We all remember the Capitol riots of January 6th, 2021.
They were terribly embarrassing for all Americans, but even more so for conservatives. Us conservatives, we just aren't supposed to do stuff like that. Sure, we might run our mouths when we lose, but we don't do violence.
"Five people died as a result of the riots," we were told by the media—even a police officer.
A police officer? I thought conservatives were the Blue Lives Matter crowd. How does that happen?
The New York Times kindly misled...uhh...informed us:
On Wednesday, pro-Trump supporters attacked [the U.S. Capitol], overpowered [officer Brian] Sicknick, 42, and struck him in the head with a fire extinguisher, according to two law enforcement officials. With a bloody gash in his head, Mr. Sicknick was rushed to the hospital and placed on life support. He died on Thursday evening.
The second impeachment of President Donald Trump was propelled largely by this report, and impeachment managers even CITED THE TIMES PIECE IN THEIR BRIEFING.
The insurrectionists killed a Capitol Police officer by striking him in the head with a fire extinguisher.
Well, it turns out the New York Times story was just NOT TRUE. CNN reported in early February that officer Sicknick had not "sustained any blunt force trauma," and "investigators believe that early reports that he was fatally struck by a fire extinguisher are not true."
Sicknick had actually died of a stroke, and guess what? This had been confirmed by Capitol Police on LITERALLY THE SAME DAY THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHED THEIR MISLEADING ARTICLE.
And don't get me wrong here, without the Capitol riots, Sicknick probably doesn't suffer a stroke and die. But that's not the point. A blow to the head—even a fake one—is much more easy to politicize than a stroke.
It just is.
So now we're halfway through February—five weeks later—and what does the New York Times do?
They finally update the story!
Here's the New York Times very brief update:
UPDATE: New information has emerged regarding the death of the Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick that questions the initial cause of his death provided by officials close to the Capitol Police.
I don't know about you, but I think the update should've read a little something like this:
"We are a fake news organization that purposely misleads the public because we are worthless pieces of garbage. We are not sorry."
