Deception & Misdirection

Deception & Misdirection
Update of Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax Archive
The remaining entries for Obama/Comey-Era Officials have been uploaded to the archive, including such notables as Andrew McCabe, Robert Mueller, Barack Obama, Susan Rice, Rod Rosenstein, and Peter Strzok. In…
by CRC Staff on August 17, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Introducing the Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax Archive
While the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory was exposed as a hoax, a different sort of collusion was real. Sometimes wittingly, but often just witlessly, hundreds of figures in the media, politics,…
by CRC Staff on August 11, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
The Cast of the Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax
The following is an archive of “bios” of more than 200 of the most prominent people who kept the Trump-Russia collusion hoax alive. For an introduction to the archive, see…
by CRC Staff on August 6, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Reporting and Then “Reporting”: All the News That’s Fit to Spin
This past weekend, Americans discovered the identity of the man who provided most of the information for the Steele dossier—the salacious, poorly sourced, and now discredited document that provided the…
by Ken Braun on July 30, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Slay the Dragon: Grassroots Myth
Slay the Dragon is a profile of the 2018 Voters Not Politicians (VNP) redistricting amendment to the Michigan Constitution. The film makes a mighty effort to conceal its major argument:…
by Ken Braun on June 25, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Slay the Dragon: Big Business Myth
What you will find in Slay the Dragon is a tired old conspiracy about the left’s favorite bogeymen, such as the Koch brothers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Slay…
by Ken Braun on June 25, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Slay the Dragon: Obsolete GOP Myth
Slay the Dragon more innocently stumbles into some of the fictions because of a lie the filmmakers have told themselves. Contrary to their mythology, the 2008 election results did not…
by Ken Braun on June 25, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Slay the Dragon: Change the Michigan Constitution
The film repeatedly portrays Fahey and Voters Not Politicians as selling an “independent” commission. Although deceptive, that’s not an accident. Support for a third major political party has been at…
by Ken Braun on June 25, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
The Left Falls in Line Behind Biden After Reade Allegation
The Left has taken their cues on sexual misconduct allegations against Joe Biden from the man himself, proving the hypocrisy of the “believe women” stance that came from the #MeToo…
by Caleb Sutherlin on June 23, 2020

Dangerous Documentaries, Deception & Misdirection
The Battle for America’s Understanding of Its True Self
Earlier this month, New York Times’ journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones won a Pulitzer Prize for creating “The 1619 Project.” The celebrated series aims to “reframe our country’s history” around our alleged…
by Joseph (Jake) Klein on June 4, 2020