June 15, 2021

Yesterday Was A Monday - And Mondays Are The Days Wendy Bell Misinforms (Along With All The Other Days)

Wendy really needs to vet her "information" sources better. She keeps on making the same mistakes over and over again. It does not help her credibility.

See what I did there? I made a funny.

It's funny because Wendy Bell has no credibility.

Anyway, after blaming area flooding on the bicycle roundabouts in her neighborhood, Wendy Bell misinformed her adoring public on not one but two BS boards.

That's twice the bullshit.

The first BS:

You'll note that she's still treating the VAERS data as definitive even though it is not. It even says so on the VAERS database:

VAERS accepts reports of adverse events and reactions that occur following vaccination. Healthcare providers, vaccine manufacturers, and the public can submit reports to VAERS. While very important in monitoring vaccine safety, VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness. The reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable.

It's simply absurd to think that Wendy Bell hasn't seen the VAERS disclaimer.  She's been to the database a number of times, she must've seen it, right?

Given all that, she's misinforming her public by not telling them what the VAERS disclaimer itself says about the VAERS data.

Then there's the second plate of BS:

This is where Wendy Bell mined this "information" for her BS: The Georgia Star News.

I've never heard of them, have you? Luckily, Newsguard has done some work on them

The Georgia Star News is owned and operated by privately held Star News Digital Media, Inc., according to the site. Star Digital News Media was founded in September 2018 by conservative radio hosts Michael Patrick Leahy and Steve Gill and Tea Party activist Christina Botteri, according to a company press release.

"And who is  this Newsguard?" you might ask. Well, I have an answer for you:

NewsGuard was launched by a team of experienced journalists, including the former publisher of The Wall Street Journal, the founder of the American Lawyer and CourtTV, and former top editors at Reuters, the Associated Press, and the Chicago Tribune.

NewsGuard’s team includes a wide range of journalists and editors from diverse journalistic backgrounds in the countries in which we operate—currently, the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, and Italy. (NewsGuard has rated all the news and information websites that account for 95% of online engagement in each country.) Learn more about NewsGuard’s team.

NewsGuard’s team believes in transparency and accountability, so in addition to our team, all of our investors and advisors are disclosed prominently on our website.

And NewsGuard has some interesting things to say about the Georgia Star News. For instance, this:

Georgia Star News does not typically conduct original reporting. Instead, the site summarizes news reports from other right-leaning publications or cites interviews and social media posts from Republican politicians and conservative commentators. The site’s aggregated content frequently advances misleading and unsubstantiated claims, particularly in its coverage of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
And this:

Because GeorgiaStarNews.com routinely publishes unsubstantiated claims, NewsGuard has determined that the site does not gather and present information responsibly.

And so on.  So on the one hand, you've got a transparent organization made up of journalists and editors and on the other an organization founded by rightwing radio hosts and a Tea Party activist that parrots unsubstantiated claims from other conservative "news" sites.

Who's more likely to be telling the truth?

My guess is that your answer will very closely correspond to whether you've been vaccinated. Or if you believe the Big Lie about the 2020 election. Or if you doubt evolution.