Right-wingers and CNN run with fake Darren Wilson "friend's" story...

[Archae]

I'm not surprised in the least...

Media Punked By Fake 'Josie' Account Of Michael Brown Shooting

Dana Loesch was all over the air last week defending caller 'Josie's' claim to be telling Darren Wilson's story. Either she was punked or she was part of the punking.

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/08/media-punked-fake-josie-account-michael

[Takket]

1. not surprised. thaqt sounds like BS right from the start

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. The biggest tell was the consistent use of the term "bumrush"

Which is a very specific term that's unlikely to be used multiple times by different witnesses for the same action.

As soon as I saw two uses of "bumrush" (hey, my friends and I used to say this a lot in the late 80's), I knew it was a fraud.

I'd expect that the guy (yes, it was a man) who constructed "Josie's" account is a white male in his early 40's, maybe 41 or 42. That's what the diction indicates. It's astounding that any news organization ran this nonsense, much less CNN.

[4b5f940728b232b034e4]

7. Maybe they still use that word there?

It's not like we're talking about somewhere like Seattle or NYC.

[RagAss]

9. "Bumrush"...when I grew up in the 60's and 70's...

was a term used to describe a bartender forcibly removing a drunken patron from the bar and normally dumping them in the back alley behind the establishment.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. In the 80's it was used to describe any sudden aggressive attack, but usually by a group

To say one person "bumrushed" somebody isn't quite right.

For context, it should be noted that Public Enemy's first studio album (1987) was called "Yo! Bumrush the Show."

[grasswire]

3. it was Ashleigh Banfield, I think...

....who first reported that on CNN.

And then the whole lens of CNN reporting changed; they tried to present "both sides", using Josie's story as one legitimate side.

[Electric Monk]

4. 45 recs and counting

here http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025434489

[Fred Sanders]

5. Jeff Zucker has turned CNN into a laughing stock and Banfield is no more than a script reader.

Understand that the purpose of CNN is to be the hypodermic syringe, to inject right wing manufactured virus into the mainstream jugular.

Dr. Zucker, injection specialist.

[wandy]

6. To be honest, I don't think corporate media 'fell' for the fake..............

That story was all over the place last Sunday with the same friend(s) or same high level source(s) using just about the exact wording.
What ever a 'Dana show' is they had to be looking at the same 'master copy' that 'Josie' was reading.
As the day went on the friend(s) continued to spread the word.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025400792

Good example of how the right wing propaganda machine works.

[Cha]

8. cnn is synonymous with FAKE Everything.. once in a rare while

they have actual news.