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There are multiple stories about the mistakes that were made with the story you are alluding to in every major reputable news source, I. e. for The Atlantic: T

There are multiple stories about the mistakes that were made with the story you are alluding to in every major reputable news source, I. e. for The Atlantic: The Media Botched the Covington Story: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/media-must-learn-covington-catholic-story/581035/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/media-must... I Failed the Coving On Catholic Test: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/julie-irwin-zimmerman-i-failed-covington-catholic-test/580897/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/julie-irwi... Muddling the Covington Catholic Student Video: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2019/01/muddling-the-covington-catholic-student-video-the-atlantic-daily/580912/ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2019/01/mudd... That sort of soul-searching does not happen, indeed it wouldn’t fit into even a 24h-channel, at Fox News.

leereeves 8y ago
Has Fox News ever led a national media lynching of a high school student? (That's a serious question, I don't watch them and I'd like to know if they really are as bad as people say or if people just hate them because they don't agree.)
- untog 8y ago
  One person that immediately comes to mind is David Hogg. They certainly never held back criticism of him because he's a minor, and a host made a strange attack on him via social media: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/31/fox-news-laura-ingraham-david-hogg https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/31/fox-news-laura...
  - leereeves 8y ago
    That fails to convince me for at least three reasons: 1) Fox didn't say it; it was one host's personal Twitter comment. 2) David Hogg made himself a national media figure voluntarily 3) Criticising someone's GPA and college acceptance rate is not comparable to the hateful commentary about the Covington students. The main thing I wonder about after reading that story is the aftermath. If eleven advertisers dropped Ingraham over that comment, how many have dropped the liberal media over their attacks on the Convington high school students?
- matt4077 8y ago
  Ahh, yes? They regularly denounced the Florida High School students protesting gun violence as “paid actors”, ANTIFA anarchists, etc. They did so with no evidence, even though the accusation is far more specific and easily testable than it is in the Covington case. And even after being called out on it, they continued to repeat the smear against better knowledge. The difference is as clear as night & day.
  - leereeves 8y ago
    Do you have a link? I can't find one with these searches: https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+paid+actor https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+paid+actor https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+crisis+actor https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+crisis+act... https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+antifa https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+antifa I know some crazy people said things like that, but I can't find any evidence that Fox News did.
casefields 8y ago
Yet we have scores more journalists deleting their tweets going after the kids because it reinforced their biases: https://www.mediaite.com/online/journalists-and-celebs-rush-to-delete-tweets-slamming-maga-hat-kids/ https://www.mediaite.com/online/journalists-and-celebs-rush-...

leereeves 8y ago

Has Fox News ever led a national media lynching of a high school student? (That's a serious question, I don't watch them and I'd like to know if they really are as bad as people say or if people just hate them because they don't agree.)

untog 8y ago
One person that immediately comes to mind is David Hogg. They certainly never held back criticism of him because he's a minor, and a host made a strange attack on him via social media: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/31/fox-news-laura-ingraham-david-hogg https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/31/fox-news-laura...
- leereeves 8y ago
  That fails to convince me for at least three reasons: 1) Fox didn't say it; it was one host's personal Twitter comment. 2) David Hogg made himself a national media figure voluntarily 3) Criticising someone's GPA and college acceptance rate is not comparable to the hateful commentary about the Covington students. The main thing I wonder about after reading that story is the aftermath. If eleven advertisers dropped Ingraham over that comment, how many have dropped the liberal media over their attacks on the Convington high school students?
matt4077 8y ago
Ahh, yes? They regularly denounced the Florida High School students protesting gun violence as “paid actors”, ANTIFA anarchists, etc. They did so with no evidence, even though the accusation is far more specific and easily testable than it is in the Covington case. And even after being called out on it, they continued to repeat the smear against better knowledge. The difference is as clear as night & day.
- leereeves 8y ago
  Do you have a link? I can't find one with these searches: https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+paid+actor https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+paid+actor https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+crisis+actor https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+crisis+act... https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+antifa https://duck.com/?q=site%3Afoxnews.com+david+hogg+antifa I know some crazy people said things like that, but I can't find any evidence that Fox News did.

casefields 8y ago

Yet we have scores more journalists deleting their tweets going after the kids because it reinforced their biases: https://www.mediaite.com/online/journalists-and-celebs-rush-to-delete-tweets-slamming-maga-hat-kids/ https://www.mediaite.com/online/journalists-and-celebs-rush-...