Behold ‘the most shamelessly dishonest paragraphs ever printed in the New York Times’

The New York Times has kicked the hornet’s nest with “one of the most shamelessly dishonest paragraphs ever printed.”

Hans Mahncke called out the outlet’s shockingly bad article on Russiagate FBI analyst Brian Auten, which aggressively minimized his role in both the Russiagate investigation as well as the Hunter Biden laptop probe. The piece made FBI Director Kash Patel out to be unfairly targeting Auten, but according to Mahncke, that’s a more than dishonest revision of history.

Look:

This might be one of the most shamelessly dishonest paragraphs ever printed in the New York Times—and that’s saying something, given the paper’s long and highly competitive track record in fake narrative creation. According to their telling, poor little Brian Auten, the innocent… pic.twitter.com/xTimCv4NmH

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) April 13, 2025

“This might be one of the most shamelessly dishonest paragraphs ever printed in the New York Times—and that’s saying something, given the paper’s long and highly competitive track record in fake narrative creation. According to their telling, poor little Brian Auten, the innocent bureaucrat, was unfairly targeted by [Patel] for simply ‘working on’ the ‘Russian meddling’ investigation and for having ‘analyzed’ the Hunter Biden laptop,” he wrote in his X post.

“This isn’t just the usual New York Times sleight of hand or artful omission. It’s outright fiction. Brian Auten wasn’t some peripheral analyst. He was the Forrest Gump of the Russiagate hoax, popping up at every critical juncture: the fraudulent Carter Page FISA application, the Danchenko interview, the framing of [General Flynn]. And each time, he falsified or suppressed information to victimize innocent people and keep the collusion lie alive,” the post continued.

“But it gets worse. The New York Times euphemistically calls it the ‘Russian meddling’ investigation. Once again, this is a flat-out lie. This was an investigation into the campaign of the Republican presidential candidate, and later into the sitting president himself, directly targeting Trump and branding him as a Russian agent. Also, Auten wasn’t just some random person who ‘analyzed’ the Hunter Biden laptop. He was the central figure in that fraudulent investigation. He fabricated the narrative that the laptop was a Russian disinformation plot and weaponized that lie to shut down the entire investigation.” Mahncke explained. “For the New York Times to print this is horrific, even by their already despicable standards. These people are abhorrent, vile, and deserving of the harshest reckoning. Their comeuppance can’t come soon enough.”

Other X users who have witnessed the outlet’s desire to twist the truth to fit their narrative weighed in:

It was bad before, but since William Saffire departed some 20+ years ago, NYT has become completely shameless.

— GrapefruitBasil (@GrapefruitBasil) April 13, 2025

@nytimes is truly Pravda on the Hudson.

— Jim (@JimTBreakout) April 13, 2025

Bird cages and emergency toilet paper. Oh and window washing (in a pinch). That’s all its good for.

— Knott (@Knottbelieven) April 13, 2025

now… why would NYT write such blatant lies? why are they involved in maintaining this narrative? Who is calling the shots?

— Dad Knows Best (@dadfocused) April 13, 2025

every word they write is a lie including “and” and “the”.

Mary McCarthy quote needs to be better known.

— Stan Brown (@Stanonstuff) April 13, 2025

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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to BizPac Review.

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