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Chakab

(1,727 posts)
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 02:03 AM Dec 2013

Woman Charged With Lying About Being a "Knockout Game" Victim

http://kplr11.com/2013/12/06/woman-charged-with-lying-about-being-knockout-game-victim/

Turns out that her boyfriend punched her in the face after they had an argument, so they decided to use her injuries to foment racial tension in St. Louis.

In other "Knockout Game" non-news:

http://fox2now.com/2013/11/26/story-on-elderly-st-louis-woman-killing-knockout-game-suspect-is-hoax/


I'm not denying that there were some assaults of this nature, but it was not and is not a national epidemic.

There were more documented fights between belligerent Walmart shoppers who tried to kill each other for cheap Chinese-made electronics on black Friday than there are real "Knockout Game" victims.

I haven't seen so-called Liberals get rolled this hard by lazy, sensationalistic media reporting since ACORN and Shirley Sherrod.
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Woman Charged With Lying About Being a "Knockout Game" Victim (Original Post) Chakab Dec 2013 OP
There was one in Milwaukee. Archae Dec 2013 #1
If actually you read the text of my post, you'll see that I didn't claim that ALL of the incidents Chakab Dec 2013 #2
I agree. Archae Dec 2013 #6
"so-called liberals"? BainsBane Dec 2013 #3
This person made a slip up and called us "so-called liberals" Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #7
I didn't make any slip up. I called people who are eager to believe hysterical nonsense that Chakab Dec 2013 #8
Kick JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #4
Is she related to the Backwards B girl? ck4829 Dec 2013 #5
 

Chakab

(1,727 posts)
2. If actually you read the text of my post, you'll see that I didn't claim that ALL of the incidents
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 02:48 AM
Dec 2013

were fictitious. My point was that there is no national "knockout game" epidemic that warranted the level of coverage that this topic has received in the media for the past several weeks.

Archae

(46,319 posts)
6. I agree.
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:14 PM
Dec 2013

This "game" is very spotty and anecdotal.

The "epidemic" reporting began in WND, with a writer they have who is notorious for race-baiting.
The writer constantly rails against "black mobs" even if they consist of whites and even dogs!

 

Chakab

(1,727 posts)
8. I didn't make any slip up. I called people who are eager to believe hysterical nonsense that
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 04:27 PM
Dec 2013

the media starts huffing and puffing about without critically examining what's being reported "so-called liberals."

The best example of this was when the Democratic establishment panicked because the media decided to play James O'Keefe's heavily edited and b-rolled tapes on a constant loop and voted almost unanimously to cut ACORN's funding without taking time to figure out whether the story was true or not.

JustAnotherGen

(31,813 posts)
4. Kick
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 08:01 AM
Dec 2013

If we can still bring up the Duke University false accusation - then we can bring up this - right now.

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