You tell us … is a guy wearing a “bacon suit” in the stands actually making an anti-Semitic slur against the opposing team? Hilary Rosen seemed to think so. (Here’s a screenshot of her now-deleted tweet.)
https://twitter.com/hilaryr/status/942097707321225216
The chief of staff for Georgetown’s Turning Point USA chapter begged to disagree.
https://twitter.com/_harrisonnugent/status/942136523583090688
https://twitter.com/OrozcoNicolo/status/942125892888907776
https://twitter.com/OrozcoNicolo/status/942127396370739207
https://twitter.com/OrozcoNicolo/status/942130951949291521
Rosen eventually deleted the tweet, after following CNN’s #FactsFirst methodology to get to the bottom of it.
I couldn't tell if you were being serious initially but your follow-up tweet indicates that you are. I…don't think this is what you think it is.
— Scott Conroy (@ScottFConroy) December 16, 2017
How ready to be offended do you have to be to make this claim? How big of a jerk do you have to be to ignore the replies (even after you asked for them) and keep this up for 4 hours? This is @CNN. pic.twitter.com/vaQ5AolrAm
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) December 16, 2017
Oh my, @hilaryr the ratio on your tweet is amazing, and you've broken the "think first, then tweet" rule. https://t.co/UrmXn3wIF7
— Dan Mahaffee (@hoyadan) December 16, 2017
Desperate reach for Outrage fail! (@hilaryr) #CusevsGTown
(THX @aarond23!) pic.twitter.com/UNLXIdI9Bg
— Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) December 16, 2017
Even if I could find the notorious bacon suit in the picture, why would Syracuse be a target of anti-semitism, and how would a bacon suit drive the point home?
— tipyerbartender (@tipyerbar) December 16, 2017
How do you know this was an anti Semitic gesture? You have a responsibility to be accurate/informed and not just throw out assumptions, do you not? https://t.co/RC8DqNJBsP
— Dan-Yul-Son (@smats88) December 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/bgNYsports6411/status/942134284575485953
You should be extremely embarrassed by this. I hope there are repurcussions for you implying someone is a racist.
— Timothy (@TRY1974) December 16, 2017
It’s a good thing you didn’t jump to conclusions and call an innocent Georgetown student an “anti-Semitic bigot” on a worldwide forum like Twitter!
— RaisedontheRadio (@RaisedonAMRadio) December 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheTennStar/status/942132671207100422
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/942145349392748545
Publish smear first, research second. #CNN
— Razor (@hale_razor) December 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/Oil_Guns_Merica/status/942159320875012096
Facts first!
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