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“Reverse Gaslighting”

Is my local “newspaper” interested at all in what is going on in Washington? I am convinced that it’s level of interest is limited to things that are pro-left.

A few weeks back the following occurred:

“House Republicans release 1,000-page report alleging politicization in the FBI, DOJ” 

Now to me this seemed like significant news. One thousand pages is a significant report. Not two pages; not ten pages; but one thousand pages!

However, this 11/4/22 news out of Washington not only did not make the front page of my local liberal “newspaper,” but was not mentioned in the entire front section! 

I asked the San Diego Union Tribune (SDUT) why this story was not reported on in  its “newspaper.” The answer to my question was to ignore the question. Since “gaslighting” refers to the continuous repeating of a falsehood until people start to believe it, I am going to refer to this SDUT tactic as “reverse gaslighting,” which basically means ignoring a news-story with the aim that the general populace will never know that there was a news-story in the first place.

I bring this up now because with the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives there will certainly be a lot of “reverse gaslighting” in the near future. In fact it’s already starting with the upcoming Hunter Biden exposé. 

After securing the House majority in the midterm elections, GOP Reps. James Comer of Kentucky and Jim Jordan of Ohio held a press conference Thursday to detail their impending investigations into the Biden administration. 

Comer, who is set to chair the House Oversight Committee, said whistleblowers have come forward to detail how Hunter Biden and his relatives “flourished and became millionaires simply by offering access to the family.” 

In order to attempt to get ahead of this story the White House accused congressional Republicans of promoting “long-debunked conspiracy theories” in a swift response after House lawmakers alleged that President Biden was actively involved in overseas business dealings alongside his son Hunter. 

This despite the fact that The New York Times and The Washington Post both verified Hunter Biden’s laptop after Big Tech dismissed the New York Post’s bombshell reporting during the 2020 presidential election. 

No, this story was not reported on either the front page or in the entire front section of my local “newspaper … let the “reverse gaslighting” begin!

11/18/22

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