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Title: The ‘fake news’ epidemic that doesn’t get denounced
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NY Post
URL Source: http://nypost.com/2016/12/22/the-fa ... mic-that-doesnt-get-denounced/
Published: Dec 23, 2016
Author: Post Editorial Board
Post Date: 2016-12-23 14:23:21 by cranky
Keywords: None
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Hopewell M.B. Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss. For all the noise over the wave of post-election hate crimes supposedly committed by Donald Trump supporters, it turns out the real epidemic is one of . . . blatant hoaxes. An African-American church was torched last month in Greenville, Miss., with “Vote Trump” spray-painted on the walls. The initial New York Times account had stressed the Trump angle, though Mississippi officials cast doubt on any “political” motive from the start. Now police have made an arrest — of an African-American parishioner of the church. Here in New York, of course, Yasmin Seweid was charged for falsely claiming she’d been beaten by men chanting, “Trump.” In each case, the media accepted the initial story hook, line and sinker — and stressed the Trump angle. Even without the Trump connection, the Times and other outlets ate up YouTuber Adam Saleh’s tale of being kicked off a flight just for speaking Arabic to his mom — which now stands exposed as yet another fake. Which brings us to the larger point: A week or two back, the Times and its ilk were all over the threat of “fake news,” which supposdely enabled Trump’s election. Funny how as the “fake news” furor fades, the false stories confirm liberal bias. 
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