MAGA HATS MEDIA BIAS

[Box Ox]

Sounds accurate to me.

It it were, it wouldn't have been retracted.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

It it were, it wouldn't have been retracted.

Riiiiighttt.

 

[BrownFlush]

With white lips?
Come on bro lol.
It's Kentucky.

I knew you would like his purty mouth.

 

[Box Ox]

Riiiiighttt.

Any other possible reasons for retraction?

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

I knew you would like his purty mouth.

I'm not into under age kids, that's Vantexan.

 

[El Correcto]

Here's the text of the original CNN article from the 19th that CBS 13 in Baltimore reposted and hasn't taken down. CNN was one of the more mildly-worded accusers on the left side of the spectrum on the 19th:

Teens In Make America Great Again Hats Taunted A Native American Elder At The Lincoln Memorial

"Teens In Make America Great Again Hats Taunted A Native American Elder At The Lincoln Memorial"

(CNN) — A crowd of teenagers surrounded a Native American elder and other activists and mocked them after Friday’s Indigenous Peoples March at the Lincoln Memorial.

Videos of the confrontation show a smiling young man in a red Make America Great Again hat standing directly in front of the man, who was playing a drum and chanting. Other kids could be seen laughing, jumping around and making fun of the chants.

UPDATE: A New Video Shows A Different Side Of The Encounter Between A Native American Elder And Teens In MAGA Hats

“I did not feel safe in that circle,” said Kaya Taitano, a student at the University of the District of Columbia who participated in the march and shot the videos.

She told CNN that the teens were chanting things like “Build the wall” and “Trump 2020.”

Taitano said the whole incident started when the teens and four young African-Americans, who’d been preaching about the Bible nearby, started yelling and calling each other names.

It got pretty intense, Taitano said, so Nathan Phillips, an elder with the Omaha tribe, started playing his drum and chanting what she was told was a healing prayer, to help defuse the situation.

Phillips walked through the crowd, and Taitano said things were starting to calm down until he got to the grinning boy seen in the video.

“This one kid just refused to move and he just got in Nathan’s face,” she said.

Other boys circled around, she said. “They just surrounded him and they were mocking him and mocking the chant. We really didn’t know what was going to happen there.”

Phillips is a Vietnam veteran who says he served between 1972 and 1976. He is a former director of the Native Youth Alliance and holds an annual ceremony honoring Native American veterans in Arlington National Cemetery.

“I was scared, I was worried for my young friends. I don’t want to cause harm to anyone,” Philips told CNN’s Sara Sidner. “I don’t like the word ‘hate.’ I don’t like even saying it, but it was hate unbridled. It was like a storm.”

The crowd kept growing as Phillips and the boy stood face to face, but Phillips kept on chanting and playing his drum.

“What the young man was doing was blocking my escape. I wanted to leave. I was thinking, ‘How do I get myself out of this? I want to get away from it,'” Phillips said.

Taitano said the standoff continued until a chaperone came and led the teens away for a photograph.

Some of the boys could be seen wearing hoodies and jackets with the name of Covington Catholic High School, an all-boys’ school in Northern Kentucky.

The school’s website said a group of students had planned to attend Friday’s March for Life rally in Washington.

The school is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, and in a statement given to CNN affiliate WLWT, spokeswoman Laura Keener said the diocese would investigate the incident and take appropriate action.

“We condemn the actions of the Covington Catholic High School students towards Nathan Phillips specifically, and Native Americans in general, Jan. 18, after the March for Life, in Washington, D.C. We extend our deepest apologies to Mr. Phillips. This behavior is opposed to the Church’s teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person.

“The matter is being investigated and we will take appropriate action, up to and including expulsion. We know this incident also has tainted the entire witness of the March for Life and express our most sincere apologies to all those who attended the March and all those who support the pro-life movement.”

CNN has reached out to the school and diocese for comment.

Taitano, who is from Guam, said she was raised to treat her elders with respect so it hurt to see them treat Phillips so badly.

Phillips also appeared upset in a video Taitano posted after the confrontation. He wiped away tears as he talked about the chants of “build that wall.”

“I wish I could see that energy of the young mass of young men to, you know, put that energy into, you know, making this country really, really great by helping those who are hungry, you know,” Philips said.

The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved."


The article was "Updated" yesterday with the following title:

"Teen in confrontation with Native American elder says he was trying to defuse the situation"

It takes on a much different tone. See:

Nick Sandmann, Kentucky teen in confrontation with Nathan Phillips, says he was trying to defuse the situation - CNN

Yup, I remember when they were reporting the kids were chanting build that wall at a native. Found that fishy. Not a single build that wall chant.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Any other possible reasons for retraction?

Placating their audience.

 

[Turdferguson]

You are liable for libel if you (Definition : a) published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation


Soooo, the major news is just opinion now? That is where I heard about it first.

Noooooo. You read about the story. Where in the story did the media call them racist? Everything I read said social media was labeling them racist and s.

 

[Turdferguson]

Yup, I remember when they were reporting the kids were chanting build that wall at a native. Found that fishy. Not a single build that wall chant.

That what the old guy that was in the middle said that is what he heard . Should they not report what someone who was there said in their story?
He could be lying or misheard , but that is a first person account of what he told the media

 

[Box Ox]

I'm not into under age kids, that's Vantexan.

Now imagine that weren't true. And it was eventually proven to be a falsehood. But before it was, for a day or two, the national media were filling the airwaves with stories suggesting that @vantexan (real name here) is a kid er. Which is not just an opinion. It's verifiably, factually untrue. Should he sue the national media?

 

[Turdferguson]

Here's the text of the original CNN article from the 19th that CBS 13 in Baltimore reposted and hasn't taken down. CNN was one of the more mildly-worded accusers on the left side of the spectrum on the 19th:

Teens In Make America Great Again Hats Taunted A Native American Elder At The Lincoln Memorial

"Teens In Make America Great Again Hats Taunted A Native American Elder At The Lincoln Memorial"

(CNN) — A crowd of teenagers surrounded a Native American elder and other activists and mocked them after Friday’s Indigenous Peoples March at the Lincoln Memorial.

Videos of the confrontation show a smiling young man in a red Make America Great Again hat standing directly in front of the man, who was playing a drum and chanting. Other kids could be seen laughing, jumping around and making fun of the chants.

UPDATE: A New Video Shows A Different Side Of The Encounter Between A Native American Elder And Teens In MAGA Hats

“I did not feel safe in that circle,” said Kaya Taitano, a student at the University of the District of Columbia who participated in the march and shot the videos.

She told CNN that the teens were chanting things like “Build the wall” and “Trump 2020.”

Taitano said the whole incident started when the teens and four young African-Americans, who’d been preaching about the Bible nearby, started yelling and calling each other names.

It got pretty intense, Taitano said, so Nathan Phillips, an elder with the Omaha tribe, started playing his drum and chanting what she was told was a healing prayer, to help defuse the situation.

Phillips walked through the crowd, and Taitano said things were starting to calm down until he got to the grinning boy seen in the video.

“This one kid just refused to move and he just got in Nathan’s face,” she said.

Other boys circled around, she said. “They just surrounded him and they were mocking him and mocking the chant. We really didn’t know what was going to happen there.”

Phillips is a Vietnam veteran who says he served between 1972 and 1976. He is a former director of the Native Youth Alliance and holds an annual ceremony honoring Native American veterans in Arlington National Cemetery.

“I was scared, I was worried for my young friends. I don’t want to cause harm to anyone,” Philips told CNN’s Sara Sidner. “I don’t like the word ‘hate.’ I don’t like even saying it, but it was hate unbridled. It was like a storm.”

The crowd kept growing as Phillips and the boy stood face to face, but Phillips kept on chanting and playing his drum.

“What the young man was doing was blocking my escape. I wanted to leave. I was thinking, ‘How do I get myself out of this? I want to get away from it,'” Phillips said.

Taitano said the standoff continued until a chaperone came and led the teens away for a photograph.

Some of the boys could be seen wearing hoodies and jackets with the name of Covington Catholic High School, an all-boys’ school in Northern Kentucky.

The school’s website said a group of students had planned to attend Friday’s March for Life rally in Washington.

The school is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, and in a statement given to CNN affiliate WLWT, spokeswoman Laura Keener said the diocese would investigate the incident and take appropriate action.

“We condemn the actions of the Covington Catholic High School students towards Nathan Phillips specifically, and Native Americans in general, Jan. 18, after the March for Life, in Washington, D.C. We extend our deepest apologies to Mr. Phillips. This behavior is opposed to the Church’s teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person.

“The matter is being investigated and we will take appropriate action, up to and including expulsion. We know this incident also has tainted the entire witness of the March for Life and express our most sincere apologies to all those who attended the March and all those who support the pro-life movement.”

CNN has reached out to the school and diocese for comment.

Taitano, who is from Guam, said she was raised to treat her elders with respect so it hurt to see them treat Phillips so badly.

Phillips also appeared upset in a video Taitano posted after the confrontation. He wiped away tears as he talked about the chants of “build that wall.”

“I wish I could see that energy of the young mass of young men to, you know, put that energy into, you know, making this country really, really great by helping those who are hungry, you know,” Philips said.

The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved."


The article was "Updated" yesterday with the following title:

"Teen in confrontation with Native American elder says he was trying to defuse the situation"

It takes on a much different tone. See:

Nick Sandmann, Kentucky teen in confrontation with Nathan Phillips, says he was trying to defuse the situation - CNN

Where is the defamatory comments at from the media?

 

[Box Ox]

Noooooo. You read about the story. Where in the story did the media call them racist? Everything I read said social media was labeling them racist and s.

The students were described in some media reports as “surrounding” Phillips, or “taunting” him, and became the subject of widespread condemnation from media figures and some Catholic leaders, who accused them of disrespect, racism, and antagonism. Some students were wearing hats depicting the 2016 campaign slogan of President Donald Trump, “Make America Great Again,” some commentators and social media figures suggested the hats could be evidence of racist motives on the part of the students.

 

[Turdferguson]

commentators and social media figures

Commentators give their opinions
Social media figures......really

 

[Box Ox]

Commentators give their opinions
Social media figures......really

Just because something comes from Rachel Maddow in prime time and not Katy Tur in the afternoon on MSNBC doesn't really change the effect it has on the accused.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Now imagine that weren't true. And it was eventually proven to be a falsehood. But before it was, for a day or two, the national media were filling the airwaves with stories suggesting that @vantexan (real name here) is a kid er. Which is not just an opinion. It's verifiably, factually untrue. Should he sue the national media?

Not comparable.
A comparable situation would be if his posts where he repeatedly defended child molesters were to go viral, and the media reported that people are calling him a child molester, should he sue the media.

I say go for it. Let these losers state their case. They'll lose, but sure, have at it.

 

[upschuck]

Noooooo. You read about the story. Where in the story did the media call them racist? Everything I read said social media was labeling them racist and s.

So, you know what I've read? Spooky

 

[Brownslave688]

That what the old guy that was in the middle said that is what he heard . Should they not report what someone who was there said in their story?
He could be lying or misheard , but that is a first person account of what he told the media

Part of reporting is fact checking.

Something that has been completely lost by journalists of today.

 

[Box Ox]

A comparable situation would be if his posts where he repeatedly defended child molesters were to go viral, and the media reported that people are calling him a child molester, should he sue the media.

What behavior on the part of the high school students are you saying is comparable to repeatedly defending child molesters?

I think what we both consider to be apt analogies might just come down to us seeing the same video and framing it differently based on our own personalities and life experiences.

 

[oldngray]

What behavior on the part of the high school students are you saying is comparable to repeatedly defending child molesters?

I think what we both consider to be apt analogies might just come down to us seeing the same video and framing it differently based on our own personalities and life experiences.

He sees a MAGA hat and gets triggered. Doesn't matter what the facts are.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

What behavior on the part of the high school students are you saying is comparable to repeatedly defending child molesters?

I think what we both consider to be apt analogies might just come down to us seeing the same video and framing it differently based on our own personalities and life experiences.

Read it again, I'm not saying the action is comparable, we are talking about the media reporting.

You keep saying the media was calling them bigots, that's not the case.