did NOT see that one coming https://t.co/m25Bh0ZN2c
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) December 14, 2016
Do you remember hearing that awful story about the hijab-wearing Muslim girl attacked by Trump supporters on a New York City subway while onlookers stood by and did nothing?
18-year-old [Yasmin Seweid] told the New York Daily News that she had just left an event on campus Thursday night when three men approached her on an uptown 6 subway near the 23rd Street stop.
They yelled President-elect Donald Trump’s name over and over, and said to her, “Look, it’s a fucking terrorist,” Seweid said in a Facebook post on Friday.
She said they also yelled, “Get the hell out of the country!” and, “You don’t belong here!”
Well, you might want to sit down for this:
Viral story about a Muslim woman who was attacked on the No. 6 train as passengers looked on was a hoax.https://t.co/UlwWl1WwHX
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) December 14, 2016
Muslim college student who claimed Trump supporters attacked her on the subway under arrest for making story up https://t.co/rimDenfQIL pic.twitter.com/r8x7KttBdp
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 14, 2016
A hoax? The devil, you say!
i pity how many "this is my shocked face" tweets and memes you are about to get in your mentions. pax @ByronTau
— #JeSuisJuive (@lamblock) December 14, 2016
wow this was totally unexpected… https://t.co/YgEmg5gVxM
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) December 14, 2016
Shocked face –> ? https://t.co/ghCza4zQ1D
— Sam Valley (@SamValley) December 14, 2016
I knew it and I didn't say so because I knew I'd be accused of every thoughtcrime under the sun https://t.co/1MoYt1OGDT
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 14, 2016
This was very obvious from the very start. https://t.co/KJt7EktANd
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) December 14, 2016
@ByronTau this is not a shock. It is sad, and takes away from real abuse, but not a shock. So much did not seem right with that story.
— John Bohan (@johnmbohan) December 14, 2016
This was abundantly clear when there were zero witnesses or footage—that didn't stop @NYDailyNews from running her bizarre claims as fact. https://t.co/UUi1plw2Wa
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) December 14, 2016
— Todd Kirk (@tksaturn) December 14, 2016
Well, shoot. That’s embarrassing!
Gee, I wonder why news outlets should corroborate stories like this before running them. ? https://t.co/rUAbVU6mYC
— Mo Mo ? (@molratty) December 14, 2016
Maybe the media could wait for proof before they run wild with a story like this. Maybe… https://t.co/yL7v3jR9DY
— LaurieAnn (@mooshakins) December 14, 2016
You’d think after all the post-election hoaxes we’ve seen, the media would tread at least a little more carefully. But nope.
The important thing is no mainstream news outlets pushed this fake new–wait, what? They did push it? For days? Oh. https://t.co/L1BYek2gAf
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 14, 2016
Weeks.
Buzzfeed, NBC, Slate, TPM, New York Daily News, Think Progress, ABC News, CBS News all ran with fact in their stories. https://t.co/hUwzBY8JFT
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
As did Gothamist, Yahoo News — But pleases, keep going about Fake News. Please. https://t.co/2SKbsoYYQk
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
CBS News, Slate, NBC. pic.twitter.com/HPeBzRo2SQ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
Here's how it appeared at Daily Beast pic.twitter.com/ugxZQi2OgG
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
So, is every outlet that fell for this girl's story a #FakeNews site? Because it was basically every bad sitehttps://t.co/KfGsWj4GXf pic.twitter.com/Z3N0UXgxKP
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) December 14, 2016
.@redsteeze has list of publications here. Will be interesting to see if/how they report this woman was total liar https://t.co/zddc9rcBXw
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) December 14, 2016
@DavidRutz Here's how TPM reported it. Note correction pic.twitter.com/jb7tbUhcyH
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
BuzzFeed was super quick to spread the NYC subway hate crime hoax, but for some reason hasn't posted an update to its fake news story. Huh. pic.twitter.com/wH4zttpgZE
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 14, 2016
Fake News is a very real problem. And the media keep finding ways to make it even worse.
.@BuzzFeedBen seems like it's really easy to trick you with fake news. https://t.co/ltBHB9Vgv8
— L (@OrwellForks) December 14, 2016
I mean, this sh-t isn't damaging at all. Not to relations and not to media trust. https://t.co/rUAbVU6mYC
— Mo Mo ? (@molratty) December 14, 2016
@ByronTau @slone when are we going to charge the media that perpetuated this hoax with conspiracy to incite violence /hate crimes?
— RockPrincess (@Rockprincess818) December 14, 2016
Don't care about the girl. She could be unstable, problems at home, need attention, anything. This about being lectured about fake news
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016
Yep.
Another hate crime hoax. Every news organization who ran the Yasmin story without an ounce of skepticism must do an equal length retraction
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) December 14, 2016
Hmmm. Good luck with that …
#FakeNews where the initial story will end up with a lot more views than the corrections. https://t.co/dQwRLL8lhq
— Jason C. (@CounterMoonbat) December 14, 2016
In other words, the media’s work here is done.
Pathetic.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
It’s a miracle! BuzzFeed discovers ‘allegedly’ after anti-Muslim hoax humiliation
