r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Head-Selection-1415 ☑️ • Sep 05 '24

Country Club Thread DEMAND JUSTICE FOR MASON

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u/Medium_Diver8733 Sep 05 '24 edited Sep 05 '24

Fucking pathetic. Why don’t people sue these news stations into oblivion when they get it wrong time after time? They always rush to be the first with info and constantly screw it up.

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u/SiliconMadness Sep 05 '24

I bet a lot of it is on purpose. They make their comments, put that confusion and hate out there only to generate some quick ad revenue and clicks (If they can denigrate whatever minority in the process, it's a bonus). After they got what they want, they'll claim they "misspoke" which is most often merely a polite for "lie."

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u/Medium_Diver8733 Sep 05 '24

It also leads to a ton of conspiracy theories. Several of the early mistakes with sandy hook led to the big lies people like Alex Jones ran with.

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u/eekamuse Sep 06 '24

Jones didn't need any "mistakes" to do what he did. He made up complete lies out of nothing. All he needed was a lust for money and game. And an evil heart