"Dishonest tactics"
That's about the mildest way of putting it. Not only do the lies from the Left come thick and fast, but weirdly, they are usually lies that can be easily checked.
In discussions here, when a liberal posts a leftist source, I save a lot of time by assuming right up front that it's not accurate. After that finding the real information is just routine.
In fact, it's routine enough that anyone calling themselves a reporter who was even marginally internet literate should be able to find the same information I can.
If they wanted to.