Another Case Of Media And Social Media Dupe

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  1. Ken Anderson

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    If you were outraged over the photos and short film clip about the kids with the MAGA hats surrounding and mocking the Native American elder, you've been duped. What passes as news these days is little more than campaign theatrics. It doesn't matter what really happened since the only thing that matters to the media is what they can get you to think happened.

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    For the film clips and additional information, see -- Libertarian Republic
     
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    It looks like they don't have the bandwidth to handle a lot of traffic, so it's up and down. That article was the more objective one I saw because it recognized fault on both sides and didn't have an agenda (Libertarians are not fans of MAGA hats but neither are they leftist Democrats). When you select the one small strip of video from an angle that fits the narrative you want to give, then it's campaign stuff, not news, and that's what the news media has done.
     
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    I tried the site again...no luck...maybe later.
     
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    Now DM has another video showing that it wasn’t the boys fault but it’s hard to tell....that’s the thing with all these
    iPhones at a scene.

    Different angles tell a different story....

    I think the boy is being expelled though.

    If it was me...I’d just stay away from anything like this...it never proves anything for either side...just ends up with someone hurt either by reputation or physically...not worth it.

    People don’t change views or side because of people chanting and carry signs....not anymore anyway.

    Again...just my opinion. :)

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    Why should the boy be expelled if he did nothing wrong? Who I think is wrong is the school involved, requiring attendance to fill up their anti choice rallies. Any warm body will do, including kids, just create a mob. High school kids get crazy on field trips.
     
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    I don’t know but that’s what the last article stated...maybe the school has more info as to what happened ...I’m just speculating because I really don’t know...
     
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    native american_LI.jpg

    Native American activist Nathan Phillips was involved in a similar incident in 2015 where he targeted a group of mostly white frat boys.
    Phillips then ran to reporters and claimed he was abused after HE CONFRONTED the college kids.

    This would not have been news if the boys had not been wearing MAGA hats. Can you imagine a headline reading, "Catholic boys surround and confront native American elder"?
     
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    After 24 hours or more of negative coverage, focused on the MAGA caps, the other perspective is starting to get out. That's typical of the media, though. Go with a negative story, designed to put Trump or Trump supporters in a bad light, run with it throughout the weekend, and then quietly acknowledge that the story was wrong, yet continue to use it as a talking point.

    -- Washington Times
     
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    That is the way things go now. The school jumped to action based on the "alleged conduct", just as Duke did with the lacrosse scandal. Everybody jumps on the bandwagon, especially if the accused are white and male, and the victim is something else. It reminds me a bit of the Emily Litella bit on SNL in the early years. The real story comes out, then.."never mind".

    https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/emilys-editorial-reply/3506031
     
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    This is exactly what the "leaders" of the Republican Party do, too - always anxious to eat their own.
     
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    I guess I'm watching a different MSM. CNN has been covering all sides of this extensively, including the letter from the staring student, an interview with the Native American man, and now speculating the 5 Black Hebrew Israelites started the whole thing by shouting insults at the students wearing the red hats.
     
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    Only after 24 hours of nothing but blaming the students, and even then only because there was film showing that it was a lie.
     
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    Smiling the new hate crime
    It's okay to smirk.
     
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