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The Covington Catholic high school study: "fake report"

The mainstream media is a fickle beast, especially in the 24-hour news era. Take the Covington Catholic high school controversy, where students from the Kentucky school, donned in MAGA gear, appeared to harass and mock a Native American veteran following a March to Life rally. The media reported it as such. Then video was released of a small group of black Hebrew Israelites throwing insults at both the students and Native Americans, which was believed to have started the series of events. So most in the media changed their narratives from "These kids are to blame" to "These black Hebrew Israelites are to blame." Some went the Swiss hippie route and decided to say, "Hey, man, all sides took a part in this, so like yeah..." The student at the front and center of the controversy, Nick Sandmann, hired legal representation to write him a refutation to the media's initial narrative, contending they and the before-mentioned Native American, Nathan Phillips, w...

"The Daily Show" gives the Covington Catholic confrontation the Charlottesville treatment

I'm extremely disappointed in The Daily Show  for a segment they ran last night on the Buzzfeed /Mueller and Covington Catholic confrontation stories. Trevor Noah started the segment mentioning Donald Trump's oft-repeated line of the mainstream media only reporting "fake news" about him. He segued from that to a couple of stories he felt constituted as "fake-ish" news. As most even semi-active political listeners know by now, Buzzfeed recently reported that Donald Trump told Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. In a very rare move, a spokesperson for the special counsel, Bob Mueller, responded by saying the report wasn't entirely accurate. Speculation then ensued on what about the report wasn't accurate, if it was a minute detail or something much larger. Buzzfeed has since defended its reporting, claiming it's 100% accurate and time will showcase that. I've strayed away from writing about this story because I want to know all the facts befo...