3 ms·

Remember when NPR deliberately took a video out of context to portray peaceful protesters attacking a random car as if the driver was some sort of white suprema

by ttt0 6y ago

Remember when NPR deliberately took a video out of context to portray peaceful protesters attacking a random car as if the driver was some sort of white supremacist who tried to hit them on purpose? https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/22/npr-falsely-calls-victim-of-attack-by-rioters-a-white-supremacist/ https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/22/npr-falsely-calls-victi...

AshWolfy 6y ago
They used that photo on an unrelated story, the photo had nothing to do with the story. nice try though. Just admit you were wrong, its ok
- recursive 6y ago
  But that's exactly what's being said. The photo has nothing to do with the story. NPR admitted as much. https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1274809408262938624 https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1274809408262938624 But your tone suggests that you disagree with something.
  - AshWolfy 6y ago
    The implication was that npr was smearing this woman, rather than the editors being lazy. All in service to the argument that npr focuses on race, despite there being no evidence
    - ttt0 6y ago
      So I can write an article about rapists, put a completely unrelated picture of your face with your full name on it, and that's not a smear? That's essentially what happened
    - Natsu 6y ago
      Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.
- ttt0 6y ago
  https://archive.is/ilHur https://archive.is/ilHur > One person was hit by a car in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, early on June 17 as protesters held an anti-racism demonstration at Jefferson Square, police said. The story might be unrelated, but they knew exactly where it came from.
  - AshWolfy 6y ago
    citation needed
    - ttt0 6y ago
      In the archive. > One person was hit by a car in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, early on June 17 as protesters held an anti-racism demonstration at Jefferson Square, police said.