In Texas, a waiter’s claim a few days ago that a customer left a racist note went viral, with MSM outlets all over the place picking up the story and helping spread it far and wide:
Customer who left "we don't tip terrorist" message banned from Texas restaurant https://t.co/uScMybkpq4 pic.twitter.com/qds2yuViOZ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 20, 2018
"We don’t tip terrorist": Texas restaurant bans customer who left racist note to waiter https://t.co/4ZpFJc4hBv
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 19, 2018
Customer who wrote "We don't tip terrorist" on check banned from Texas restaurant https://t.co/gPg6ssvUpy pic.twitter.com/ip6s8w5zvR
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) July 20, 2018
The customer paid no tip on their $108.73 bill and wrote "We don't tip terrorist" on it. https://t.co/4tsclBz4dC
— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) July 18, 2018
Diner left note to waiter saying ‘we don’t tip terrorists’ https://t.co/uwIR4uCAGc
— Metro (@MetroUK) July 20, 2018
"I hope that the people who wrote me that note find Jesus and I hope that he can experience the same love that I've experienced from Jesus Christ." Khalil Cavil is turning an incident meant to tear him down, into one that will build him up. https://t.co/qNKr2XFmJA
— Big 2 News KMID (@Local2NewsKMID) July 17, 2018
Just one problem: After the restaurant looked into it and talked to the waiter, it was discovered that the entire thing was fabricated:
Texas waiter made up racist note story, Saltgrass COO says https://t.co/zQBGkn7bol pic.twitter.com/37xbb2Loaj
— WUSA9 (@wusa9) July 23, 2018
A server at a steakhouse in Texas made up the viral story about a customer leaving him a racist note on a receipt, restaurant management announced late Monday afternoon. https://t.co/lpqzQHUrex
— KENS 5 (@KENS5) July 24, 2018
The waiter, who admitted fabricating the note, is no longer working for the restaurant:
After the company’s statement was released, Kavil admitted to the Odessa American that he wrote the note himself and apologized to their reporter “because I did lie to you.”
“I don’t have an explanation. I made a mistake. There is no excuse for what I did,” Kavil told the Odessa America.
Officials told the paper that Kavil is no longer employed at the steakhouse.
Compare & contrast:
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 24, 2018
It happens so often you’d think the mainstream media might hold off before running with those stories immediately, but then you remember they’re the mainstream media:
The Mainstream Media falls for this #fakenews garbage all the time. https://t.co/4eoL1fwqWl
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) July 24, 2018
Every. Time. https://t.co/tO18qeMexs
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) July 24, 2018
But of course the original gets thousands of retweets and shares but the story uncovering how this was fake gets no attention whatsoever https://t.co/0Ntaw19u49
— stephen???? (@Crinkavelli) July 24, 2018
Unreal.
