Right. Thanks for your detailed investigation. I first thought that he used some AI app and fed it biased data. But now I agree it's nothing more than made up crap. He's the kind of person who is destroying America by further creating deep seated hatred between the right and left.
Well, "fake news" is real, and it comes from both sides politically.
But it is not hard to spot it most times, especially when it is as bad as this is. I just did some simple things I always do when by "BS alert" goes off.
First, I check the site itself. Most somewhere have an "about" page, to explain how the site came about, and what their goal is. THis is how that started on that site:
The America Out Loud Story begins with Malcolm’s vision of a platform that would bring together the country’s best voices and minds. Voices that would be as passionate as he is about Constitutional America and the values that built the foundation of this amazing nation. That vision gave birth to a unique multimedia platform that would combine classic talk radio, great writers, and memorable podcasts and videos.
In April 2016, Malcolm created America Out Loud to express his Out Loud love of country and bring together like-minded patriots to discuss the issues, the policies, the politics, the crises, and the future of America in relation to the rest of the world. The America Out Loud website uses the written and spoken word – in articles, on talk radio, and on podcasts – to share its message of love and honor for America and its founding principles.
OK, so right away it makes me think it is just a one man operation, and I suspect this all might be the work of "Malcolm".
Then I read the story again. Noticing the things that should be there, but are not. No school name being mentioned is the largest one. Now how many articles like this are ever published, without the name of the school being mentioned? I honestly can't think of a single one, schools love publicity. That there is a huge strike against the reliability of the article.
And finally, I decided to check the reputation of the author. And holy crap! Apparently the author does not even really exist, other than as a name on some really out there books, and articles like this one. I saw specialties that changed radically, depending on what was being written about that time. This "Doctor" is a computer specialist, an engineer, he does cryptography, medical research, international finance, and a dozen other things. All being critical in some way in what he had just published.
And once again, something almost unheard of/ A person with a "Doctorate", that never discusses where they got it. And not one school claims to have given it to him. And yes, I did a fair amount of research into this, because I got curious. And finding nothing, I did more looking. And it all points in circles.
But I added "americaoutloud" to my mental list of garbage fake websites, along with the duffleblog and babylonbee. And to be honest, I tend to be rather shocked that in 2021 people are still so easily fooled by such. The red flags are all over this article, if one just reads it with a little common sense and healthy disbelief.
And I do not mean that like "I believe nothing", but I want any article to show enough facts to convince me it is accurate. There was a argument between tow Senators in the halls of Congress? Well, better give me both sides of the argument, not just one. Give me witnesses, and do not appear to be heavily biased. What most call "fake news" is really just biased news. But this is without a doubt 100% fake. In fact, I am pretty sure I saw this exact same claim before a few years ago, so it is not even new.
I wonder if I made a post of this, how many would believe it.
WASHINGTON — In a stunning reversal of policy this morning, the Biden administration announced it has offered to trade back former Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to the Taliban in exchange for the safe passage of American citizens and interpreters attempting to flee Afghanistan.
“We do not normally trade back war prisoners after securing their freedom, but let’s be honest, we got a pretty bad deal when we released the
five guys currently running the Taliban in exchange for Bergdahl,” said one senior administration official.
“We thought Bergdahl would have at least gathered some intel in the five years he spent with the Taliban, but no. He just kept complaining how scratchy the blindfolds were and whining that deserting wasn’t ‘as much fun’ as he thought it would be.”
Seems like a fair deal.
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