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Popular YouTuber Tricks Mic Journalist With Fake Trump-Inspired Hate Crime
HeatSt ^ | November 26, 2016 | By Lukas Mikelionis

Posted on 11/27/2016 4:52:03 PM PST by BlackVeil

Popular YouTuber Matt Christiansen decided to test how much scrutiny journalists apply to reports of hate crimes after he saw a tweet by a Mic.com writer requesting stories of Trump-inspired attacks on people of color, Muslims or LGBTQ people. ...

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: fakehatecrime; fakenews; trump; yourblogsucks
This article is important, as it shows how stories of fake hate crimes are picked up and amplified by the media, who never check the facts. See how it is done!
1 posted on 11/27/2016 4:52:03 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil
FAKE! Fake Hate Crimes List

Ping me to Fake Hate Crime stories. Anyone is welcome to join the list. PM me and be informed of the latest fake hate crimes.

2 posted on 11/27/2016 4:52:53 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: healy61; dsc; Ken H; jonascord; Chickensoup; Washi; kalee; ssfromla; Freedom'sWorthIt

Latest news on Fake Hate Crimes.


3 posted on 11/27/2016 4:53:58 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: BlackVeil

Thank you - for the ping - bookmarked.


4 posted on 11/27/2016 4:57:27 PM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: BlackVeil
Excellent, logical narrative, with a proof-point to boot.
5 posted on 11/27/2016 5:21:17 PM PST by uncommonsense (Liberals see what they believe; Conservatives believe what they see.)
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To: BlackVeil

Please put me on your ping list!


6 posted on 11/27/2016 5:26:43 PM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of CS paid is inversely proportionate to Mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: BlackVeil

Useful web site when not having bandwidth issues, as it is now:

http://fakehatecrimes.org/

Laird Wilcox has been documenting fake hate crimes since the early 1990s.


7 posted on 11/27/2016 6:30:03 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: AbolishCSEU

You’re Welcome! You are now on the list.


8 posted on 11/27/2016 6:44:02 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: BlackVeil

Publish the list and you’ve got a book that will sell on Amazon...


9 posted on 11/27/2016 8:17:56 PM PST by GOPJ (Democrat 'recounts and tricks'? We must hope for the best and prepare for the worst)
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To: uncommonsense

It is indeed good to see these emotional narratives given a good cold blast of logic. And notice that the story was not withdrawn, after they informed the journalist that it was fake. She preferred to keep it up.


10 posted on 11/27/2016 8:38:51 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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