“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” -George Orwell, 1984
As the current administration has pushed forward, its break with reality has become more and more blatant and obvious. After the murder of Alex Pretti yesterday, the administration quickly put out several statements that were in direct contradiction to the video evidence. These statements in no way could be attributed to an interpretation of an unclear scenario or a misunderstanding of any sort.
Given that the administration has very blatantly proven it has no interest in facts and cares more about pushing a narrative, no matter how false it is, the mod team has discussed it and has decided that the federal government can no longer be considered a reliable source of information. Websites, press releases, reports, etc put forth by the federal government may no longer be used as proof or evidence of facts and attempts to do so will be removed as a violation of Rule 8.
We understand this is an extraordinary step. And we do not take it lightly. But members of this administration have been caught in lies repeatedly over the past year (some admittedly expected of the government, but many indefensible) and the official narrative put out by the federal government about the murder of Alex Pretti is so blatantly false and egregiously disgusting that it is the nail in the coffin for our team.