The amount of collusion by the media when they decide what to report and what not to report is astonishing and dangerous. It has been obvious for a long time that facts don’t matter. The only thing most of the media cares about is electing Democrats to push their leftist agenda and destroying Trump and Republicans no matter how many lies they have to spread.
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In the past few days, we have seen multiple reports that the Pentagon has underreported deaths in the Iran war, and the sole source is The Washington Post, and their sources are anonymous. Other media outlets reported the story as if it were true even though there were no details about the deaths, so I thought I would do a little research since others won’t. The public will just assume the story is true.
I asked Gemini:
Have more Americans died in the Iran war than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed?
AI Overview
Yes, The Washington Post reported that at least 22 to 23 American military personnel have died during the conflict with Iran, which is higher than the 18 deaths shown on the Pentagon’s public database.
- Public Count: The Pentagon’s public Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) lists 18 military fatalities. [1, 2]
- Internal Reports: Unidentified defense officials state that internal data shows at least 22—and potentially 23—fatalities, plus three contractor deaths.
Here, Gemini just acts like The Washington Post is telling the truth as they spread this information to the public.
Who are the additional people who died that the Pentagon didn’t disclose in the Iran war, when did they die, where did they die, and what caused their deaths?
The specific names, exact dates, locations, and causes of death for the additional service members missing from the Pentagon’s official public database remain undisclosed to the public.
Here, Gemini admits they have no actual facts about the story but don’t care.
Should Gemini and other media outlets report a story from The Washington Post about the Pentagon as true, with anonymous sources, even though there are no specific details about the story that have been verified?
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AI Overview
Media outlets and AI platforms should not report unverified anonymous claims as absolute fact, but they can report on the existence of the report while clearly labeling its limitations.
Did Gemini or other media outlets admit they had no idea whether the story was true or not? They did not.
Here are media outlets, including Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, that are listed on the first two pages of a Google search that just repeated The Washington Post story as if it were factual:
The Times of Israel, Reuters, Yahoo, Palestine Chronicle, Facebook, YouTube, Al Jazeera, The Hill, and Instagram.
Think of how many young people get their news from Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
It is no wonder that Trump’s poll numbers are so low when most of the media spreads propaganda and hides truthful stories, as they have attacked him for over ten years.
It is a shame that more propagandists are not banned from the White House. It is a joke when CNN and MS Now pretend they only report the truth.