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Maddowblog-Claims from conspiratorial '2000 Mules' film spark new apology
Dinesh D’Souza conceded in a new apology that his “2000 Mules” movie was based in part on “inaccurate information.”
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3lcdtdhcxw22y
As Dinesh D'Souza concedes that "2000 Mules" relied on "inaccurate information," when will we see grudging acknowledgements of reality from the Republicans who took it seriously?
Donald Trump, Mike Lee, and Andy Biggs, I'm looking in your direction
Donald Trump, Mike Lee, and Andy Biggs, I'm looking in your direction
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/claims-conspiratorial-2000-mules-film-spark-new-apology-rcna182480
Trump had plenty of company. Indeed, it’s hard to overstate just how much this literally unbelievable film fueled far-right conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. It quickly became a Trump favorite, of course, but many other Republicans — including some in the House and Senate — also took the movie quite seriously, pointing to it was powerful evidence of election irregularities.
They were wrong. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on a written apology from right-wing commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who was responsible for making the documentary.
If this sounds at all familiar, the developments come roughly six months after NBC News reported that “2000 Mules” was “pulled by the publisher, Salem Media Group, and the company issued a public apology to a Georgia man who is suing the author and publisher on defamation claims after he was accused of ballot stuffing.”
To be sure, brutal criticisms of the movie are not altogether new. The New York Times characterized the film as “a Big Lie in a New Package,” noting that even some on the right expressed discomfort with the project and its conclusions. The Associated Press said the film is burdened by “gaping holes“; analyses published by The Washington Post characterized its findings as “dishonest“ and “misleading“; The Daily Beast said the movie is “stupid“; and The Bulwark found it to be so bad that it’s unintentionally “hilarious.”
They were wrong. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on a written apology from right-wing commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who was responsible for making the documentary.
The producer of a documentary that falsely accused a metro Atlanta man of committing election fraud during the 2020 election has issued an apology saying his depiction was based on “inaccurate information.” ... “I make this apology not under the terms of a settlement agreement or other duress, but because it is the right thing to do, given what we have now learned,” D’Souza wrote on his website over the weekend.
If this sounds at all familiar, the developments come roughly six months after NBC News reported that “2000 Mules” was “pulled by the publisher, Salem Media Group, and the company issued a public apology to a Georgia man who is suing the author and publisher on defamation claims after he was accused of ballot stuffing.”
To be sure, brutal criticisms of the movie are not altogether new. The New York Times characterized the film as “a Big Lie in a New Package,” noting that even some on the right expressed discomfort with the project and its conclusions. The Associated Press said the film is burdened by “gaping holes“; analyses published by The Washington Post characterized its findings as “dishonest“ and “misleading“; The Daily Beast said the movie is “stupid“; and The Bulwark found it to be so bad that it’s unintentionally “hilarious.”