We Didn't Ask For Liars (Billy Joel Parody)

Welcome to my parody of "We didn't start the fire" by Billy Joel.
This one is all about the media and the way they lie, manipulate, distort and distract to get what they want.

There's a story behind each frame, and you can check out each persons social media profiles for more.

Clips used were from the Australian TV series "Frontline" and Gruen Planet/Transfer
Also I got a lot of inspiration from a video made by Youtuber Thoughty2 about the media and how they lie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgQ79evjylc
https://davedebunks.com/media-manipulation-parody-study-notes/

(Also used quite a bit of images from the ifunny app)

"MAGA" Nick Sandman comic:
http://stonetoss.com/
Nasa tweet: https://twitter.com/AJA_Cortes
Reality 50 years ago: https://parler.com/#/user/BeachGirl78 (before the shutdown)
Avi Yemini Parley about Trump being called a racist: https://parler.com/#/user/AviYemini
Eileen Toomey Wright Twitter about ABC lying (suspended) https://twitter.com/ToomeyWright
(find Eileen on Gab: https://gab.com/EileenToomeyWright and his website: https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2021/01/eileen-toomey-wright-i-lean-to-my-right-one-of-the-great-fun-people-on-twitter-suspended.html )
Spitty the Alpaca on Twitter inconsistency (possibly removed from Twitter too)
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/members/spitty_the_alpaca.203602/
https://www.snafu-solomon.com/2020/12/overrun-hospitals.html
- retweeting this tweet from Benny: https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson )
Tim Pool "peaceful protestors" https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1380141313300033539
https://rumble.com/c/TimPool
https://www.bitchute.com/channel/ldVrtT5BwSJ0/
(quoting Andy Ngo https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo )
Rita Panahi Nick Sandmann tweet: https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi
Trump Award Iamawake Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/Billierose1
Echoed by :
https://parler.com/#/user/2020breakthegates
Jordan Peterson Cathy Newman interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcjxSThD54
Hate Speech/Free speech comment DianaABC Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/DianaABC
Hate Speech meaning, myself on Minds: https://www.minds.com/davorunner/
CNN Making up outright lies, Elon calls them out: https://twitter.com/elonmusk
Daily Mail making up lies Jeremy Clarkson calls them out: https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson
Out of context, coolsville sucks Scooby Do movie: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-think-coolsville-sucks
Trump did not refer to covid as a hoax:
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/04/fact-check-president-trump-did-not-refer-to-coronavirus-as-a-hoax.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-calls-coronavirus-democrats-new-hoax-n1145721
Trump Trolls Twitter (removed and deplatformed of course) on Gab: https://gab.com/realdonaldtrump
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/DonaldTrump?sort=views
Joseph Brass racist syrup etc: https://parler.com/#/user/JosephBrass
One sided views, Media Research Centre: https://parler.com/#/user/theMRC
(echoed by Newsbusters: https://parler.com/#/user/NewsBusters )
News not admitting when they lie James O Keefe Project Veritas: https://www.projectveritas.com/news/
Kyle Rittenhouse comment Joeking: https://parler.com/#/user/Joeking357135215175 (echoed by: https://parler.com/#/user/GAgentleman )
Twisting scientists words: https://ifunny.co/user/Bathe?s=cl
ABC "Corrections" (ie that they never correct or take down the corrected reports on TV or the internet, and quite often they don't say what the truth is, they'll just say what they got wrong): https://www.abc.net.au/news/corrections/
Legacy Media Schizophrenia double standards with women Sydney Watson: https://twitter.com/SydneyLWatson (also on SLUG: https://slug.com/sydneywatson )
Not reporting good things Trump did Ryan Fournier: https://twitter.com/RyanAFournier (also https://ryanfournier.com/ )
Duck Duck Go search for "Herald Sun Avi Yemini" showing their linking him to nazi like imagery : https://duckduckgo.com/?q=herald+sun+avi+yemini&t=braveed&ia=web
Carl Higbie HCQ worked this whole time: https://parler.com/#/user/CarlHigbie
Media is the enemy Michael MacCloskey: https://parler.com/#/user/MemeMaker
Lying Left Gad Saad: https://www.gadsaad.com/
https://twitter.com/gadsaad
"trust the science" Quantum Spider Minds: https://www.minds.com/quantumspider/ (not sure what happened to account)
David on Twitter "This doesn't suit our narrative" (I took my own account down but I'm on Minds, as mentioned earlier, and on MeWe: https://mewe.com/i/davidbell74 Gab: https://gab.com/Ravodunna and Twellit: https://twellit.com/@Ravodunna and Odysee: https://odysee.com/@secretagent82:6
Interracial crime statistic in the US: https://thespectator.info/2020/06/02/interracial-violence-in-america-by-the-numbers/
Carl Benjamin use of repetition Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/sargon and Eric Dunn Youtube on repetition anti Trump Narrative: https://www.youtube.com/user/ericvdunn
Guilt by association New Dehli Fact Check Trump: https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-picture-of-trump-kissing-convicted-sex-offender-epstein-is-doctored-1703807-2020-07-24
News of bacteria Warrior for Truth Minds: https://www.minds.com/WarriorForTruth/
Joe Rogan Babylon Bee https://parler.com/#/user/Rc1976
Makes their decision: https://ifunny.co/video/86kM474u8?s=cl
Order they suppress - P33do network exposed: https://anonhq.com/pedophilia-network-exposed-australia-starts-top-just-like-usa-uk/
Remove the suppression order petition: https://www.change.org/p/https-sa-alp-org-au-tony-piccolo-light-parliament-sa-gov-au-remove-the-80-year-suppression-orders-on-the-mullighan-inquiry-sa
Iz quotes on truth: https://izquotes.com/
Failed attacks on Trump Clear Sky News: https://parler.com/#/user/csn
Global warming old news Rich M Twitter: https://twitter.com/bfr9 (replying to Larry Elder: https://twitter.com/larryelder )
Global warming hypocrisy Coel meme supreme Minds: https://www.minds.com/coel/
New ice age (that never came) Faizan FJK Minds: https://www.minds.com/faizan/
Takes Trump (sitting president of the USA) offline ALX Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/ALX
Kyle Rittenhouse isn't a terrorist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdLeT0tuoQg
One of these is not like the other Garbage Human possible twitter accounts that got suspended (surprise surprise) https://twitter.com/GarbyJooman3/status/1336804883987640326 , https://twitter.com/GarbyJooman2020 , https://twitter.com/GarbyJooman2020/status/1276066445026136064 - website: https://libertynewsnetwork.com/antifa-terrorist-makes-the-announcement-this-is-horrifying/
(echoed by another banned account: https://twitter.com/LionStrike5/ )
Gaslighting bot farm: https://ifunny.co/picture/we-this-is-a-bot-farm-this-is-who-is-xAxkpq9p8
Victoria Police headstomp: https://junkee.com/melbourne-police-head-stomp/270643
"watchdog" finds this lawful: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-16/ibac-victoria-police-head-stomping-man-lawful-during-arrest/100300056 And choking the girl: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/08/11/watch-australian-police-choke-wrestle-woman-to-the-ground-for-not-wearing-a-mask/
Alexandra Marshall (EllyMelly) Health officer lies: https://twitter.com/ellymelly
https://www.facebook.com/Alexandra-Marshall-ellymelly-101395101607522/
Gab: https://gab.com/ellymelly
(and of course Goodsauce: https://goodsauce.news/author/alexandra-marshall/ )
retweeting Razorback1111: https://twitter.com/razorback11111
All lives matter woke graphics creator such as Venngage: https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1278618774433435662?referrer=davorunner
Love something they wont explore Breezy on Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/ImSmokingTruth
Fake news: https://parler.com/#/user/JustMyNameHere
CBS CBN etc: https://parler.com/#/user/Ddacampassr
Us Veteran tells leftist media to stop falsely using his image for something he doesn't support: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/not-true-people-stop-using-stop-using-image-us-veteran-tells-liberal-media-far-left-groups-quit-using-face-trump-hit-pieces-video/
Melissa Tate on Greta being sucked in and used: https://twitter.com/TheRightMelissa
Injection numbers: https://rumble.com/ve093h-this-is-less-than-1-of-the-lethal-injection-numbers.html
Inside violence and human cruelty: https://thepowermoves.com/evil-inside-human-violence-and-cruelty/
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/10/how-the-stress-of-racism-affects-learning/503567/
(which I got from: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42649659-the-right-side-of-history)
Facebook killed free speech Capitalist Pigs on Minds: https://www.minds.com/capitalistpigs/
Simone Golds comment: https://gab.com/JLF538
https://gab.com/2PatriotGal2
Dr Simone Gold from Americas Frontline Doctors: https://twitter.com/drsimonegold
Isaac Butterfield Twitter n suicide statistics: https://twitter.com/Thebuttsmarn
False or misleading statistics: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/45-of-americans-support-impeaching-trump-while-38-are-against-it-poll-says-2019-10-03
Apple propaganda High Horse Strong Minds: https://www.minds.com/HighHorseStrong/
Ignore the truth Mariannesansum Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/mariannesansum
Changing terminology Crystal Swarovski Minds: https://www.minds.com/ticklestlc/
Sexual conduct from a woman to underage boy = rape Peter Lloyd (removed from Twitter as expected: https://twitter.com/Suffragentleman see more here: https://www.rt.com/op-ed/490428-twitter-wrongthink-george-floyd-riots/ , https://www.instagram.com/suffragentleman/ or , https://www.patreon.com/suffragentleman
Privatise them: ABC Go fund yourselves mug from Elly Melly at CreatorSpring: https://ellymelly.creator-spring.com/listing/gofundyourselves-red?product=658
Take back our finances - Gillette loss after "woke" ad: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/08/02/gillette-loses-8-billion-as-sales-drop-following-woke-commercials/
https://j4mb.org.uk/2019/08/03/gillette-cut-by-8b-loss-after-toxic-masculinity-ad/
MMMHappiness after tweeting about PCR tests, then suspended: https://twitter.com/MMMHappiness1 (more here: https://welovetrump.com/2020/12/27/heres-the-video-twitter-removed-of-a-nurse-allegedly-getting-facial-paralysis-bells-palsy-from-covid-vaccine/ )
Dc Draino Insta: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CSMjpRrggC-/
Assange Starblazer Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/Starblazer692003
(echoed by: https://parler.com/#/user/GinaSpybuck2 )
Norah Vincent goes undercover as a man to see how great it is, comes away with severe depression, self-made man book: https://j4mb.org.uk/2021/08/06/norah-vincent-self-made-man-my-year-disguised-as-a-man/
Abortion reasons Florida: https://frtl.org/abortion-statistics-florida/
https://www.hli.org/resources/why-women-abort/
Dylan Wheeler twitter: https://twitter.com/DylanWheeler_
Educating liberals (may not be the same one https://parler.com/#/user/EducatingLiberalls )
White House Reporter links to satire site The Onion (Rita Panahi but linked already here) Dave Rubin https://twitter.com/RubinReport
https://rubinreport.locals.com/
Ben Roberts: https://twitter.com/BenRobertsHL
Global pandemic scenario 2017 Reddeus: https://twitter.com/reddeus
https://www.minds.com/reddeus/
"Fleeing war" hypocrisy James Woods: https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods Insta: https://www.instagram.com/realjameswoods/
Big Tech cannot be trusted: https://parler.com/#/user/swig
"Fair and balanced" twitter: https://parler.com/#/user/Fixyun https://parler.com/#/user/Floydmood123
Mostly peaceful flaming protests Darren Grimes: https://parler.com/#/user/darrengrimes (https://www.ladbible.com/news/53021-darren-grimes-about-twitter-20210714 , https://www.darrengrimes.com/ )
Deep State Law391: https://parler.com/#/user/Law391
Raheem Kassam fact check finances: https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam
Demoralisation, Destabilisation, Crisis, Normalisation WePlanPurple: https://parler.com/#/user/WarPlanPurple
CDC is NOT independant NavyCorpsMan6969 Minds: https://www.minds.com/navycorpsman6969/
Covid in the UK: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
NZ Elections rigged KiwiBlokeDaza Gab: https://gab.com/KiwiBlokeDaza
Know Your Risk during Covid meme: https://www.brooklyncb8.org/news-listing/know-your-risk-during-covid-19/
Russian roulette statistic: https://ifunny.co/picture/zjYK4oiZ7

Lyrics:
Verse 1
Their opinion (=) critics say
How they manipulate
Change perspective
Be selective,
oh the more you know
Sow division it's their mission.
They don't care of journalism
Demonising, ostracising,
Something most outgrow

Bandwagon, get on,
FOMO phenomenon,
View of a different type?
Call you something they don't like
Claim to like democracy,
Constant fear mongering
They can lie to our face
and they still will get paid

We didn't ask for liars!
But they won't learn if
They keep earning
We didn't ask for liars!
Lets privatise them
Take back our finances

Verse 2
Changing the order of
Images, Kuleshov
Propaganda, and there's slander,
Clickbait hoax
Oh man, a Strawman
Activism, framing,
Sound bites, libel.
News hosts are woke

Disagree? - hate speech
No ethics to be seen
What a crock of  shh - that's banned
They must protect their brands
It's out of context
Slap it with a 'fact check'
Bring in race every place
That is what they do best

We didn't ask for liars!
But they won't learn if
They keep earning
We didn't ask for liars!
They are the virus
That's why they fight us

Verse 3
False flag to distract,
Use of graphs distort the facts
Tell it from just one side
Don't admit when you lied
Spreading news that is false
like they have no pulse
What you see, they decide
Trying to control your mind

Legacy media
Its Schizophrenia
Keep your view narrow
This is just their M. O.
Sneakily mislead
Link you to a Nazi
Censor and control
They don't want you to know

We didn't ask for liars!
But they won't learn if
They keep earning
We didn't ask for liars!
Lets shine light on them
When they try and hide it

Verse 4:
Use repetition
Called ad nauseum
Next is guilt by association
They'll claim superior

news of bacteria
But each person
Makes their decision
Order they suppress
you won't hear from the press
Studies have come our way
Now believe what we say!

We didn't ask for liars!
But they won't learn if
They keep earning
We didn't ask for liars!
But they'll keep on churning
It's quite concerning

Verse 5
Global warming
Used for submission
It's time to stop
They're a laughing stock
If you try and speak your mind
They will take you offline
Young boy murdered named Cannon
Why don't they give a damn?
Demoralise and gaslight
They've commited democide
Hypocrites wont admit
When they are full of it
All lives matter, that's for sure
Something that they won't explore
They'd prefer to cover war
I can't take it anymore!

We didn't ask for liars!
But they won't learn if
They keep earning
We didn't ask for liars
You must be discerning
So you don't get sucked in and in and in...

Outro:

We didn't ask for liars!
Lets privatise them
Take back our finances
We didn't ask for liars,
They are the virus
That's why they fight us
We didn't ask for liars!
Lets shine light on them
When they try and hide it
We didn't ask for liars!
But they'll keep on churning
It's quite concerning
We didn't ask for liars
So if you want to learn, then
You must be discerning

https://youtu.be/BgQ79evjylc