Because the political agenda behind the hoax is something they embrace. A University of Chicago student who claimed his Facebook page was hacked and filled with racist and violent messages against him and another student has now admitted he faked the attack. Intended to shame the school into making drastic changes around race and speech on campus, the hoax appears to have worked. The students behind the ruse, the hoodwinked
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December 2, 2014
Racist incident revealed to be a hoax; University of Chicago shrugs [Darleen Click]
August 22, 2013
“The Great Oberlin College Racism Hoax of 2013” [Darleen Click]
William Jacobson has details. A massive racism hoax took place at Oberlin College in February 2013 in which two students made seemingly racist, anti-Semitic and other such posters, graffiti and emails for the purpose of getting a reaction on campus, not because they believed the hostile messages. At least one of the two was an Obama supporter with strong progressive, anti-racist politics. School officials and local police knew the identity
March 31, 2012
NBC “Waiting to Explode” – Trayvon Martin edition [Darleen Click]
It was 1992 when Dateline NBC aired its “investigation” of General Motors pickup trucks. It was asserted that poor design of the fuel tank resulted in explosions when the trucks where impacted in accidents. Indeed, Dateline NBC aired dramatic footage of a pickup exploding into a fireball when t-boned. NBC had rigged the whole thing, including remotely igniting the fuel tank. It appears that NBC is again, manufacturing “evidence” in