Racism (and stupidity) in Odessa?

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55 minutes ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

From Fox News:

"A young restaurant server in Texas says . . . ."

"According to . . . Cavil . . . ."

From WaPo:

"The customers apparently . . . ."

"Cavil . . . said . . . ."

If reading comprehension isn't your thing, that's okay I guess.  But both articles only report what was alleged by the server and are clear that they are the server's statements/allegations.  They do not report the story as having been confirmed.  Your inability to understand that nuance is on you and does not make them fake news.  

By your standard, any time a news outlet reports any allegations that ultimately end up to be untrue or unconfirmed qualify as fake news.  That is just plain stupid.  

Maybe they should report that most of these type reports have turned out to be a hoax when reporting any new ones.  

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20 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Uh, you're the stupid one if you think that's how the news is supposed to work.  A story needs to be vetted before being reported as true. The Odessa station reported it but the news outlets were in such a fucking rush to get this out that they didn't research it and reported it as fact.

If some mom alleged you diddled her kid, you think the news "just reporting what the kid alleged" is excusable?  Great, fucking good luck then, mister.

They fucked up, period.  Although in one small sentence in the story the word "alleged: was used, the narrative proceeds clearly as if it happened, and no indication offered that this was left to be determined.  It was a fait accompli.  That's not how "journalism" works, but your error in part is understandable, for today very, very few media outlets practice "journalism."

Nevertheless, your take on this is completely lameass, but at least you have a good run of fiction going.  You obviously demonstrate little capacity to determine relative stupidity.

It's fake news.  But defend it anyway.  LOL!tiv

To be fair, we have another thread based on allegations thrown out on twitter where the accused is automatically tried as guilty of racism because "C'mon, (insert scenario) wouldn't have happened if the victim was white". Perceived racism/victim mentality is embedded in our culture.

Minority waiter, white customers, Odessa, TX, claimed terrorism...was there any question what the conclusion would be? At least this one, which would have 100% been driven by racism if true, could be proven to be false. Usually the onus is on the person receiving the false accusation. 

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Here is a clip from a situation of not being "ethnic enough" to hold a crown: