Fake news is fake

[Alamo]

This thread of tweets is fascinating. Apparently one of the high school students is organizing a "#VerifiedBullies" campaign on Twitter to collect all the death threats and take some legal action.

https://twitter.com/thecjpearson

 

[spencer rifle]

Twitter = digging a deeper hole faster.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Let's not defame Black Muslims.

These guys are much.....weirder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hebrew_Israelites

Thank you. Those are the creeps. I misspoke.

 

[HoughMade]

Thank you. Those are the creeps. I misspoke.

...but you get the irony of "defaming" Black Muslims, right?

 

[BugI02]

TL/DR: Bunch of Catholic school kids with MAGA hats in Washington DC are confronted by a radical militant black group and a radical Native American activist who approaches one kid and continuously bangs his "war drum." Kid in MAGA hat smirks at him. Blows up on social media and the news, leftists doxxing and calling for the kids' lives to be ruined. Angry tweets from the usual celebrity suspects. Democrat congressman calls for the banning of MAGA hats and blames Trump. Longer video shows that it was actually the MAGA kids who were approached and harassed by these leftist scumbags. Much backpedaling ensues, along with the usual double-down from the more virulent TDS sufferers.

The lie goes viral, the retraction/correction goes on page 7 a week or two later and the damage is already done

Lather. Rinse. Repeat

 

[Fargo]

The lie goes viral, the retraction/correction goes on page 7 a week or two later and the damage is already done

Lather. Rinse. Repeat

With the kid Not being a "public figure", it is entirely possible that he could have a successful slander/ libel/defamation suit against a whole bunch of "media" outlets and personalities with a lower burden than most of these cases.

 

[2A_Tom]

 

[BugI02]

But is that just monetary, or can the 'news' outlet be forced to take proactive steps to mitigate the damage to his reputation

These days the character assassination on social media could eventually cost him admission to a selective school or even future employment

 

[Whosyer]

Jamie Lee Curtis apologizes for making snap judgement. Faces backlash from SJW's.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/people...s-comments-student-native-american-elder/amp/

 

[JeepHammer]

There is no such thing as "the middle" anymore. "The middle" are the TDS/gun control crowd.

Another one of those blanket statements that's simply not true.

The middle are the people that have full time jobs, kids to raise, taxes to pay, etc.
Just don't have the time for the alt.right or the extreme far left crap.
It takes a lot of time to hunt down something to be enraged about, and 100% of the time completely missing the stuff they probably should be concerned about...

I just don't have the time or inclination to be enraged about protesters colliding, there are driveways to clear out for the older folks, there are jobs at the shop that need finished, there 101 things on the 'Honey Do' list...

 

[Hatin Since 87]

Another one of those blanket statements that's simply not true.

The middle are the people that have full time jobs, kids to raise, taxes to pay, etc.
Just don't have the time for the alt.right or the extreme far left crap.
It takes a lot of time to hunt down something to be enraged about, and 100% of the time completely missing the stuff they probably should be concerned about...

I just don't have the time or inclination to be enraged about protesters colliding, there are driveways to clear out for the older folks, there are jobs at the shop that need finished, there 101 things on the 'Honey Do' list...

I’m not “the middle” and I have a full time job and kids to raise also. I don’t “have time” to be enraged about anything, but it’s my duty as an American to make time to keep informed on our political issues.

 

[printcraft]

...I just don't have the time or inclination to be enraged about protesters colliding, there are driveways to clear out for the older folks, there are jobs at the shop that need finished, there 101 things on the 'Honey Do' list...

102... you have to get those automatic weapons built for the nazis living next door. Chop chop.

 

[d.kaufman]

Another one of those blanket statements that's simply not true.

The middle are the people that have full time jobs, kids to raise, taxes to pay, etc.
Just don't have the time for the alt.right or the extreme far left crap.
It takes a lot of time to hunt down something to be enraged about, and 100% of the time completely missing the stuff they probably should be concerned about...

I just don't have the time or inclination to be enraged about protesters colliding, there are driveways to clear out for the older folks, there are jobs at the shop that need finished, there 101 things on the 'Honey Do' list...

But yet here you are commenting and making a "blanket statement" about who the middle is.

 

[HoughMade]

That's how much he doesn't care.

 

[Fargo]

But is that just monetary, or can the 'news' outlet be forced to take proactive steps to mitigate the damage to his reputation

These days the character assassination on social media could eventually cost him admission to a selective school or even future employment

I don't know if such an injunction could be issued/enforced, particularly in the short term. When I have seen such things, they usually happen as part of a settlement.

 

[HoughMade]

I don't know if such an injunction could be issued/enforced, particularly in the short term. When I have seen such things, they usually happen as part of a settlement.

This. The question becomes whether they are more interested in a retraction which essentially proves the falsity of the statements, or mitigation of damages. I'll go with the former.

 

[Doug]

Just goes to show...
If it's on the news, it's probably not true.

Look up "NBC - Exploding GM pickup trucks."
I see no reason to think they have reformed in the last 26 years. This was just the first; ABC and CBS have done similar things.

 

[Route 45]

I just don't have the time or inclination to be enraged about protesters colliding, there are driveways to clear out for the older folks, there are jobs at the shop that need finished, there 101 things on the 'Honey Do' list...

Honey Do List Item #25: Tell INGO how much I don't care about an issue by posting about it multiple times in the same thread.

 

[JeepHammer]

I’m not “the middle” and I have a full time job and kids to raise also. I don’t “have time” to be enraged about anything, but it’s my duty as an American to make time to keep informed on our political issues.

*IF* you pay attention to the important issues, and you seek fact checking when a subject warrants time & effort, then you are in the middle.

The top 15% will get everything right 99% of the time.
The bottom 15% will get everything wrong 99% of the time.
The 70% in the middle will have to apply time, effort and some IQ points to figure out what's facts & what's trash.

The problem with the bottom 15% is they either worry about the wrong things or won't accept stone cold facts when presented.

The face off between extremest groups is a gathering of bottom 15% people, so no one or nothing is going to change their minds.
It's a waste of time & effort to talk to them.
Any questions about their 'Position' is seen as a direct challenge, so you get attacked instead of answers, doesn't matter if it's abortion, firearms, immigration, climate change or anything else.

To even discuss a 'Non-Event' is a waste of time & effort...

 

[Route 45]

To even discuss a 'Non-Event' is a waste of time & effort...