NonilexAug 30

He Plagiarized & Promoted Falsehoods.
The White House Embraces Him.

#BennyJohnson, a #FarRight podcaster, has enjoyed rare access & promotion from the #Trump admin.

The day after Trump announced the #federal #takeover of law enforcement in #Washington, the White House invited the podcaster Benny Johnson to sit in what is called the new media seat at the admin’s press briefing. The privilege includes being called on first.

#StateMedia #propaganda #trumpaganda #TrumpLies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/business/media/trump-benny-johnson.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Benny Johnson Was Fired for Plagiarism. At the White House, He’s Embraced.

Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, has enjoyed rare access and promotion from the Trump administration.

The New York Times
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#BennyJohnson took the opportunity at the briefing to recount what he claimed was his own experience with crime in the nation’s capital in recent years. He said that he had recorded murders on a camera outside his home, & that his “house was set ablaze in an arson.” Any claims that #Washington wasn’t dangerous, he said, were “lies.”

#Trump #StateMedia #propaganda #trumpaganda #TrumpLies #journalism #TheFourthEstate

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“Thank you for making this city safe, because no parent should have to go through what my family went through,” #BennyJohnson told Press Sec Leavitt.

In fact, #police records show, NOBODY has been murdered since at least 2017 on the block Johnson lived in #Washington. And his home was NOT burned, though his next-door neighbor’s house was “intentionally set” on fire, acc/to the city’s fire department. Johnson left Washington permanently in 2021.

#StateMedia #propaganda #trumpaganda #TrumpLies

Aug 30 at 5:23pmWeb
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Such details didn’t stop Leavitt from leapfrogging off his comments to promote Trump’s federalization of Washington’s law enforcement.
Since taking office, #Trump & his aides have routinely excoriated traditional news outlets for what they call misleading & dishonest reporting about the admin. But the White House has had no such reservations about right-leaning influencers, figures such as #BennyJohnson, who have a documented history of playing fast & loose with the facts.
#propaganda #TrumpLies
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@Nonilex Does he in fact have a family?