WUSA scrubbed all videos of dreadlock hoax and denies Mikea Turner's family friends disclosure?

[Anonymous]

The US media has never been objective. Don't be ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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New poster here.

Why can’t it have been an honest mistake, and in that case, why punish the reporter unduly? This episode will be in her history anyway, so her future career prospects are tainted.

I wonder what led the girl to lie.

Not in today’s environment. She’ll be labeled a hero for ‘breaking’ the story even though it turned out not to be true.

She oh sooooo wanted it to be true, tho!

This

#pathetic

Editorial standards don't exist anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The US media has never been objective. Don't be ridiculous.

Compared to what I saw in my home country, it was.

I even respected the NYT, and subscribed to it, for a looooong time.

Now it's a sad tabloid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
New poster here.

Why can’t it have been an honest mistake, and in that case, why punish the reporter unduly? This episode will be in her history anyway, so her future career prospects are tainted.

I wonder what led the girl to lie.

Adding to my own post... is this because the boys actually did tease her, and from there it was a tempting and easy step to say they cut off a bit of her hair?
And then the reporter really wanted it to be true, and ran with the story, and the media picked it up because it's the kind of race-based oppression story that generates views?

Anyway. I don't agree with the very angry posters on this thread. Let this die down of its own accord, let's not punish unduly.

I'm just fascinated that no one is blaming the girl. There's lots of blame for the reporter. A bit of blame on the boys. Some more blame for the school. But when it comes to the girl, all we have is "I wonder why she did that?" As I said - fascinating.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
New poster here.

Why can’t it have been an honest mistake, and in that case, why punish the reporter unduly?

Because this forum is FILLED with woke white people who wanted desperately for this story to be true.

When it wasn't, they were enraged. But they couldn't bring themselves to direct that anger at the little monster who started it, so instead they direct their rage at a reporter. Because they NEED to hate someone. If it can't be three white boys, then the reporter will have to do.

Ummm, no. I thought the girl's story sounded fishy from day 1. I decided to reserve judgement until the authorities and the school had been given time to investigate her claims. Her accusations were proven false which did not exactly surprise me.

I feel bad for those boys and their families first and foremost. They did nothing to deserve this. I feel bad for the school. I feel sad for the girl who told a BIG lie and has had her face on the news across the entire nation - what a terrible feeling that must be.

If the grandparents and this reporter had just given the school and the police a couple of days to look into these accusations, the girl could have been disciplined privately. Instead, Mikea had to get the big scoop even though she knew darned well that there was a risk that this kid was lying. The story was VERY FISHY from day 1 and there is no doubt in my mind that Mikea knew that it sounded fishy. She just didn't think that it could be proven false. That is why she chose to run with it - not because she thought it was true but because she thought it could not be proven false.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why blame her? Do you think she was in on it? If not, she was as duped as the rest of us.

You're ridiculous.

It was her f#cking job to verify facts before misleading the whole country and defame some minors and that school.

This.

Did she talk to other sources? Did she verify the story? That is a journalist’s job.

Otherwise, she’s just writing opinion pieces and should make that clear.

IMO, this is a big problem in journalism right now.

-Not the OP

She DID verify the story. The girl TOLD HER this happened. That's called firsthand sourcing, for those of you who aren't journalists.

She got confirmation from the school that they are looking into it.

She got confirmation from the Fairfax Police Dept that they are indeed investigating.


At this point, she has done her due diligence as a reporter. She can now report that this girl tells her that this happened, and the school and police confirm they are investigating it.




That's the story. An allegation that _____ happened. Here's a soundbite of the victim interview to listen to yourself. Here's the soundbite of the school saying they're investigating it. Here's the police spokesperson saying they're investigating it. That's a story. That's how it works.

The fact that the "victim" lied about the whole thing is something that is impossible for anyone, including the girl's grandparents and the reporter, to know until a thorough investigation is done by police.

Are any of you journalists? Either by training or practicing? I'm guessing no. Because if you were, you'd understand how this can happen.

And for those of you who are not, are you parents? Because if you are I ask you this: what would be your default condition - your very first instinct - if your child came to you with a story about _____ happening to them? A situation where your kid was claiming to be attacked and victimized?

Would your first instinct be to assume your kid is lying about the whole thing?

Or would you believe your kid?





We just had a national argument this spring about whether victims are to be believed or not when they say that 35 years ago a Supreme Court nominee acted like a cad. There were choruses of people on this very site crowing about how women MUST be believed, no matter what. On the heels of the MeToo movement, where WOMEN MUST BE BELIEVED!!!!!

So now, with this case, with hindsight being perfect, now we have the same idiot DCUM people here screaming "the reporter SHOULDN'T have believed her..... until the investigation was over".


Utter nonsense. Sheer, unbridled hypocrisy.


I almost never underestimate the stupidity of the DCUM crowd when it comes to .... well, anything. If there's anything I've learned in the years of observing this forum, it's that the people here who think they're the smartest ones in the room are usually the biggest idiots. So I'm almost never surprised by how dumb people here can be. Almost..... never.


Today is one of those times where I DID overestimate DCUM.


Live and learn. You folks are even stupider than previously thought.

Hi Mikea.

More like Mikea's drunk lover

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
New poster here.

Why can’t it have been an honest mistake, and in that case, why punish the reporter unduly? This episode will be in her history anyway, so her future career prospects are tainted.

I wonder what led the girl to lie.

Adding to my own post... is this because the boys actually did tease her, and from there it was a tempting and easy step to say they cut off a bit of her hair?
And then the reporter really wanted it to be true, and ran with the story, and the media picked it up because it's the kind of race-based oppression story that generates views?

Anyway. I don't agree with the very angry posters on this thread. Let this die down of its own accord, let's not punish unduly.

I'm just fascinated that no one is blaming the girl. There's lots of blame for the reporter. A bit of blame on the boys. Some more blame for the school. But when it comes to the girl, all we have is "I wonder why she did that?" As I said - fascinating.

eh, there is no mystery why this kid did it. She did it because that is what the ADULTS in this story wanted to hear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Run TO the media.

The reporter didn't chase this girl down and beg for this story. The grandparents called the reporter.

Actually...

-- reporter has months long social media history pushing "natural hair" / discrimination political agenda
-- reporter asked for stories about natural hair / discrimination day(s) before interview
-- reporter showed up at the girl's home for a sit-down interview
-- reporter was first to loop in VP's wife to the hoax
-- reporter quoted major media tweets, boasting she first scooped the story
-- reporter invited the girl to the studio for follow-up milking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
New poster here.

Why can’t it have been an honest mistake, and in that case, why punish the reporter unduly? This episode will be in her history anyway, so her future career prospects are tainted.

I wonder what led the girl to lie.

Adding to my own post... is this because the boys actually did tease her, and from there it was a tempting and easy step to say they cut off a bit of her hair?
And then the reporter really wanted it to be true, and ran with the story, and the media picked it up because it's the kind of race-based oppression story that generates views?

Anyway. I don't agree with the very angry posters on this thread. Let this die down of its own accord, let's not punish unduly.

I'm just fascinated that no one is blaming the girl. There's lots of blame for the reporter. A bit of blame on the boys. Some more blame for the school. But when it comes to the girl, all we have is "I wonder why she did that?" As I said - fascinating.

eh, there is no mystery why this kid did it. She did it because that is what the ADULTS in this story wanted to hear.

+1

The girl did something very wrong. As a child.

The grandparents and many "reporters" did something horrible. As adults.

There's a difference.

[Anonymous]

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I'm just fascinated that no one is blaming the girl. There's lots of blame for the reporter. A bit of blame on the boys. Some more blame for the school. But when it comes to the girl, all we have is "I wonder why she did that?" As I said - fascinating.

I don't blame the little girl. I actually pray she's able to remain in the school and be forgiven and learns the world isn't as nasty as some of her family seem to believe. I blame the family around her for seemingly brainwashing her and the agenda-driven reporter (and WUSA producers and management) for taking advantage of her. This should have never been on TV, never been in a newspaper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
New poster here.

Why can’t it have been an honest mistake, and in that case, why punish the reporter unduly? This episode will be in her history anyway, so her future career prospects are tainted.

I wonder what led the girl to lie.

Adding to my own post... is this because the boys actually did tease her, and from there it was a tempting and easy step to say they cut off a bit of her hair?
And then the reporter really wanted it to be true, and ran with the story, and the media picked it up because it's the kind of race-based oppression story that generates views?

Anyway. I don't agree with the very angry posters on this thread. Let this die down of its own accord, let's not punish unduly.

I'm just fascinated that no one is blaming the girl. There's lots of blame for the reporter. A bit of blame on the boys. Some more blame for the school. But when it comes to the girl, all we have is "I wonder why she did that?" As I said - fascinating.

Because she's a child, and could very well have been bullied or teased before this incident. She could also have been persuaded to lie by relatives or the reporter. I am certainly withholding judgement on her, PP, and don't find that fascinating at all - just reality.

Why, did you have something in mind, such as race or gender bias?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
New poster here.

Why can’t it have been an honest mistake, and in that case, why punish the reporter unduly? This episode will be in her history anyway, so her future career prospects are tainted.

I wonder what led the girl to lie.

Adding to my own post... is this because the boys actually did tease her, and from there it was a tempting and easy step to say they cut off a bit of her hair?
And then the reporter really wanted it to be true, and ran with the story, and the media picked it up because it's the kind of race-based oppression story that generates views?

Anyway. I don't agree with the very angry posters on this thread. Let this die down of its own accord, let's not punish unduly.

I'm just fascinated that no one is blaming the girl. There's lots of blame for the reporter. A bit of blame on the boys. Some more blame for the school. But when it comes to the girl, all we have is "I wonder why she did that?" As I said - fascinating.

Because she's a child, and could very well have been bullied or teased before this incident. She could also have been persuaded to lie by relatives or the reporter. I am certainly withholding judgement on her, PP, and don't find that fascinating at all - just reality.

Why, did you have something in mind, such as race or gender bias?

Well, it is quite obvious that the media is treating this black girl WHO DID SOMETHING WRONG much more kindly than they did treat some white boys WHO HAD DONE NOTHING WRONG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I'm just fascinated that no one is blaming the girl. There's lots of blame for the reporter. A bit of blame on the boys. Some more blame for the school. But when it comes to the girl, all we have is "I wonder why she did that?" As I said - fascinating.

I don't blame the little girl. I actually pray she's able to remain in the school and be forgiven and learns the world isn't as nasty as some of her family seem to believe. I blame the family around her for seemingly brainwashing her and the agenda-driven reporter (and WUSA producers and management) for taking advantage of her. This should have never been on TV, never been in a newspaper.

She violated the code of conduct and should be terminated. Either way, that child needs a fresh start. As a parent, I'd remove my child from the school if my child was anywhere near that child as you cannot trust her or her family to make false accusations. She made a mistake, but it was a very serious one that cost a lot of money and resources to prove it wrong. She needs to understand, even if she was prompted by adults, the consequences of her actions. I suspect she was scare of her family. She cut her hair and made up a story so she wouldn't get in trouble. She didn't truly understand her actions. She's still very young and probably didn't realize the severity of it all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
New poster here.

Why can’t it have been an honest mistake, and in that case, why punish the reporter unduly? This episode will be in her history anyway, so her future career prospects are tainted.

I wonder what led the girl to lie.

Adding to my own post... is this because the boys actually did tease her, and from there it was a tempting and easy step to say they cut off a bit of her hair?
And then the reporter really wanted it to be true, and ran with the story, and the media picked it up because it's the kind of race-based oppression story that generates views?

Anyway. I don't agree with the very angry posters on this thread. Let this die down of its own accord, let's not punish unduly.

I'm just fascinated that no one is blaming the girl. There's lots of blame for the reporter. A bit of blame on the boys. Some more blame for the school. But when it comes to the girl, all we have is "I wonder why she did that?" As I said - fascinating.

Because she's a child, and could very well have been bullied or teased before this incident. She could also have been persuaded to lie by relatives or the reporter. I am certainly withholding judgement on her, PP, and don't find that fascinating at all - just reality.

Why, did you have something in mind, such as race or gender bias?

Well, it is quite obvious that the media is treating this black girl WHO DID SOMETHING WRONG much more kindly than they did treat some white boys WHO HAD DONE NOTHING WRONG.

She's a child. What are they supposed to do but drop and hide the story? I do believe that girl was teased. No question. Those dreads were not very clean or well kept and its very possible she was being teased because of it or her clothing. Its a very conservative school and she didn't fit the mold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
New poster here.

Why can’t it have been an honest mistake, and in that case, why punish the reporter unduly? This episode will be in her history anyway, so her future career prospects are tainted.

I wonder what led the girl to lie.

Adding to my own post... is this because the boys actually did tease her, and from there it was a tempting and easy step to say they cut off a bit of her hair?
And then the reporter really wanted it to be true, and ran with the story, and the media picked it up because it's the kind of race-based oppression story that generates views?

Anyway. I don't agree with the very angry posters on this thread. Let this die down of its own accord, let's not punish unduly.

I'm just fascinated that no one is blaming the girl. There's lots of blame for the reporter. A bit of blame on the boys. Some more blame for the school. But when it comes to the girl, all we have is "I wonder why she did that?" As I said - fascinating.

I think the girl told her parents a modified version of the story after she cut her own hair to get out of trouble. I think the parents ran with it as "activists" looking for their 5 minutes of fame. I don't think they gave the girl a chance to recant or pushed for the real story as it didn't meet their needs. The girl should be held accountable and expelled. The family should pay attorney fees for the other families as well as reimburse the state for the police/investigation involvement. But, I do feel bad for the girl as she doesn't seem as well cared for as she could be.