http://www.journalism.org/2016/07/07/the-modern-news-consumer/
"The Modern News Consumer
News attitudes and practices in the digital era" from Pew Research Center

I fell for the shit about him being a member of Republic of Florida, too.

I'm going to have to readjust my litmus test.

Yeah, and I didn't tell you/challenge it because I had mostly forgotten about it entirely, and I wasn't 100% sure as to it's authenticity either way because I just couldn't be arsed to look into it. lol

Normally shit that fake only gets by one or two news outlets.

Eh, if there is one thing I've learned about the media, they absolutely love to blame the alt right for seemingly everything.

If they're not blaming Trump.

..or the Russians..

These things not being mutually exclusive, now that I think about it. lol

@RyeNorth I told you he wasn't but you ignored me.

No, I didn't.

When you challenged it, I double-checked and confirmed that you were correct

Although I did say that a 4chan snip is a bit dubious as evidence

THEY DIDN'T LISTEN

Rye the 4chan snip I shared with you was people on 4chan planning to troll the press by saying he was a member.

Sigh

i tend to just never get emotional about news until after its been through the news cycle. low expectations yet still high disapointment is better than high expections and being disapointed in yourself including the rest of the world.

Trust the event
Reject the motive and affiliation until you can verify with evidence enough to draw your own conclusion

you know what helps with not falling for hoaxes? not giving a shit about what the media says they heard from random people. you'r better off asking your dog than trusting the media when it comes to coverage of things like this.

2 news headlines going right now
>trump silent on shooting victoms
>trump speaks with shooting survivers

its nice that media gives us multiple choices with our reality now

well... technically could talk with them while not talking to the press about them... which would be a good thing.

It takes about a week for the media to get their facts straight

anything you hear in that time is subject to change or redaction

you mean it's made up bull to fill time and chase those outrage ratings?

Breaking news affects more of the population than corrected news, even for horrible shit

Is David Hogg a real student from parkland or is he an actor?

I dunno; you wanna call up some highschools?

it's not too hard to confirm

do not say you're with the media, represent yourself as a job hire and ask to talk to HR immediately

There have been 2 distinct things

2 places

he's either a student at MSD or http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/161280414 there

Of course the media will probably use this tactic

just claim you're with a contractor for the DNC

It's pretty late to the game so no matter how you frame it you're going to be suspicious

LBA is not a sores to be trusted since it's if I remember correctly, a troll account

there were a shitload of ${city_x}_antifa accounts spawned in the wake of SO MUCH DRAMA summer

the majority of which just larp disinfo

I would suspect he was actually a student that just decided to push le narrative

I've got some concerns with one of the other noted Parkland activists.