Pop culture event reveals to masses untruthfulness of America’s mainstream media

Depp v. Heard case exposed how routinely press lies

Yvonne C. Claes
7 min readSep 21, 2022
Illustration by the Deccan Herald

By Yvonne C. Claes

I was surprised when social media users expressed dismay over the outright lies peddled by the mainstream media in the aftermath of the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial.

Being a political junkie, I was used to the media’s machinations, especially when it came to demonizing politicians who sincerely wanted to help the American people.

Trial watchers couldn’t get over how networks such as NBC employed the likes of Kat Tenbarge, who twists nearly every aspect of the Depp v. Heard drama and then gaslights those who aren’t willing to ingest her lies.

Tens of millions of people worldwide watched the televised defamation trial, but this media shill has the nerve to demand viewers discount their own eyes and ears. Tenbarge has the elitist (and outdated) view that only “real” journalists should report the news and that consumers of their “journalism” should believe them without question.

As a longtime former newspaper reporter, I know that Kat is full of shit, and she knows it, too. But she’s making money for herself and her employer. She knows that subversion of truth causes outrage, and…

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Yvonne C. Claes

Independent commentator trying to live a good life, but !#%&# bills won’t let her. She’s the one in green. Politicians are corrupt. Revolution is the solution.