Reflections From a Murky Pond

He Said, She Said

Apparently, some 20 years ago Donald Trump, then the brand new owner of the Miss Universe Pageant, “fat shamed” the then current Miss Universe, Alicia Machado by calling her “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping.” He also supposedly “publicly humiliated” her for gaining a large amount of weight after winning the pageant by inviting reporters to watch her work out at the gym. Trump even described Machado as “somebody who liked to eat.” Apparently, this also seems to matter in the election circus or, at least, Hillary and her proxies want to make it so.

I don’t honestly know whether to laugh or to weep. Comparing the things that Mr. Trump said decades ago to the various lies and insults Hillary has committed throughout those same years, e.g., her recent calling of a huge swath of Americans “a basket of deplorables” is taking false equivalency and relevance into the bizarre realm of argumentum ad absurdum.

Really! In the arena of He Said, She Said, Hillary wouldn’t be the one to come out on top as the victor…not if her followers actually cared about more than her having a cunt.

Yes, it’s true; fact-checking the statements of politicians and political candidates is important. Yet, a horrid issue has arisen in that the organizations and people entrusted by the masses with such fact-checking, the MSM, is grossly lacking in the integrity to properly do so. Media fact-checking is generally considered to be so biased as to be worthless as a source of checking actual facts.

Media Fact-Checking Today

The only good thing is that the American people have, by and large, figured out the Lamestream Media is biased in all facets of their presentation of events, including fact-checking. Hellfire! They’re open and unapologetic about it these days.

It’s a proven fact that the majority voters know that the media plays favorites when it comes to fact-checking candidates’ statements. It’s also understood that the media today is little more than a propaganda service for the Democrat party. Indeed a recent polls shows that just 29% of all likely US voters have any trust the media’s fact-checking of candidates’ comments. 62% believe instead that media skew the facts to help candidates they support.

This well-thought distrust of the impartiality isn’t evenly distributed though. 88% of of voters who are likely to vote for Donald Trump in the presidential race believe news organizations skew the facts as do a majority of both Gary Johnson’s (Libertarian) and Jill Stein’s (Green) supporters, whereas fully 59% of Clinton’s followers trust the media fact-checking.

In actuality though, this intellectual or deontological “dimorphism” or disparity is expected and well-understood. Clinton’s followers are hearing being told what they want to hear and already believe. Hence, a variety of confirmation bias goes into effect, causing them to trust and believe what the Lamestream media tells them. At the same time, the media’s fact-checkers – the majority of whom are somewhere on the Liberal / Progressive arc – suffer from a form of observer bias which taints their findings in favor of the candidate(s) – normally Democrats – they support.

As evidence of this effect I refer you to the past, when those on the left very much did not trust much of what the media told them, fact-checking or otherwise, that was not against Operation Desert Shield and later Desert Storm. When the media wasn’t reinforcing the Liberals’ and Progressives’ beliefs they distrusted them and what they reported.

And, my Fellow Americans, I believe that this will just get worse, especially if Clinton is allowed to secure the Presidency. The news media is a for-profit operation. It’s beholden to its viewership to secure the ratings it needs to get the highest bids for its commercial spots. As more Americans tune out the Lamestream media the outlets will swing even further into the Left’s pockets in order to keep enough viewers to stay afloat.

I don’t know if it’s funny, scary, or equal parts of both, but a dead Hillary “serving” as POTUS isn’t as fantastic a premise as the 1989 comedy film, Weekend at Bernie’s.

Weekend At Hillary’s

Really, going back to the late 19th century, Presidents have been hiding the medical conditions from the public. With body and voice doubles, animatronics, and modern CGI, it’s hardly implausible that the White House’s and DNC’s inner cabal couldn’t trick America into thinking that a dead Hillary was alive and well.

But hey! At least Hillary would have died as she lived – lying. 😆

This behind the scene picture from the recent Trump vs. Hillary debate at Hofstra University shows us that, irrespective of which candidate any individual thinks won the debate, our society as reflected by university students and faculty is an undebatable failure.

Hillary’s Health Problem – Moral, not Physical

Consider that Hillary’s health problem isn’t physical or mental in nature. Consider that her real health issue is moral. Much like Obama, lying is her default reaction to being questioned or required to speak in any manner.