Covington Cathoic high schooler and Nathan Phillips
Paul Harvey's line is a bit of advice in this era of Fake News. AoSHQ's Weird Dave has Anatomy of a Narrative and Victory Girls' Marta Hernandez has Covington Outrage and the Enemies Within.
The two stories I linked address the issue. The initial media narrative of Nathan Phillips being a completely innocent victim of young Trump supporting hooligans turned out to be false. The actual facts show a far different situation. Your conclusions will likely be far different once you get into the nuance of what actually went on. The bottom line is never accept stories like this at face value in the media until you have looked into both sides of the issue. The left and media are lying to you.
So, by the way, are many so called conservatives. Perhaps National Review's Mr. Frankovich should have spent a little more time investigating the incident before pre-judging and reaching conclusions. Update: Lincoln Memorial Hoax: Rich Lowry responds and took down Frankovich's post. Mark Steyn responds to his former colleges at National Review. Ace also has a few choice words.
The Virginian: Hate Hoax
Twitchy: More Media Lies?
Townhall: A Rush To Judgment
Powerline: The AP sticks with Fake News
Lem's Place: Radical evil and on-line lynching
Andrew Sullivan: The Abyss of Hate Versus Hate
Reason: The media got this story completely wrong
Breitbart: Critics are pushing back on Covington-Phillips story
American Power: Covington Catholic Kids and Nathan Phillips Post
DaTechGuy: As Jesus said: Blessed are you Boys of Covington High
Legal Insurrection: Media narrative does not stand up to video scrutiny
Mark Steyn: The Respectable Right and the Revolutionary Left and The Drumbeat Of The Mob
AoSHQ: Responding to National Review's Nicholas Franovich, Morning Rant, Morning Report 01.21.19, and WaPo just can't let it go...
TOM: Lessons From an Online Lynching (Why #StandWithCovington Is Going Viral) and Haunted by Ghosts of ‘Fitzmas’ Past: Jason Leopold’s Trump/Cohen Debacle
Rush Limbaugh: The Truth about the MAGA hat Covington Kids and Nathan Phillips and Our biggest problem is 'graceful losers' who don't get what we are up against
Instapundit: SNL Soliciting Violence With Blowjobs?, Worst Deescalation Ever, Sue The Bastards, Don't Let Up, Anti-Christian Attacks, Frankovich's Apology, Try non violence with Antifa, Vulture Writer Fired for wishing death on Covington students, Verified Twitter Hate, Ass Covering Well Under Way, It is all about hating Trump, Tip for CNN, The Covington Phillips Story, and Roger Kimball: Radical evil and the on-line lynching of a kid from Kentucky
I saw the#CovingtonCatholic story before 6 a.m. and said NOTHING either way because...— 'Sources Say' is Greek for 'Fake News' (@NolteNC) January 20, 2019
1) The MSM always lies about this stuff
2) We did not have the full context
3) I'm an adult who likes to know the full truth before I comment on something
4) National Review is a garbage fire
I will be doing everything I can to help those kids who were slandered by the Media yesterday.— Ali Alexander (@ali) January 20, 2019
Our team has already spoken to a few who are terrified. Some of them are deleting social because they’re afraid they’ll be hunted and killed by Left-wing activists reading Fake News.
Cernovich’s analysis yet again is vindicated.— Mike Cernovich 🦍🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) January 20, 2019
I stood up against the mob.
What were your conservative leaders doing? https://t.co/R7Yygqrpb9
My friend @robbysoave is one of the best journalists I know... I, like many others may have reacted too quickly. Apologize for being part of a media pile on. Please read his piece. https://t.co/WhJ5auQ3TQ— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) January 20, 2019
https://t.co/x6CmKJvzd1 It is bad enough defending lies from the left, but when those on your own side attack you (without doing some basic investigation) it is really bad. National Review acted poorly. @NFrankovich should be man enough to correct himself. #CovingtonCatholic pic.twitter.com/USURzlpyIv— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) January 21, 2019
— LGFJ_11 (@Oz1818Sonja) January 21, 2019
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