Dr. Martin Hash Podcast

Calling intentionally misleading news stories, “hoaxes,” began during the Trump administration by pundits looking at what was happening to him. It all started before the election and still fell into the realm of dirty but acceptable political maneuvering, but blew up within days of Trump taking office with the Russia Hoax, soon followed by The “fine people” hoax. The hoaxes seemed effective, so an ever-increasing number followed: the Mocking a Disabled Person hoax, Wikieaks hoax, Feeding Fish hoax, Ukrainian hoax, Owes China Billions hoax, Drinking Lysol hoax; innumerable hoaxes based on what Trump did or did not do simply intended on undermining his authority.

These hoaxes follow the typical trajectory of a Leftwing news outlet reporting a misleading headline that smears Trump with a story of questionable authenticity, followed by other Trump-hating outlets carrying the story without critical examination. The hoax is soon debunked, but there is no retraction or correction by any of the outlets, and the hoax is still repeated as true by sycophants. Hoaxes appear almost every day, such that their impact has diminished significantly from the early days, and that public trust in the News Media has dipped below 10%. Unfortunately, hoaxes still dominate online search results, severely damaging the credibility of Google, etc. as a source of honest, factual information on political matters, or any matter since now all things are political.