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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoman Charged With Lying About Being a "Knockout Game" Victim
http://kplr11.com/2013/12/06/woman-charged-with-lying-about-being-knockout-game-victim/Turns out that her boyfriend punched her in the face after they had an argument, so they decided to use her injuries to foment racial tension in St. Louis.
In other "Knockout Game" non-news:
http://fox2now.com/2013/11/26/story-on-elderly-st-louis-woman-killing-knockout-game-suspect-is-hoax/
I'm not denying that there were some assaults of this nature, but it was not and is not a national epidemic.
There were more documented fights between belligerent Walmart shoppers who tried to kill each other for cheap Chinese-made electronics on black Friday than there are real "Knockout Game" victims.
I haven't seen so-called Liberals get rolled this hard by lazy, sensationalistic media reporting since ACORN and Shirley Sherrod.
Archae
(46,379 posts)Guy knocked down and his nose broken.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)were fictitious. My point was that there is no national "knockout game" epidemic that warranted the level of coverage that this topic has received in the media for the past several weeks.
This "game" is very spotty and anecdotal.
The "epidemic" reporting began in WND, with a writer they have who is notorious for race-baiting.
The writer constantly rails against "black mobs" even if they consist of whites and even dogs!
BainsBane
(53,137 posts)How is this the fault of liberals?
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Chakab
(1,727 posts)the media starts huffing and puffing about without critically examining what's being reported "so-called liberals."
The best example of this was when the Democratic establishment panicked because the media decided to play James O'Keefe's heavily edited and b-rolled tapes on a constant loop and voted almost unanimously to cut ACORN's funding without taking time to figure out whether the story was true or not.
JustAnotherGen
(32,067 posts)If we can still bring up the Duke University false accusation - then we can bring up this - right now.