https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/809154526087356416
Do you remember hearing that awful story about the hijab-wearing Muslim girl attacked by Trump supporters on a New York City subway while onlookers stood by and did nothing?
18-year-old [Yasmin Seweid] told the New York Daily News that she had just left an event on campus Thursday night when three men approached her on an uptown 6 subway near the 23rd Street stop.
They yelled President-elect Donald Trump’s name over and over, and said to her, “Look, it’s a fucking terrorist,” Seweid said in a Facebook post on Friday.
She said they also yelled, “Get the hell out of the country!” and, “You don’t belong here!”
Well, you might want to sit down for this:
Viral story about a Muslim woman who was attacked on the No. 6 train as passengers looked on was a hoax.https://t.co/UlwWl1WwHX
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) December 14, 2016
Muslim college student who claimed Trump supporters attacked her on the subway under arrest for making story up https://t.co/rimDenfQIL pic.twitter.com/r8x7KttBdp
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 14, 2016
A hoax? The devil, you say!
i pity how many "this is my shocked face" tweets and memes you are about to get in your mentions. pax @ByronTau
— Swalwell Farted on TV and It Was Hilarious (@lamblock) December 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/809152347289092097
Shocked face –> ? https://t.co/ghCza4zQ1D
— Sam Valley (@SamValley) December 14, 2016
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I knew it and I didn't say so because I knew I'd be accused of every thoughtcrime under the sun https://t.co/1MoYt1OGDT
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 14, 2016
This was very obvious from the very start. https://t.co/KJt7EktANd
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) December 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/johnmbohan/status/809154715527380992
This was abundantly clear when there were zero witnesses or footage—that didn't stop @NYDailyNews from running her bizarre claims as fact. https://t.co/UUi1plw2Wa
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) December 14, 2016
Oops.
— BravesAmerican (@tksaturn) December 14, 2016
Well, shoot. That’s embarrassing!
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/809156772242030592
Maybe the media could wait for proof before they run wild with a story like this. Maybe… https://t.co/yL7v3jR9DY
— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) December 14, 2016
You’d think after all the post-election hoaxes we’ve seen, the media would tread at least a little more carefully. But nope.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/809153367259877377
Weeks.
Buzzfeed, NBC, Slate, TPM, New York Daily News, Think Progress, ABC News, CBS News all ran with fact in their stories. https://t.co/hUwzBY8JFT
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
As did Gothamist, Yahoo News — But pleases, keep going about Fake News. Please. https://t.co/2SKbsoYYQk
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
CBS News, Slate, NBC. pic.twitter.com/HPeBzRo2SQ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
Here's how it appeared at Daily Beast pic.twitter.com/ugxZQi2OgG
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
So, is every outlet that fell for this girl's story a #FakeNews site? Because it was basically every bad sitehttps://t.co/KfGsWj4GXf pic.twitter.com/Z3N0UXgxKP
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) December 14, 2016
.@redsteeze has list of publications here. Will be interesting to see if/how they report this woman was total liar https://t.co/zddc9rcBXw
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) December 14, 2016
Here's how TPM reported it. Note correction pic.twitter.com/jb7tbUhcyH
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/809160566547869697
Fake News is a very real problem. And the media keep finding ways to make it even worse.
https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/809157230717190146
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/809157005982236672
@slone when are we going to charge the media that perpetuated this hoax with conspiracy to incite violence /hate crimes?
— RockPrincess (@Rockprincess818) December 14, 2016
Don't care about the girl. She could be unstable, problems at home, need attention, anything. This about being lectured about fake news
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
Yep.
Another hate crime hoax. Every news organization who ran the Yasmin story without an ounce of skepticism must do an equal length retraction
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) December 14, 2016
Hmmm. Good luck with that …
#FakeNews where the initial story will end up with a lot more views than the corrections. https://t.co/dQwRLL8lhq
— Jason (@jasonelevation) December 14, 2016
In other words, the media’s work here is done.
Pathetic.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
It’s a miracle! BuzzFeed discovers ‘allegedly’ after anti-Muslim hoax humiliation
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