Gaslighting 101: Australian Police Deny Any Protestors At Sydney Opera House Chanted 'Gas The Jews'

Back in 2021, internet history was made when NBC sports reporter Kelli Stavast was interviewing auto racer Brandon Brown, who had just won his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race. The crowd behind Brown clearly could be heard chanting 'F Joe Biden,' but Stavast embarrassed herself, her network, and corporate media as a whole when she tried to tell Brown and the entire viewing audience that the crowd was chanting 'Let's Go, Brandon.' An avalanche of Twitter memes and jokes were born that day and they still continue in 2024. But as hilarious as the moment was, it was a prime example of media gaslighting (or at least attempted gaslighting). Stavast was truly trying to tell everyone, 'Do not believe your eyes and ears. Believe me, for I am the media.' And even though that gaslighting attempt failed in legendary fashion, it was still a warning of what the media does and would continue to do.

Not all gaslighting is funny though. For a prime example, we turn to the Australian police and the Sydney Morning Herald, who combined to show us -- in disturbing fashion -- how bad the gaslighting has become from powerful establishment institutions. -- Police review finds no evidence ‘gas the Jews’ phrase chanted at Sydney Opera House protest https://twitter.com/wesyang/status/1753210696211267826 -- We're sorry, WHAT? Here is more from Jessica McSweeney at the Herald: “Forensic analysis of video and audio from the pro-Palestine Opera House protest in October has found no evidence a grossly offensive antisemitic phrase was used, police say. A video of the protest purported to show a small group of protesters chanting 'gas the Jews' while outside Sydney’s most iconic building. However, police said other antisemitic phrases were chanted at the protest.”

“An expert in biometric science commissioned to analyse 'significant volumes' of audio and visual footage from the protest had concluded with 'overwhelming certainty' that the phrase actually chanted was 'where’s the Jews', Deputy Commissioner Mal Lanyon said on Friday.” https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/police-review-finds-no-evidence-antisemitic-phrase-chanted-at-sydney-opera-house-protest-20240202-p5f1v7.html -- Ahh, the famous -- and unnamed -- 'experts' strike again. They really believe people are this stupid … and need them to be. In case anyone has forgotten the incident (and we hope no one has), here is the actual video.

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