The Ferguson Hoax and Media Truth-telling

Canada Free Press ^ | 03/20/15 | Cliff Kincaid

[Sean_Anthony]

The praise for Capehart for eventually telling the truth may be one way the media can attempt to atone for their sins in this coverage. But it’s not good enough.

You know the standards of the media have hit rock bottom when a liberal commentator makes news for telling the truth. Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post and MSNBC has become a media star for his belated recognition of the “Hands up, don’t shoot” lie out of Ferguson, Missouri. Better late than never, except for the fact that this liberal narrative was always in dispute. There was never any legitimate reason to believe that Police Officer Darren Wilson had simply fired on Michael Brown for no reason.

The appropriate reaction to Capehart’s Damascus Road conversion to the truth should be: What took you so long? And what will you do to make sure you never fall for such a vicious lie again?

[Arm_Bears]

Better late than never,

Nope.

If the media is going to clothe itself in the language of the First Amendment, that sets the bar very high.

Objective, honest, factual reporting, not advancing the Leftist narrative, is the expectation.

Anything less is unacceptable.

[Arm_Bears]

And what will you do to make sure you never fall for such a vicious lie again?

They didn't fall for the lie, they were complicit in developing and advancing the lie.

[driftless2]

With the left and black Americans, facts don't matter. What matters is the narrative: America is a terrible, racist country run by nasty, racist white people who won't take their jackboots off the throats of black Americans.

I doubt few of the blacks who were rioting and burning in Ferguson care that Officer Wilson was innocent. They still believe evil whitey has it in for them. Why else would they be getting so much more traffic tickets per capita than other groups? It couldn't be (as separate studies have shown) because they commit more traffic offenses per capita could it?

As the latest shooting of a black thug in Madison, Wi. by a white cop shows, the same crowd is just itching for a reason to riot and burn some more.

[MeshugeMikey]

the crowds in Madison...were waiting for warmer weather...

[rickomatic]

#blackliesmatter

[MrB]

#TruthIsHateSpeech