As we told you last week, the Las Vegas Sun published an editorial about Quintez Brown, a BLM and anti-gun activist accused of attempting to murder a Jewish Democrat who is running for Mayor of Louisville. The Sun left out a few details from Brown’s background, but later updated the story to reflect his political views. However, after an update noting that Brown is a BLM activist and has no ties to any right-wing groups, the editors also reminded readers that “the shooting comes amid a rise in threats against politicians fueled by increasingly violent rhetoric coming from extremist Republicans.”
Holy f*ck, @LasVegasSun. This editorial was written after the alleged shooter, Quintez Brown, was identified as a left-wing BLM activist. https://t.co/oZ2lEl71Lq pic.twitter.com/JG9Td1kQ5d
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) February 16, 2022
In a new, very long, editorial, the Sun has doubled down. RCP’s Tom Bevan shared a bit of the editorial:
Unreal: The Las Vegas Sun editorial board wrote a 2,400+ word follow-up absolving itself of any malfeasance in misleading readers about Quintez Brown's political affiliations. Instead, they say they're the real victims, and blame the whole thing on @TuckerCarlson & @greggutfeld. pic.twitter.com/iP9s8TYN5f
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) February 21, 2022
Here's the link to the full editorial: https://t.co/BE803FvV2L
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) February 21, 2022
The Sun editorial says the paper received threats after the original article on Quintez Brown that failed to mention his political affiliations but did point out “increasingly violent rhetoric coming from extremist Republicans.” For that, the Sun editors put the blame squarely on… well, read it for yourselves:
If by now you’ve almost forgotten about the BLM activist who tried to assassinate a mayoral candidate and the Las Vegas Sun’s original failure to point out his political affiliations, perhaps that was the goal.
They never admit they lied! They go back to the original story and add a line “clarifying” their wrongness! This isn’t journalism. It’s fraud! https://t.co/vA8q3JAZso
— meredith (@doublemmom) February 21, 2022
We didn’t tell the truth. We’ll talk about that in the third paragraph after we disparage Republicans. And then ultimately won’t take responsibility for our mistake doubling down that we were right.
Like if this is your apology, just don’t issue it. https://t.co/00uRZN5cUS
— James Smith (@J_Smith_711) February 21, 2022
If there’s a subsequent follow-up to the latest editorial we wouldn’t be surprised to see some blame thrown in the direction of Donald Trump.
https://twitter.com/RightSwfl/status/1495753914297335810
The corporate press is the enemy of the people https://t.co/TkXMEjAcZn
— Sir-Micks-A-Lot (@sir_micks_alot) February 21, 2022
"there was nothing to correct" is an objectively false statement. What nonsense.
— ArchLobster 🇪🇨 🇺🇸 (@ArchLobster) February 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/PokerPrimer/status/1495767597815824385
hmmm. ….
I wonder why peeps are increasingly distrustful of big-city media. …. especially once-great newspapers.
…— Rico Reynolds (@RicoReynolds6) February 21, 2022
The problem with @LasVegasSun is if they didn’t even mediocre research into the background of Quartez Brown they’d have seen easily he is a Leftwing activist honored by the Obama/Biden Admin.
So they knew this information. To claim they didn’t is a lie. It’s not believable. https://t.co/6EfzcnLA18
— @TrickyDickPol (@trickydickpol) February 21, 2022
https://twitter.com/OhloneTactical/status/1495761478636699648
How many deaths can “journalism” experience?
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