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SubscribeSign inShare this postThe Media Lied Repeatedly About Officer Brian Sicknick's Death. And They Just Got Caught.greenwald.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailApr 19, 2021Share this postThe Media Lied Repeatedly About Officer Brian Sicknick's Death. And They Just Got Caught.greenwald.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailIt was crucialThe New York Timeshe called them the night of January 6 and told them he was finethe official record of President Trump's impeachment trial in the Senateby Democratic Party loyalists who pretend to be journalistsRevolver News , Because the truth usually prevails, The Washington PostThe first line tells much of the story: “Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick suffered two strokes and died of natural causes a day after he confronted rioters at the Jan. 6 insurrection, the District’s chief medical examiner has ruled.” Using understatement, the paper added: “The ruling, released Monday, likely will make it difficult for prosecutors to pursue homicide charges in the officer’s death.”The problem with that theory is that bear spray is not usually fatal, and the medical examiner's findings ruled out the possibility that this is what caused his death:The Washington PostDiaz said Sicknick suffered two strokes at the base of the brain stem caused by a clot in an artery that supplies blood to that area of the body. Diaz said he could not comment on whether Sicknick had a preexisting medical condition, citing privacy laws.Post murderedI'll have much more on this story as it unfolds. A significant amount of media accountability is warranted. But you're seeing why there is so much resentment and so many attacks on platforms like this one that permit journalists to report and analyze facts and dissect media narratives without being constrained by liberal orthodoxies and pieties and while remaining immune from liberal pressure tactics: it's one of the few ways that real dissent to their lies and propaganda can be aired.their audiences want to be lied to — they are grateful for it — and would prefer that they not admit they did it so that their partisan interests will not be undermined. What is most depressing about this entire spectacle is that, this time, they exploited the tragic death of a young man to achieve their tawdry goals. They never cared in the slightest about Officer Brian Sicknick. They had just spent months glorifying a protest movement whose core view is that police officers are inherently racist and abusive. He had just become their toy, to be played with and exploited in order to depict the January 6 protest as a murderous orgy carried out by savages so primitive and inhuman that they were willing to fatally bash in the skull of a helpless person or spray them with deadly gases until they choked to death on their own lung fluids. None of it was true, but that did not matter — and it still does not to them — because truth, as always, has nothing to do with their actual function. If anything, truth is an impediment to it.Like this postShare this postThe Media Lied Repeatedly About Officer Brian Sicknick's Death. And They Just Got Caught.greenwald.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmail1,099 CommentsFor your security, we need to re-authenticate you.Click the link we sent to , or .Expand full commentExpand full commentNo posts© 2022 Glenn Greenwald ∙ ∙ &nbsp;is the home for great writingThis site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please or unblock scripts

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