> All four accounts had been singled out for criticism by Andy Ngo, a far-right writer whose conspiratorial, error-riddled reporting [1] on left-wing protests a

> All four accounts had been singled out for criticism by Andy Ngo, a far-right writer whose conspiratorial, error-riddled reporting [1] on left-wing protests and social movements fuels the mass delusion that a handful of small antifascist groups are part of an imaginary shadow army called “antifa.” Let's see these errors then. [1] is a twitter thread about Ngo's reporting on the Dayton gunman Connor Betts' presence at an anti-KKK protest 2 months before his killing spree. Ngo claims Betts came to an antifa rally and wore black-block style clothing to mask his identity. But this is entirely false - it was not an antifa rally, but a "diverse array of anti-racist groups and individuals". He did wear sunglasses and a bandana to mask his identity, but did not wear "all black". And while he was "in the crowd", the journalist claims he was "not part of any group". I am certain that when links to the right are found with a mass shooter, this same journalist will remain consistent, and claim there is no such thing as the alt-right, merely a "diverse array of anti-globalist groups and individuals", and that while the shooter may have attended their protests, he was "not part of any group". Later in that thread: Ngo showed his fans an image of the small black bloc contingent at the anti-KKK protest. His fans won't hear me say they were about a dozen in a crowd of 500-600 and Betts was not with them. Reminds me of the saying "If there's a Nazi at the table and 10 other people are sitting there talking to him, you have a table with 11 Nazis." Apply this rule only to your enemies - the Good Guys can associate with whoever they want, and come out clean. [1] https://twitter.com/RobertMackey/status/1466292569843793921 https://twitter.com/RobertMackey/status/1466292569843793921