West Virginia MSM Fake News: Do All Elitist Journalists Think Everyday Americans Are Dumb?

Stu Rothenberg

The interesting thing about liberals is that, eventually, they will have a slip. They will show just how hateful, spiteful and bigoted they truly are when things don’t go their way. Such a thing occurs when a major political opponent of the Left draws in more people to one of his rallies than his former opponent could draw flies to hers. When they saw the love and support the people of West Virginia had for President Trump, the Left (and arguably, the Establishment as a whole) completely lost their minds.
 
One such Leftist is Stu Rothenberg, a long-standing D.C.-elitist and MSM “journalist”. In a series of tweets about the state and people of West Virginia, he shared a lot of fake news. On the night of the rally, he tweeted 3 tweets regarding the people and the state of West Virginia, and one sad truth about the state of today’s media.
 
The first tweet reads: “Lots of people in West Virginia can’t support themselves or speak English.” In reality, West Virginia’s unemployment rate is 4.6%. Quick, someone call Webster’s Dictionary and tell them to redefine the word “Lots” to meaning roughly 4 in 100 people! Or roughly 2 in 50! Seriously though, this is a prime example (and an easily identifiable one at that) of the MSM spreading fake news to people.
 
I don’t know where he got the idea that most people in that state can’t support themselves. Probably in his elitist notion that the state must be filled with ignorant hillbillies that sit in their porches drinking beer while clutching a double-barrel shotgun with their other hand.
 
He’s even wrong about the “speak English” part. According to a map of “Main languages spoken at home in the U.S. per county” provided by the Washington Post, English is the main language spoken in ALL of West Virginia’s counties.
 
The second hate-filled and insultingly inaccurate tweet Rothenberg wrote said: “West Virginia ranks 42nd in percentage of high school graduates.” Yet another lie. According to a report by the Department of Education from April 2017, the national average for high school graduates in the country is 83%. The average for West Virginia is higher, at 87%. Coincidentally, that number is higher than California’s (82%), Oregon’s (74%), Washington’s (78%) and Washington D.C.’s (at a pathetic 69%). All of which are Democrat strongholds.
 
Again, this erroneous tweet comes from the mind of a D.C.-elitist who thinks those living in the Southern states are complete imbeciles while those living inside the Beltway or in states like New York (whose average is 79%, by the way) are the smartest group of people in the entire world.
 
The third tweet is really more to defend his previous attacks on the people of West Virginia: “Of course they are hard-working. They mean well. Just close-minded, provincial, angry & easily misled. My wife’s dad was a coal miner in PA.”
 
So he not only insults the people of West Virginia in this last tweet, but also all coal-miners in the country, INCLUDING HIS OWN FATHER-IN-LAW! You see, in his elitist mind, those who work as coal-miners are outrageously stupid and those who do HIS kind of work (fake news up the wazoo) are a breed of hyper-intelligent, worldly, holier-than-thou demigods that should be revered and worshipped. In reality, coal-miners are people who put their families and country first and their very health and well-being second, while D.C.-elitist, MSM poor-excuses-for-journalists are the ones that are close-minded and hateful towards America and Americans, not to mention, they are the ones easily misled.
 
They were told that if you liked your doctor, you could keep your doctor. That insurance premiums wouldn’t rise with Obamacare. That Russia cheated in the election to help Trump. That transgenderism is a way of life and not a mental disease. They bought ALL OF THAT! Talk about easily misled.
 
And his final tweet is not quite about attacking West Virginia or even defending his actions. It’s basically an “I don’t give a hoot” tweet. “I don’t have to worry about this. I am not looking for a job. I can say the truth without worrying about an employer.” And the sad reality is that he’s right. Not about him telling the truth. Oh God, no, we know that he’s b.s.-ing everyone. But he’s right about him not having to worry about what he did. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if he received a raise for what he did.
 
But let me point out something real quick. He began that tweet with “I don’t have to worry about this”. That sounds like arrogance to me, doesn’t it? Could you imagine if a Fox News person went on a rant about, say, New York and ended the night by saying “I don’t have to worry about this”? The Left would point out the arrogance in a heartbeat! They would attack him relentlessly and show him that he should, indeed, worry about this. They would write stories on how Republicans are so offensive and insulting (granted, they already do) and that this guy is the very representation of the Republicans’ bigotry.
 
And yet, regarding little Stu? Crickets. Not a peep. I’ve already written another article regarding the time another MSM person insulted gays and women by attacking Sarah Huckabee Sanders and that the Left was completely silent about that. They just don’t care if one of their own is insanely insulting or offensive towards Republicans, whether those Republicans are working in the government or are simply voters.
 
They preach about “tolerance this and equality that”, but when it comes to Christians, Christianity, Christ, conservatives and Republicans, they teach and preach HATRED. They insult Christ in a way they would never dream insult Mohammed or Allah. They are racist towards white people that, if they were talking about any other race, they would deem horrendous. Remember the college professor who said all white people should commit suicide? If he had said that all BLACK or HISPANIC or ASIAN people should do that, even if he himself was one of those races, he would be deemed deeply insulting and offensive.
 
Point is: the Left couldn’t give a rat’s behind about you, our God, or our faith. If you don’t benefit the Left in any way, and could even HARM the Left in any way, they consider you as worse than scum.
 
The. Left. HATES. You. But thankfully, Christ doesn’t. And who in the world are the Left to go against God?
 
Mark 14:62
“And Jesus said: ‘I am; and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of Heaven.’”
 
Author: Freddie Drake