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Fox 32 Chicago reporter takes NY Times writer to J-school over how MSM blew Jussie Smollett coverage

It all started a couple days ago when author Brad Thor let the MSM have it over coverage of the Jussie Smollett story that continues to unravel:

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A New York Times writer didn’t appreciate the swipe at much of the mainstream media’s coverage of the story from the start:

“Reporting stuff accurately”? Rafer Weigel, a reporter for Fox 32 in Chicago who has been a reliable source on the evolving story from day one, weighed in this way:

The refusal by some in the media to admit their mistakes out of the gate with some of these kinds of stories goes a long way toward explaining why they happen over and over again, which means they’re not really “mistakes.”

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Yep, that kind of thing is exactly what people are talking about when they criticize many in the media.

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Sadly that’s the case in this situation (and others).

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Related:

‘Ouch’! Brian Stelter tries to pin Smollett story ‘rush to judgment’ on ‘celebrity press, activists & Twitter,’ trips HARD over CNN

‘You’re the journalist’! Brian Stelter’s excuse for his role in Jussie Smollett cluster is total ‘bull’

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