{"id":70572,"date":"2017-04-05T08:04:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=70572"},"modified":"2017-04-05T08:09:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:09:43","slug":"why-is-the-msm-ignoring-the-spying-and-surveillance-pick-elephant-in-the-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=70572","title":{"rendered":"Why is the MSM ignoring the unlawful spying and surveillance regime?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Media Is Ignoring the 500-Pound Surveillance Elephant in the Room<\/h1>\n

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by COLIN MADINE<\/p>\n

The Mainstream media are watching their Russia election-meddling narrative teeter on the brink of collapse. They\u2019re holding their collective breath hoping it doesn\u2019t topple over, like the world\u2019s highest stakes game of Jenga.<\/h2>\n

Every week the Russia story crumbles a bit more. Whether it is the loss of credibility of Crowdstrike\u2019s hacking report<\/a>, or the revelation by WikiLeaks that the CIA can make a cyber attack look like it came from wherever they want<\/a>, the leftist media can\u2019t catch a break. The FBI and NSA have both testified that there is no evidence that there was any <\/em>hacking of actual voting, and the WikiLeaks allegations throw doubt on Russia\u2019s involvement in hacking the DNC or Podesta emails. Even if they did, the media and the Democrats still have yet to convince anyone that the emails are the reason that voters chose Trump in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Despite this, the media zealously chase after every angle of the story, mostly using \u201canonymous sources\u201d and \u201cindividuals familiar with the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, they chase almost every angle on the Russia story \u2014 except for the very real connections between the Clinton campaign and Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The media keep the Russia story at the presidential level, failing to provide any sort of context for Trump\u2019s win. The Democrats lost more than 1,000 seats<\/a> at the federal and state level during Obama\u2019s presidency, including 9 Senate seats, 62 House seats, 12 governorships, and a startling 958 state legislative seats. Did the Russians have a hand in all of those elections? Or are those election results clear signals of America\u2019s shift away from Obama and Clinton, who promised to be a third Obama term?<\/p>\n

In the business world, feverishly pouring resources and time into a bad product in the hopes of validating past investments is called the sunk cost fallacy. Is that what is motivating the mainstream media to keep churning out their Russian \u201celection hacking\u201d coverage? Or is there another reason? Perhaps they are so masochistic as to enjoy President Trump sticking his thumb in their eye via Twitter:<\/p>\n

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It is the same Fake News Media that said there is "no path to victory for Trump" that is now pushing the phony Russia story. A total scam!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n