As Twitchy reported earlier, attorney Ben Crump weighed in on the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant Tuesday with a tweet that described the teen as “unarmed.” Remarkably, it’s still up:
As we breathed a collective sigh of relief today, a community in Columbus felt the sting of another police shooting as @ColumbusPolice killed an unarmed 15yo Black girl named Makiyah Bryant. Another child lost! Another hashtag. ✊???#JusticeForMakiyahBryant https://t.co/9ssR5gfqm5
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) April 21, 2021
Some noticed that that tweet made it into the New York Times’ report — with the “unarmed” part edited out.
Would love an explanation on how this is ethical in any form whatsoever.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 21, 2021
I mean it's pretty evident that literally every article these people write has to be Archived for when they change it without editors notes. That's where we're at.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 21, 2021
After awhile it makes me feel like I’m on crazy pills. Having to carefully verify everything over many sources is tedious and exhausting. I appreciate these enlightening educational moments.
— Just June (@MissJitter) April 21, 2021
At least they didn't repeat the false bit? (I guess?)
— Al Sadius (@Alsadius) April 21, 2021
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Jeryl Bier noted that the Times stealth-edited the piece to note that Crump was incorrect in describing the girl as unarmed:
There's no editor's note pointing out the change, but the @nytimes article now says "In the tweet, Mr. Crump incorrectly described her as “unarmed.”"https://t.co/pmNWhAFvSO https://t.co/SoQ3luQMUl pic.twitter.com/xQDlfqYoUt
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) April 21, 2021
NRO’s Tobias Hoonhout found the Times’ explanation for the change in its story. The quote was accurate “without repeating what turned out to be inaccurate information.” But it did correctly reflect Crump’s sentiment.
Update: @nytimes explanation for the change –> https://t.co/B9Ref3PAwH pic.twitter.com/ltukHaoLUm
— Tobias Hoonhout (@TJHoonhout) April 21, 2021
Oh my word. Via @TJHoonhout, the @NYtimes explanation was that they has an "accurate" quote of @AttorneyCrump because they *left out the false part*!! https://t.co/KfPfelFJ81 pic.twitter.com/hlN6U8f89w
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) April 21, 2021
"our story never included the incorrect information" is an amazing self own. https://t.co/P2hqTlSdfS
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 21, 2021
No wonder they don't check sources. They'd have less than a page to print each day.
— Ken (@Surfnsrq1) April 21, 2021
A long winded statement saying “Fake but accurate”
— Josemaría Piulada (@txiokatu) April 21, 2021
I'm going to try this with my wife tonight and see how it goes.
— Kyle Franklin (@chiefkylefrank) April 21, 2021
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Despite bodycam footage to the contrary, Benjamin Crump's tweet claiming Makiyah Bryant was 'unarmed' is still up https://t.co/vvNwN3i28T
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 21, 2021
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