You’re crushing it:
Yes, it was definitely the rightwing outlets calling for justice for Trayvon. National Review was first on the ground in Missouri, chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” with the protesters. Doesn’t she realize that by pointing to these examples, she’s disproving her point? That they were almost exactly like Jackie’s case: prettied up falsehoods designed to make the case for larger structural reforms? “Oh, sure, Trayvon had some run-ins with the law and clearly attacked Zimmerman, but this is about larger problems.” “Oh, sure, Mike Brown had literally just committed a strong arm robbery and was attacking a cop rather than surrendering to him, but this is about larger problems.” “Oh, sure, Jackie is a liar and a fraud, but this is about larger problems.” The right didn’t invent these people. The right didn’t bring them to light. I bet she also thinks it was also the right that tried to turn Deamonte Driver into a cause célèbre.
It’s almost like the narrative must take precedent over the truth, or something.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Yup, “Left sticks to narratives, evidence be damned.”
[Update a while later]
Rolling Stone can’t even apologize right.
Time to start accusing the media of “rollingstoning” every time they pull something like this.
Rolling Stone has been a watchword for horrible, biased reporting as long as I can remember.
I think the big difference now is that it was an own-goal failure that couldn’t be ignored because it got plenty of traction.
(And the previous examples were more examples of cherry-picking the sources to present the Proper Narrative; like all of their Iraq/Afghanistan reporting.)
Did anyone apologize to the fraternity who had the Democrat mob inflicted on them? Maybe RS, the university’s President, and the Democrat activist groups should be scrubbing the walls of their house.
People could have been killed and it wouldn’t have been that surprising with Democrat activists recent much less historic record of using violence to intimidate people. How many people need to be murdered or raped at Democrat activist group’s protests or inspired by these events before they get called out on it?
There is no truth but the Hive’s Truth.
Personally, I like the term “Stone-rolling” better… Just a personal preference. The journalistic antonym of both reporting and stone-walling!
If we go with this term then I could rightfully say I hope in the future RS reporters can get out in front of their stories…. 😉
Yes, but it’s not quite as obvious what the reference is.
Use “Stoning”.
The context will mean you (probably) -can’t- mean literal throw-a-rock-at-them. Perhaps with a hyphen.
“Entertainment Weekly ‘Stoned Brad Torgerson.”
Well, I would not feel so all alone…
In these modern times, the love of narrative is fast becoming the root of all evil.