As Twitchy reported earlier today, an arrest has been made in the so-called #NAACPBombing case in Colorado Springs, and it looks as though the intended target was not the NAACP but rather a tax preparer’s office.
While the hashtag #NAACPBombing shot to the top of Twitter’s list of trending topics, most media outlets ignored the story, likely because the “bombing” did next to no damage to the building and no one was inside the NAACP office.
@RobProvince @NoahCRothman The horror. The….Horror…. pic.twitter.com/uxz19Vtd5z
— Wodeshed, Peep Derple (@Wodeshed) February 20, 2015
MSNBC’s moral crusader Chris Hayes, however, took up the cause almost single-handedly. One big problem: MSNBC’s video report on the bombing included a photo taken outside a vandalized kebab shop near a mosque in France.
In short, this:
Became this:
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/568863385846202368
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/568880387453280257
@NoahCRothman if a tree falls when no one's around, does it make a sound?
— Nino (@baldingschemer) February 20, 2015
Don’t feel bad; it was easy to miss, because you would have had to have watched “All In With Chris Hayes” to have seen it. Twitchy did catch it, and the resulting pressure from social media led Hayes to admit to the error and apologize. In retrospect, MSNBC botched the story completely, but the NAACP likely appreciated the effort to hype the “racially motivated” attack — and no, we’re not OK with that.
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@NoahCRothman I believe you just answered your own rhetorical question.
— I'm Triggered (@StopThisMadnes1) February 20, 2015
@StopThisMadnes1 @NoahCRothman Agreed, it happens a lot to those with NO compass.
— Greg F.? ? FREE HONG KONG #AlitaArmy?only (@straytski) February 20, 2015
@NoahCRothman Wait a min, did @chrislhayes pull a "B-Dub"?#BrianWilliams
— ⇜Vapid↭Echo⇝ (@VapidEcho) February 20, 2015
@NoahCRothman news is meaningless when they do this crap. It makes people doubt everything.
— Sarah (@sarah_wxtx) February 20, 2015
@NoahCRothman @TwitchyTeam You think anyone at NBC News has a functioning moral compass? That's adorable.
— Angus T. Kirk (@angusparvo) February 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/FrCummings/status/568865759327330304
@NoahCRothman @TwitchyTeam How many times has MSNBC been caught doing stuff like this? Never any consequences.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) February 20, 2015
@AG_Conservative @NoahCRothman @TwitchyTeam nobody watches them. That's a consequence.
— Chris Enger (@fuegote) February 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/shookw/status/568884617731682304
It appears Hayes’ apology was enough to make the controversy go away, but rumor has it that Hayes just might be caught up in the MSNBC shakeup that has so far claimed Joy Reid and Ronan Farrow. Maybe then he can dedicate his time to biking state to state to find the real bomber.
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