As we told you earlier, a black female student at a school where Karen Pence teaches who accused three white male students of assaulting her and cutting her hair recanted the story and is now saying she lied. However, her original claim had many in the media doing what they do best: Running with a story without fully checking it out because it fit a desired narrative. Here’s a video montage via Grabien Media founder Tom Elliott showing the initial MSM feeding frenzy:
Supercut: Watch the media credulously report a “racist” attack on Virginia school girl pic.twitter.com/okRVSeaH1F
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 30, 2019
Another banner moment for “journalism”:
The girl's family apologized today for the 12-year-old's completely false report. Corporate media were too willing to run with it and smear the school community before checking facts, as per usual. https://t.co/HxZSlOg4GW
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) September 30, 2019
And yet they still wonder why there’s such a high level of distrust of the media?
They reported on this story so strongly because they wanted it to be true. It fit the narrative.
If only there were a class of individuals who could look into a story and determine the veracity of the claims. That would be so cool!— duck_on_a_bike (@HartsockRob) September 30, 2019
They reported it as fact. If they cover the hoax, they will gloss over or ignore their roll in it.
— Tw!tter Rando (@_Anmarie_) September 30, 2019
And oops, she recants her story. BOOM
— stssalsa (@stssalsa) September 30, 2019
For anyone who thinks this wasn’t heavily reported… https://t.co/IvfEuFwOWC
— Abu Kole (@AbuKole) September 30, 2019
"Incidents like this are not isolated, they're happening way too often."
That's right if you mean incidents like the spreading of lies to create racism where none exists, and the media spreading those lies without asking any questions. https://t.co/EReHmLU5gw
— Anders Lindegren (@Lindegren) September 30, 2019
Media loves to divide.https://t.co/o8ZHMMEuNL https://t.co/i22l1COoEx
— B (@BDHerren) September 30, 2019
How many times!? Stop reporting divisive rumors. You can't just say "INFLAMMATORY THING?" and be off the hook when it's fake. https://t.co/CsFDGKUoI9
— Roberto Esquivel Cabrera (@RealRobCabrera) September 30, 2019
And as a comparison:
Rewind: Watch how the media uncritically accepted Jussie Smollett's preposterous tale of coming under attack from Trump fanatics https://t.co/UXDrBVF2YI
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 30, 2019
Shocker.
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