Did Jason Momoa Testify at Depp-Heard Trial?
If the news media were hoping to hold onto a shred of their credibility, The Los Angeles Times has now made that all but impossible. In yet another piece attempting to cast Depp’s victory as a tragic blow against all women since Joan of Arc, The L.A. Times included a paragraph detailing video testimony by Heard’s Aquaman co-star Jason Momoa. The problem is, it never happened; Momoa didn’t testify in the case, which is why you didn’t read about it in every entertainment publication in the country. Eventually realizing their error, the paper removed the paragraph describing Momoa’s testimony, but the original version still exists on Wayback Machine. You can read the excerpt in the tweet below from @mimasdiaries (which is how I learned of this):
This is why no one trusts the MSM.
You can edit it out but screenshots and online archives are forever @latimes when tf did Jason Momoa testify???????https://t.co/lNSQn0ARgc pic.twitter.com/QJTbGuGlNK— Mariam (@mimasdiaries) June 3, 2022
How did The L.A. Times make a blunder this big? It appears they based their claim on a couple of parody videos made two weeks ago by YouTuber GeoMFilms (note that the original piece included the quote “Hi Camille” from the second video):
Watching the media embarrass themselves is always a good time; watching it happen this spectacularly is like three Christmases in a row. If you’re wondering how they could screw up this badly, the answer is simple: when you’re in a furor to prove an ideological point – and make no mistake, the media’s rabid defense of Heard is entirely wrapped in MeToo garbage – you will jump at anything that supports your stance, no matter how ridiculous it looks in hindsight. Any rational person who watched these videos would immediately know they were parodies (even before the statements at the end labeling them parodies), but someone desperate to make this kind of argument isn’t thinking rationally. They even say that Momoa testified “in support of his co-star Heard” when the videos clearly mock her. If this gets more people to doubt the media, it will have been worth it; if it doesn’t, it will still be worth it because it’s funny.
In fact, Momoa doesn’t seem to be taking sides. After the trial, he liked statements made by both Depp and Heard on Instagram; predictably, he’s now under attack.
Are you shocked to your very core that a mainstream newspaper made a mistake this big? Should Jason Momoa have curbed his instinct to like Instagram posts from fellow celebrities? Can we expect a hard-hitting piece on restaurant valets who are big Liam Neeson fans? Let us know in the comments, and stick around Geeks + Gamers for more Hollywood hilarity!
