Republican Disinformation (Again)
Republicans, led by their fearless leader Donald Trump are always yelling about "fake news". To them, any news they don't like is labelled "fake" even when it's 100% accurate. So one would think that Republicans would never publish "fake news" themselves.
Well, one would be wrong to believe that. Trump has spent millions of dollars on FaceBook ads that are outrageous lies. Here is an example of a Republican Congressman who intentionally put out a photoshopped picture of Obama on Twitter. This ridiculous pic will be retweeted and spread like a disease all over the Internet. Congressmen should never intentionally spew disinformation.
When Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar was called out for posting the photoshopped pic, naturally he doubled down on his lie and called the reported who caught his lie "dim witted".
GOP Congressman Freaks After People Call Out His Fake Obama Photo
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted a doctored image of Barack Obama with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and got testy when people pointed out it was fake.
A Republican lawmaker wasn’t happy when he was exposed for using a fake photo to spread propaganda.
On Monday, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) tweeted a doctored pic that showed former President Barack Obama meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani — an encounter that never happened. The photo was captioned: “The world is a better place without these guys in power.”
CNN journalist Andrew Kaczynski noted that Gosar was sharing a misleadingly edited version of a photo that was taken in 2011 — when Obama met not with Rouhani, but with former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Journalist Daniel Medina also pointed out that Rouhani was still in power and condemned Gosar’s attempt to spread disinformation.
1. This photo is a fake photoshop effort. Obama never met with @ HassanRouhani . 2) Rouhani *is still* president of Iran. @ DrPaulGosar is a US congressman but yet tweets out this kind of blatant misinformation. https:// twitter.com/drpaulgosar/st atus/1214276066086395906 …
Despite the criticism, Gosar defended his use of the doctored image in a follow-up tweet: “To the dim witted reporters like @dmedin11 : No one said this wasn’t photoshopped. No one said the president of Iran was dead. No one said Obama met with Rouhani in person. The tweet says: ‘the world is a better place without either of them in power.’”
Gosar continued to argue that the tweet was truthful, avoiding the fact that the photo wasn’t.
2. The point remains to all but the dimmest: Obama coddled, appeased, nurtured and protected the worlds No. 1 sponsor of terror. The world is better without Obama as president. The world will be better off without Rouhani.
But people on Twitter weren’t moved by Gosar’s logic. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) tweeted: “The world would be a better place if elected officials didn’t share photoshopped images and take pride in being ignorant.”
One Twitter user suggested that Gosar had invented a new catchphrase: "no one said this isn't photoshopped" is the Gettysburg address of modern politics
Some people responded to Gosar’s photoshopped pic with photos of President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un , who actually met .
You are just an idiot for tweeting it out in the first place. I hope AZ kicks you to the curbside in November. You are despicable, & a complete # TrumpChump . Here is a picture of your master shaking hands w/his hero, a tyrant & a man who kills his own people. You must be in love!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-gosar-fake-obama-pic_n_5e13ac75c5b6b5a713bf380bR
Posting a photoshopped picture is dishonest. I would never do such a thing, unless it was a joke. And since Paul Gosar is a joke, here's a photoshopped pic of him with President Obama:
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar has lied about President Obama before. He, like The Donald, was a "birther".
Conspiracy-theorist Republican congressman blames Obama after siblings film ad for his opponent
Birther Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) says the former president made his family be mean to him.
JOSH ISRAEL SEP 25, 2018, 12:51 PM
Last week, a Democratic candidate in Arizona running for Congress released a unique campaign ad that quickly went viral.
In it, a group of citizens explain why they are backing Democratic David Brill in the November midterms over incumbent Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ). At the end of the ad, it is revealed that they are all Gosar’s brothers and sisters.
On Monday, the Tea Party congressman pinned the blame for his siblings’ decision to speak out on former President Barack Obama.
After initially dismissing his family members as “leftists” in the mold of “Lenin, Mao, and Kim Jung Un [sic],” Gosar took a new tack on Monday. In a radio interview , he complained about the ad, telling host Mike Broomhead, “You know, this actually details exactly what the left, what Barack Obama actually asked progressives to do, is to get into family and friends, in their face, and not let up.”
Gosar was apparently referencing the seemingly innocuous comments that Obama made earlier this month, encouraging college students in Illinois to “get involved, and you get engaged, and you knock on some doors, and you talk with your friends, and you argue with your family members, and you change some minds, and you vote, something powerful happens.”
On his campaign site, Gosar notably calls himself “a devout family man” who “cherishes Arizona’s culture of family values.”
This is not the first time Gosar has embraced conspiracy theories to blame others for things he doesn’t like. One of the reasons his brother David gave the Washington Post for his decision to appear in the ad was Rep. Gosar’s embrace of the racist “birther” theory that Obama was not born in the United States. Last year, the Republican congressman blamed George Soros and an “Obama backer” for the white nationalist violence and unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia.
I hope Arizona voters kick Gosar out of office. And I hope they vote against that other stupid birther, Donald Trump. People who spread lies and disinformation should be voted out of office. Donald Trump lies more than anyone. He is a hypocrite when he calls the mainstream media "fake news".
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The Republican Party is the party of lies and disinformation.
Gosar is the slug whose six brothers and sisters made a campaign ad which asked the voters of that Arizona congressional district to vote for his opponent.
He is one of the most embarrassing members of Congress, a tea party creature of the far right and bathed in ignorance. A poster boy for the folly of Trumpism.
His reward for putting the false photo of Obama on social media will probably be a personal endorsement and visit to his district during the fall campaign from President***** Trump.
Then he had the balls to call himself “a devout family man” who “cherishes Arizona’s culture of family values.”
He's a Trump style hypocrite.
ouch!
I think that might be worse than being disowned by his family
Wow, even his own family is against him. Talk about a total looser.
al Jizzerror: Are you OK? You have not posted anything for 3 months. I need my al Jizzerror fix.
All they got, mis, disinformation, and outright lies
Butt butt Hillary. /s
That funny.
Butt the wingers usually flock to my articles to deflect.
They'll show up to spew bullshit and Obama and Hillary butt they will never mention the dishonest photoshopped pic.
OMIGAWWWWWWD!!! Hillaryous!
Nailed the spelling!
LMFAO!
The point remains to all but the dimmest: Obama coddled, appeased, nurtured and protected the worlds No. 1 sponsor of terror.
And declined to condemn radical Islam at any time during his presidency. But the left can't deny or refute the above statement.
So, once again, all you can do is deflect.
The topic of the article is Republican disinformation so you just posted more disinformation instead of addressing the topic.
That's fucking hilarious!
I disagree, the Republican Party is NOT the party of lies and disinformation.
Provide evidence to support your claim, otherwise it's just another lame ass opinion.
That better?
This article contains evidence of my claim.
Perhaps you should read it.
And trump has yet to condemn radical christianity. Just for the record. Obama killed more terrorists in 6 years than Bush and Clinton did...combined. Before you dish out the, "Obama killed civilians", in the article, it says less than 200 were killed. To put that in perspective, Bush's Iraq war, between 2003 and 2007, 200,000+ civilians were killed. So please save the fake outrage.
how the fck r u Frosty ?
good to see you slappin facts in their faces,
though some prefer balls and bats
cause
that's where it's at
in the U S of A today, yesterday N Tomorrow
I am well, thank you.
Where in the hell have you been? (To be read in a stern 'mommy giving her kid the stink-eye' intonation)
There he is!!!!!
Glad to see you!
Italy.
It is good to see you too.
Nice! I hope you ate well over there.
As strange as it sounds, I am not a fan of their pizza. Was there for 3 weeks, just hung out with a friend of mine from high school that moved there 25 years ago.
I meant pasta. I think pizza is actually an American invention
Pizza goes back to the Greeks. Many of their settlements were in modern Italy, like Naples 600AD.
It had a reputation of being a quick meal for the poor and would never be served in a nice or posh restaurant.
That changed when Italians moved to the USA at the turn of the century but remained a staple in Italian NYC neighborhoods only.
After WWII with an influx of Italians and returning vets Pizza expanded across the USA and became a hit here, not there.
You always know so much. lol
thanks
The seafood fettuccine at the local restaurant was out of this world. Amazing.
Well, sometimes I sit corrected. It seems that if you postulate something on social media, you can find evidence on the internet somewhere in some obscure paper or even photographic proof of questionable sourcing.
I give you the theory that Cavemen Invented Pizza !
The fact is, Mr. Gosar, is that many of your supporters and trmp's supporters will take your photoshopped tweet and spread it like herpes. They won't understand that it's not real.
You're a despicable character, Mr. Gosar
I NEVER SAID IT WASN'T PHOTOSHOPPED! Says the scumbag.
Yet you never said IT WAS PHOTOSHOPPED!
It wasn't a joke either.
Like Trump, Gosar is a joke.
But the "joke" is on you, since he is the president and....
YOU'RE NOT!
Yes, the president is a joke.
Thank you for proving the maturity level of the republicon party.
Holy shit, that's hilarious. What a reach ...
What pussies say .
Neither are you!!!
Hell, most of his supporters think the photo shopped picture of Trump's head on Rocky's body is real so of course they are believing this bs.
Bwahahahahaha!! They do believe it, but what's worse is that someone said it was really Frump to begin with.
Well put.
It looks like they used the "golden shower filter" when they photoshopped it.
That's probably why some of the Trumpsters believed it.
Stallone has rock hard pecs. Trump has moobs.
And his bio says he is 5'10"
I forced my way past his body guard into a movie theater rest room once where SS was peeing.
I was pretty desperate.
At first he looked a bit annoyed and you just knew he was going to say something to his 'protection'.
As he finished, washed his hands and combed his hair, he said, "64 ounce soda"?
I answered "sweet tea".
"Ahhh" he said on the way out, "have a good night"...
There is no way he is 5'10', lol.
Yes, Gosar has always been an asshole.
True hypocrisy is thy name = Conservatives, Republicans, Deporables, Crooked donnie supporters.
They prove your statement is true when they comment on my articles.
Ironic you posted this on the day part of the covington case settled. Even better is seeing the same people who pushed that made up narrative in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary claim others push fake news. Maybe next you can post about collusion?
Never change progressives. You make me laugh if nothing else.
Never change Republicans. You make me laugh if nothing else.
They make me want to vomit if nothing else.
Save that puke for my usual stalkers.
They haven't noticed this article yet, or maybe they're just shoveling up more shit to fling.
Not on topic but I have to share a little bit of trivia about that video. The D. Jones on the side of the manure truck stands for Dennis Jones, a member of the crew. They did that as a little joke on him.
Wow.
You really know your shit.
I think Trump is bat shit crazy.
Isn't that truck scene from one of the Back to the Future movies?
yes Buzz, i believe it's from the first when theyre chasing Michael J on skate board
Yes...the first one.
There was a time, I believe, when you would have found Gosar's creation of fake news embarrassing. Now you are all in on Trump, which will never be a good look. Never.
I have seen people on this forum say Trump doesnt lie. He has said, around 80 times, that the whistleblower account is "completely wrong". That is a lie, which Trump repeats over and over. The whistleblower account has been shown to be almost entirely accurate, yet Trump repeatedly says it is "totally false". Trump is not 'exaggerating' , he is lying. A similar lie is that the Mueller Report "totally exonerated" him. It did no such thing. Trump repeated that lie maybe a thousand times.
I bet you this clown Gosar runs around telling everyone that Trump never lies.
GOP Rep Tweeted a Fake Obama Photo. Now He's Mad at Everyone For Pointing It Out
Arizona Republican congressman Paul Gosar, who championed immigration policies so repugnant his six siblings came out against him in a recent reelection bid, has been on an odd Twitter tear. Last November, the representative clandestinely wedged a Jeffrey Epstein meme into a tweet about the Trump impeachment proceedings, and then followed it up a month later with a rather inscrutable attack aimed at the Clintons on Christmas Eve.
On Tuesday, Gosar continued his conspiracy-minded social-media spree by tweeting a doctored photo of an event that never occurred.
The image appears to show former President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, shaking hands and presumably palling around. In his tweet, the Republican lawmaker made it clear that he dislikes both men very much:
It didn't take long for reporters—and casual Twitter observers—to debunk the photo as an obvious photoshop. CNN's Andrew Kaczynski was one of the first to note that the photo was a poorly edited version of a real photo between Obama and former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Obama, some reporters noted, never met Rouhani at any diplomatic functions during his eight-year presidency, and certainly never stood before a media gaggle, smiling and shaking the Iranian president's hand. Freelance reporter Daniel Medina was also quick to point out that Rouhani is still very much the president of Iran—something that appeared to evade Gosar's thought process when he wrote that the "world is a better place without these guys in power."
After his edited photo was debunked, the congressman immediately went on the defensive, attacking "dim-witted" reporters for misinterpreting the faked image he pushed onto the web from his verified account, giving it an air of presumptive authenticity.
With the 2020 presidential election on the horizon and the escalating friction between the U.S. and Iran in the wake of the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, Gosar's tweet poked the hornet's nest when political tensions are at an apex. And with cyber security experts warning about the perils of misinformation campaigns in the build up to the 2020 elections, Gosar's antics mirror the exact kind of online manipulation that might be carried out by a bad actor looking to create chaos and division—except that he's an American elected official.
If anything, the Republican party seems to see misinformation as a useful tactic in gaining support for its current military endeavors in the Middle East. Just last week, vice president Mike Pence falsely claimed that Soleimani helped orchestrate the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It appears Gosar has merely taken a page out of the same book.
Originally Appeared on GQ
Yep.
Mike Pence, the homophobic VP, lies like his boss.
The Republicans have to lie because the truth makes them look like fucking idiots.
Soleimani helped orchestrate the 9/11 attacks?????
Wait...don't help me....but if Saddam orchestrated the attacks where does Solomeinani come in to the equation? Wouldn't those 2 be bitter enemies since they've been at war for like forever?
Man...my fucking head hurts....
teanderthals in trumps base will be claiming he had wmd's by weeks end.
Let's see how soon this article gets inundated by snowflakes.
... snowflakes that flag comments.
No shit. Sensitive, aren't some of them? Ha!
When I published this article, I commented first (probably within 30 seconds).
About 5 min later I noticed my comment ( 1 author al Jizzerror 8 hours ago ) had been flagged.
The flagger probably didn't even read the article.
I'm a group Mod here in the SiNNERS and ButtHeads group so I can see the group flags.
I had to laugh when I saw that flag spring up that fast.
That is too fuckin' funny. Yeah, I see a lot of flags myself. Makes me feel popular. I appreciate they've decided to stick to their own type of articles and not attempt to dissuade us from leaning left by using logic, intelligence, and sticking to strict principles of validity. Actually, I've never seen many of them using logic, intelligence, and sticking to strict principles of validity. I just thought it would be funny to say it.
Yep, it's funny and sad at the same time because they're oxyMORONS.
Springtime in Texas! It was the only time bluebonnets smelled like Saudi oil. Not photoshopped.
Wow!
Those Saudi women are butt fugly.
Butt it's kida cute that she's holding her skirt up with one hand and holding hands with DuhBya with her other hand.
That's not a valid defense. That's like lying and later saying "I never said I wasn't lying."
Anyone looking at the picture would assume it was a real photo. In this situation, you should tell people it's photoshopped. It would be different if it were obviously fake - like Obama with a super fat body or the head of a rabbit or something.
What do you know, I agree with you, I also agree with you on your comment on my Ivanka seed.
I better mark this on my calendar.
LOL! This is the second time today I've agreed with Tacos, too
I agree with him almost 10% of the time.
Voted that comment up.
risky move to cut across the hard right grain in an election year
The "Hard Right" has no grain. It is all bravado and bull chips, slung by angry folks that the future is leaving behind.
I agree with Tessy. Tacos, I'm thrilled it seems you're seeing the light of day. I have friends who voted for Trump and now regret it. I admire their honesty, I respect their candor and I'm impressed by their ability to admit that they were wrong because they expected something different. Good on you, Tacos.
I agree! Who are you and what became of Tacos?
Poor Tacos. He thinks for himself and marches to the beat of his own drummer.
Tacos drove his 4x4 off a cliff at Moab. His much smarter twin brother survived.
Moab Utah i'm guessing.
awesome place !
Aw, c'mon, CJ, Tacos is a good person. I rarely agree with him but he's still a good guy
You guys are cracking me up with the analysis. All I can say is sometimes life is complicated and so am I. Other times, we're both simple.
I've never taken it to Moab. That would be a fun trip. It's been all over Death Valley, though. I took that thing down Lippincott Road once and yeah, we did come close to going over the cliff. They never grade that trail, so it can be pretty scary. I had to kind of put the wheels on the canyon wall in a couple spots to keep out of the ravine.
I've been laughing at this for ten fuckin' minutes!!! You're a clever beast!!! I'm going to laugh my entire commute home!!!
It's so great, isn't it?!? Love this shit, I do.
You're a good egg
Still running the BFG AT T/A Ko2s?
Haven't run anything else on my 4x4s in many years.
They are pretty awesome tires.
Another obvious fake is the one of Trump presenting a top dog with a medal.
Right. I don't expect a disclaimer for a thing like that. Nobody with any sense thinks a dog is getting the CMOH. Surprisingly (to me), though, some people in the media felt it necessary to "debunk" the photo.
You have to admit, Tacos, that many on the right actually believe that shit. Like the Rocky photo. Trump said it was really him and his most idiot supporters believe it. You have to admit the rabid "totally believe him" supporters of trump are certain kind of crazy stupid. I know you get it.
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2020 is an election year.
Russian bots are re-emerging all over the net.
You can tell by the smell and I'm not talking about pollen.
Keep you eyes open they may already be here.
FB announced that it will not stop paid and often intentionally misleading political ads to appear. Zuckhead doesn't care that FB will be overrun by lying bots as long as he gets the money.
I think there is another category: Republican/Russian bots
There may be bots on this site right now.
More bots might show up in a month or two.
There may even be Chinese bots.
That is too fuckin' funny. Yeah, I see a lot of flags myself. Makes me feel popular. I appreciate they've decided to stick to their own type of articles and not attempt to dissuade us from leaning left by using logic, intelligence, and sticking to strict principles of validity. Actually, I've never seen many of them using logic, intelligence, and sticking to strict principles of validity. I just thought it would be funny to say it.
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Texas Republicans thrive on disinformation.
I've even noticed Miss information spamming idiotic shit right here on NewsTalkers.
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Fuck yeah!
Rudy Giuliani has proof of that shit on his phone.
And, no, he won't show it to anyone. Butt, he's got it. Yeah, that's the ticket.
I think that photoshopping is not much different from media bias - but there's an awful lot more intentionally misleading media bias out there than there is photoshopping. I wonder if all those "righteous" NT members who slam photoshopping will admit to the media bias that is slanted to benefit THEIR "principles".
I think that's a ridiculous comparison. Outright lying, faking an image, to you, is the same as the media presenting facts from their perspective? It's the same as media 'spin"? With photoshopped nonsense which is the bread and butter of the right wing in America, there is no "spin" needed, it's just an outright bald-faced lie.
Here is an example of the difference:
"The killing of an Iranian General has many questioning Trumps motives. Was it an illegal "assassination" or the completely justified extra-judicial killing of a terrorist? We've seen nothing to justify such lethal action."... (spin)
"Here is a photo of Obama handing weapons to the Iranian General, and here's one of Hillary giving him a hand job. Are Democrats terrorists?" (photoshop)
Are you really unable to see the difference?
I said "not much different" - I did not say "the same as". It's a matter of degree (and comprehending the English language). Neither is the absolute truth - one cannot trust a biased comment as being the truth. So I didn't require your pontification.
Diss-information:
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Diss-information. This guy has to be the dumbest fuck on the planet despite knowing that some of the dumbest fuck supporters will fall for it:
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What a maroon.
Diss-information.
(for Mr. Frost)
Thanks.
reminds of the young lady on Ellen
but not meant to insult her
with the comparison