Chapter 8 – Widespread Media Deception
You may remember the Covington kids controversy.
The media branded them as racist. After watching the full video of the entire event this is what one of the viewers said: 'I never heard this version of the story. The amount of framing the media had on this story excluded SO much information. Some background info that the news outlets were saying made it seem difficult to even try to defend the students for me. So much was omitted from the public eye. Im glad i saw this, good job guys'
Before watching the video it is interesting to know that CNN was sued by Nick Sandman, the kid in the video, for $250,000,000. CNN settled the lawsuit and has paid out millions without making an on air statement about it or any apology. They just put a matter of fact article on their website. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/media/cnn-settles-lawsuit-viral-video/index.html