Biden’s 2020 victory, like Soviet basketball’s 1972 gold, was triumphant.

Corporate‍ Media’s Double Standard‌ on Election Integrity

Corporate ​media are returning to⁤ their ⁤favorite question to ask⁣ of any and all Republicans‌ who care⁣ about the integrity of elections: Did Joe Biden ⁤win​ the 2020 election?

A New York Times employee asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the⁣ question⁤ in Iowa last ⁤week. NBC News ​correspondent Dasha⁢ Burns asked a variant of the⁤ question, to which ​DeSantis ⁣gave⁢ an ‍extended reply ‌about the proper and improper way to ​run elections. Completely uninterested in his ⁣substantive reply, she followed it up with:⁤ “Yes or no, ⁢did Trump​ lose⁢ the 2020 election?”

The question is never asked in good faith, and‍ you can know that with ⁤certainty because none of these reporters even ⁣came close to asking it from 2016-2020 ⁤when ‌the entirety of the Democrat ‌Party refused​ to accept the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s election.⁤ In fact,⁣ they eagerly and actively participated in ⁣the Russia-collusion information operation designed to overturn ​the results of that election. Hillary Clinton was ‍claiming the ⁤2016 election was stolen throughout 2019, ​and the media generally cheered‍ her on.

The Controversial 1972 Olympic Basketball Game

But if ‍you need help understanding why the question is never asked ‍in⁢ good faith, let’s step out of the realm of politics for ⁣a‍ minute and consider the‌ men’s gold medal basketball game of ⁤the ⁢1972⁣ Olympics.

The game is one of‍ the most controversial events in ​Olympic history, with the American men’s team refusing to concede they​ lost to the‍ Soviet Union.‍ In fact, it’s been more than 50‌ years and the men ⁣on that team have never accepted their silver⁤ medals because they‍ still do not believe‍ the game was conducted in a fair fashion. Just ‌last ⁣year, the men wanted to⁤ have the⁢ silver ‌medals donated to⁢ the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame,​ but the International Olympic Committee demanded the men officially accept them first before they could​ be donated. On principle,‍ the men will not take the medals ‌or recognize the legitimacy ‍of the outcome,⁤ so the⁢ medals remain in limbo.

The team, which is the only team in Olympic⁢ history ​to contest ‌an outcome, has an excellent⁤ case ‌that the game was rigged. The Americans had dominated the Olympic sport⁣ since it first appeared in the 1936 ⁢Olympics. They had won seven gold ⁣medals and were ⁤the presumptive favorites in 1972.⁤ Their ‍record‍ before the final game was an astounding 63-0.

However, the Soviets⁣ were very good that year and their older and experienced team was winning the game until the final seconds, when the U.S. player ​Doug Collins was fouled and sank two free throws, putting the team ahead by ‌one point with one second left ⁤on the‌ clock.

An official demanded that an additional two seconds be put back on the clock. When that time expired, ⁤the⁣ U.S. team⁣ began to celebrate and their fans swarmed onto the court.⁤ But officials said the⁢ clock reset had ⁤not been done ‍properly so they put three seconds back ‌on the clock and gave the Soviets another chance. The Soviet team also managed to make an illegal substitution‌ of a player who, with the⁣ help of a Soviet Bloc referee interfering in the play, passed to another ⁤player who scored⁢ the winning point.

The Americans were outraged at how ‍the‍ game was conducted and ‌appealed to a basketball court ​made up of five judges. However, they lost that ‍appeal 3-2. It ⁣is perhaps worth‍ noting that all three judges who ‍voted against the Americans happened to be ‌from communist countries.

The Soviet ‌Union men,‍ for‍ their part, are absolutely defiant that they​ won ⁣a free and fair game. Just a few years ago, Russians put out a very popular ​movie called “Going‌ Vertical” — also known as “Three Seconds”‍ — ⁢about their surprise victory over the Americans. ​It became⁣ “the⁣ most-successful Russian film of all time,” according to⁣ the ‍Hollywood Reporter.

Double Standards in Media Coverage

When the American press covers the Olympics issue — including a raft of ⁢coverage last year on the 50th⁢ anniversary of the game — they never hector the players⁣ to concede that they lost. They do⁣ not refer to⁤ them⁤ as “Olympics deniers.” Heck, the Olympics.com news site ‍itself has​ a story headlined, “Americans refuse silver as USSR steal controversial basketball final.” The Washington Post covered the dispute generously. So did NBC. In 2012, ‍The New York Times favorably reviewed ⁢a ⁤book that alleged the game was stolen by the ‍Soviets. When power forward Dwight​ Jones died in‌ 2016, The New ⁤York Times gave‌ him an obituary that featured the disputed game. ESPN has‌ filmed round ⁢table discussions about the unfair loss. Just last year,⁢ The New York Times supported ‍the‌ effort to have the outcome of the game‍ overturned.

Can you imagine if reporters cornered the players or their fans and said, “Yes or⁢ no, did you ​lose the 1972 game?” Can you imagine​ if they badgered each ⁢player ​to utter an ⁢affirmation that ​the Soviets won fair and ⁣square or be ​called “basketball ⁣deniers”? Can you‌ imagine how juvenile​ and idiotic that would sound? Real journalists wouldn’t do⁤ any of‌ these things, ‍particularly if they genuinely wanted to understand or accurately⁣ convey ‍why the game was so ⁣controversial.

Similarly, there is something downright pathological in the media ‌and other Democrat activists’ attempts to ⁢silence⁣ any and all genuine ​discussion ​about ‍the weirdest election of our lifetimes. I researched and reported a full-length book ‌ about ‍all of⁤ the verifiable problems with the‍ election. These problems include ⁤the effort by the same top Democrat lawyer who ran the Russia-collusion hoax to ⁢push for the coordinated change of ‍hundreds of election laws and processes, supposedly due to Covid. ‌The vast majority of‌ the significant changes were done‌ in violation⁢ of the Constitution’s⁢ requirement that state legislatures handle such rules. The changes led to ⁤tens of millions ​of⁤ unsupervised ballots ‌flooding into the‌ system ‍at the same time ‍that scrutiny of said ballots ‌was diminished. Mark⁣ Zuckerberg, one of the world’s wealthiest and ​most⁤ powerful men, spent more than $400‌ million to orchestrate the‍ takeover of government election offices by left-wing activists. This ​get-out-the-vote effort was overwhelmingly focused on the Democrat areas ⁤of ‍swing states.

There is ‍also the​ issue⁢ that corporate media‍ moved from‌ pervasive bias into‍ overt propaganda on behalf of ‌Democrats and against Republicans. They invented fake news that was ⁢inserted into national debates, such ⁤as the false Aisne-Marne story claiming Trump secretly didn’t like American soldiers and the false claim that Russia was paying bounties for dead American‌ soldiers and that Trump didn’t care. They also ⁣ suppressed completely true stories ⁢about the Biden ⁣family ​business of paying for access to⁢ Joe Biden. In ⁣fact,⁤ a cabal of powerful figures conspired to falsely blame as Russian disinformation a laptop⁣ belonging to ‍a key member of‌ the ‌Biden family pay-for-play business.

And that doesn’t⁤ even‍ mention the fact that the U.S. government ​ conspired ⁣with Big Tech companies to⁤ run a massive⁢ censorship-industrial complex to suppress news and information advantageous to conservative politicians and issues. This censorship-industrial complex also worked ​and continues to​ work to elevate left-wing ​media with a⁣ track ​record of ​running false information operations,‍ such as the⁢ debunked Russia-collusion hoax ‍and ⁤the⁣ Kavanaugh rape smear.

But let’s ‍get back to the basketball ⁢game.

Did the ​men’s ⁤basketball team of the Soviet‍ Union score more points than the‌ United States‌ in ⁣1972?⁢ They⁢ did.⁢ Did⁣ they⁢ receive ⁢the gold medal? They did. Did Joe Biden receive more Electoral College votes than Donald⁢ Trump? He did. ⁣Was he inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States? He was.

All of those​ things are true. It is also ⁣true that reasonable⁣ people on the losing side of both contests believe — ⁤for very good ⁣reasons — they were not fair. It is sheer ‍gaslighting to use the immense power‍ of the ⁢Democrat ‌media and corrupted​ Department of Justice to say that people are‍ not allowed‌ to oppose the way election contests were conducted‌ or⁤ discuss how the manner⁣ in‌ which the contests have been conducted ⁢affected the outcome.

Fans of the⁢ 1972 Soviet men’s basketball team and ⁣the 2020 Joe Biden campaign have every ​right to say they won a free⁤ and fair contest. They should not be jailed ⁢or ⁤persecuted⁤ for that view. Some fans and operatives of the current regime want to make it illegal ⁤or⁤ unacceptable to question or oppose the censorship-industrial complex, the plot to radically change election⁤ laws in an unconstitutional fashion, the private takeover of ‍government election laws by left-wing billionaires, or our propaganda press. It’s something one might have expected to ​find in 1972 Soviet Russia⁣ more than ⁤in⁤ 2023 United States.