The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Upright: “[Basing stories on anonymous sources is] not journalism; that’s horses—t. Responsibility for fake news begins with us.” —CBS News Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan

Stopped clock: “If it is found that [Jussie] Smollett and these gentlemen did, in some way, perpetrate something that is not true, they ought to face accountability to the maximum. Let us get to the bottom of it, and let justice be done.” —Al Sharpton, who promoted the infamous Tawana Brawley racist rape hoax

The BIG Lie: “I remember in the hours right after this happened … that our bosses were advising to pump the brakes a little bit because there were things already that didn’t add up. I was frankly surprised how many people jumped on board to side with Jussie Smollett before there were photos, before there were police statements, before all that stuff.” —CNN’s Alisyn Camerota, who’s network absolutely propagated fake news — again

The BIG Lie II: “The evidence seems to suggest [a stolen election]. I came to Georgia for Stacey [Abrams] because I just think the world of her, and I think that the whole notion that she fired up people, she got them to the polls, and somehow those votes didn’t get counted, I don’t think that’s how democracy is supposed to work.” —Elizabeth Warren

From the Complaints Department: “This was a deal that was gonna bring $27 billion in revenue to the state and city for things like public education, mass transit, affordable housing and that $3 billion that would go back in tax incentives was only after we were getting the jobs and getting the revenue.” —New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on the withdrawal of the Amazon headquarters after protests by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alpha Jackass: “Ms. Omar from Somalia — she started talking about ‘the Benjamins’ and they are trying to make her apologize. Sweetheart, don’t do that. Pardon me for calling you sweetheart, but you do have a sweet heart. You sure are using it to shake the government up, but you have nothing to apologize for.” —Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan praising Rep. Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitic comments

Non Compos Mentis: “The far right wants to eliminate what it considers the vestigial organs of government, including the Education, Commerce and Energy departments. The far left wants to Abolish ICE. They’re both thinking too small. What America really needs to do — and what might actually receive strong bipartisan support — is to Abolish Congress.” —Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell

And last… “The most disgusting thing about the Jussie Smollett hoax is the left WANTS to believe that everybody who wears a MAGA hat is racist & willing to attack a man for his skin color & sexual orientation.” —Liz Wheeler