The Barbra Streisand effect received another wind of life this week when none other than The Babs herself mistakenly amplified negative stories about Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities.
As Breitbart News reported this week, the White House has reportedly grown weary of videos that appear to show President Joe Biden experiencing a cognitive decline and right-leaning media reporting on them.
Of the outlets reporting on this videos, the New York Post stands out as chief among them.
Biden appears to freeze up, has to be led off stage by Obama at mega-bucks LA fundraiser https://t.co/gg8bfYGXl5 pic.twitter.com/NsJVD7AYYN
— New York Post (@nypost) June 16, 2024
Rather than perhaps not using her social media platform to draw attention to these stories, Streisand chose to amplify them under the false impression of doing the president a favor.
“The NY Post is printing lies about President Biden. No other media outlets should amplify its disinformation,” she declared on X to her 817,000 followers.
The NY Post is printing lies about President Biden. No other media outlets should amplify its disinformation.
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) June 17, 2024
As it turned out, this turned out to be yet another example of the Streisand effect, which Mediate described as follows:
The singer and actress is famous not only for her accomplishments, but for being the namesake of the phenomenon known as the Streisand effect, which describes how attempts to conceal something end up drawing more attention to it. In 2003, Streisand sued a photographer for taking an aerial photograph of her home. While only six people had downloaded the picture prior to her failed lawsuit, hundreds of thousand more saw it as a result of her litigious response to its being taken.
People on social media immediately thanked Streisand for bringing those stories about President Biden to their attention.
“I had not heard about this. But now that you’ve brought it to my attention, I will certainly check it out. Thank you, Mrs. Streisand. Your tweets are having a real effect,” replied Christopher Rufo.
I had not heard about this. But now that you've brought it to my attention, I will certainly check it out. Thank you, Mrs. Streisand. Your tweets are having a real effect.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) June 18, 2024
Have you ever heard of the Streisand effect?
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) June 18, 2024
The result of your post is only going to be more people reading what the NY Post wrote, more people watching video of Biden led around like an elderly man who got lost and more people agreeing with us that Biden’s mentally unfit.
If you're wondering why this sort of tweet is a bad idea, @BarbraStreisand, here's a very short video explaining why. https://t.co/wQ3F6JxroM pic.twitter.com/lyyZcWL0JA
— Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) June 18, 2024
“Do not look at this thing I don’t want you to look at” said Streisand! How can this be real? The writers are outdoing themselves in 2024! https://t.co/iNh7IWGFnZ
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) June 18, 2024
Thanks for alerting me, had not heard about it. Is this what you are referring to? https://t.co/DWR5SQr7Is pic.twitter.com/JEoeFYR4Gl
— William A. Jacobson (@wajacobson) June 18, 2024