least 8 examples of how the media lied about him and called him racist. He illustrated his point by reading his first statement on Charlottesville condemning “in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of  hatred, bigotry and violence.” And the media criticized him for not responding fast enough or being specific enough, drawing the conclusion that he must be a racist.

He continued that the media doesn’t want to talk about the anarchists, Antifa (which Arizona police say were responsible for the violence after Trump’s speech). Trump continues: “So now, I say we have to heal our wounds and the wounds of our country I love the people of our country, the people, all of the people. It says I love all of the people of our country… And then they say, is he a racist? Is he a racist?”

Then President Trump said he issued another statement that was more specific, saying:

To anyone who acted criminally in this weekend’s racists violence. Okay, then I go, we must love each other, show affection for each other, and unite together in condemnation of hatred, bigotry and violence. We must rediscover the bonds of love and loyalty that bring us together as Americans, right?

Then I said, racism is evil. Do they report that I said that racism is evil? Now they only choose, you know, like a half a sentence here or there and then they just go on this long rampage, or they put on these real lightweights all around a table that nobody ever heard of, and they all say what a bad guy I am…The only people giving a platform to these hate groups is the media itself, and the fake news.

The media’s response to President Trump’s public documentation of its irresponsible reporting is to claim Trump is deeply disturbing and mentally unfit for office, that he is inciting violence against the media, that he is tearing up the First Amendment, that he is lying about the media, a total eclipse of the facts, and more-of course this comes from mainly CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, The New York Times and the Washington Post. They are being called out for fomenting national division, and they don’t like it. So they accuse Trump of doing what they have done all along. This is similar to what Isaiah 59:14 describes:

“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”

If ever truth and the First Amendment are threatened, the news media is at the center of it holding firmly to their propaganda.

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!

Bill Wilson

www.dailyjot.com

There are a few headlines about fake news. But what about news that looks like news, but is designed to slant the reader’s opinion of an event? It is factual, but doesn’t tell the truth. It appears legitimate, but omits certain facts that provide a clear reason for the event. Such is the case with both the leftist media and the Democratic Party politicians involved in communicating a narrative about the riots in Charlottesville, Va., over the past weekend.

Stories abound, but they are not-so-subtly remiss in telling what actually happened. It takes a discerning eye and ear to see and hear what these people are doing to manipulate public opinion toward a radical, violent agenda.

ESPN reported:

As their hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, reels from a weekend beset by violence stemming from a series of white supremacist rallies, NFL players Chris and Kyle Long said the community will emerge stronger…Neo-Nazis, skinheads, Ku Klux Klan members and other white supremacist groups staged a rally Friday to protest the city of Charlottesville’s plans to remove a Robert E. Lee statue from a park. On Saturday, a 20-year-old man drove his car through a crowd of counter-protesters, killing a woman and wounding at least 19 others. Hours later, two Virginia state troopers were killed when the helicopter they were flying in as part of a large-scale police effort at the rally crashed into a wooded area outside the city.

The story never mentioned that Antifa, an extremist so-called “anti-fascist” group comprised of anarchists and communists aiming to overthrow the U.S. government and Black Lives Matter were the groups that engaged with the “white supremacists” and ignited the violence. The story gives the impression that these white racists and bigots just came into Charlottesville and rioted.

No, the real story here is that at least three hate-filled and politically-motivated groups converged in Charlottesville and did what they do best—they got violent. The news media and the Democratic Party politicians want the public to think it was just white racists who did the damage. They support the left-wing militant Antifa and Black Lives Matter, the unmentioned agitators in the ESPN story.

There is no hate group that is more right than another. Hate groups are motivated by hate. They have no place in our society. But when a hate group aligns with the goals of certain political parties and the media’s political leanings, they get a free pass. This is wrong. This is creating an uncivil atmosphere in our country at a time when we need to be coming together and discussing ways to solve our problems, not inflaming issues to violence and then trying to claim the high ground.

Jesus said in John 8:31-32 “If you continue in my word, then you are my disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Truth and discernment begins with Christ. In it is freedom. We must discern the truth in all things that we might remain free. The devil’s minions seek to enslave us all to their dark deeds.

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!

Bill Wilson
www.dailyjot.com