This is kind of petty, and I don't know why I'm bothering to write it, aside from the fact that my tolerance for the mainstream media has kind of reached its tipping point.
On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, attended a performance of "Les Misérables" at the Kennedy Center. They were all dressed up — the first lady looked stunning as always — and all smiles as they left for the musical.
They were joined by Vice President JD Vance and the second lady, Usha Vance, who also looked gorgeous and thrilled to be at the show.
I actually saw the president arrive at the Kennedy Center live on TV that night, but I didn't pay much attention to what happened afterward. So, you can imagine my surprise when I saw this headline from People Magazine:
"Donald and Melania Trump Booed at Their First Kennedy Center Show on Opening Night of Les Misérables."
Ugh. Of course, they were booed, I thought. The crowd was probably filled with Washington, D.C. lefties with TDS. And, of course, People made a big to-do over it. That rag is becoming more and more left-leaning with each passing day.
Only that's not exactly what happened. Later, after I glanced at the headline, I saw some videos of the president and first lady entering the Kennedy that people posted on X. While there may have been a handful of unruly people in the crowd who booed or shouted something unfriendly, the Trumps were largely met with friendly cheers and applause, and the crowd even broke out into a "USA, USA, USA" chant.
Here's your proof. You can see with your own eyes that many people there even gave him a standing ovation.
Confused, I went back to the People magazine article and read down below the headline. Here are the first few sentences:
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump received a mix of boos and applause at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, June 11, as they attended the opening performance of the musical Les Misérables.
The president and first lady were met with mixed reactions while walking out, as can be seen in videos posted to X.
But the headline just said they were booed. The real story is half-told and buried in the article. And if I've learned anything throughout my career of writing articles for public consumption, a lot of people don't look beyond the headline. Even when they comment, they give themselves away by responding to the headline rather than reading the nuances within the article.
While People isn't exactly "the media" in the traditional sense, it's a perfect example of how the left lies and tells half-truths to make the president look bad. They know most people won't read beyond the attention-grabbing headline. The comment section on the article proves that, too. Even the people there defending the president are talking about how terrible it is that he was booed.
This led me to a Google search for the words "Trump," "booed," and "Kennedy Center."
The Daily Beast wrote a similar headline: Trump Booed at MAGA’s Big Night Out at the Kennedy Center.
So did The Independent: Trump booed at Kennedy Center Les Misérables show as drag queens protest performance.
To their credit, some fake news outlets mentioned both the jeers and praise but sort of gave them equal billing.
Here are some samples:
From the Associated Press: Trump booed and cheered at the Kennedy Center while attending ‘Les Misérables’.
And USA Today: Donald and Melania Trump got boos, cheers at 'Les Mis' at Kennedy Center.
I don't really have anything else to say about this. I know our readers are already aware of this, but I wanted to remind anyone else who might come across our site that this is what the left does. They stand for absolutely nothing but hating Donald Trump, so they have to resort to these sneaky little tools to make the only point they have. It's pathetic, and I will call it out every chance I get.
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