Hugh Hewitt is one of the better radio hosts when he confronts members of the news media on their bias, and he gave us all a New Year’s present when he confounded Ben Smith on a headline calling the “dead cops chant” a MYTH.
Listen below:
As Hewitt points out, it isn’t really a “myth” if there’s actual VIDEO of the event and there’s other examples of threats to cops on social media.
The headline has been changed and the article now bears this correction:
A headline on the front page of BuzzFeed described the chant of “dead cops” as a “myth.” In fact, marchers appearing to chant those words appear on a YouTube video embedded in this post.
But people on Twitter spread the message that it was a “myth”:
"Dead Cops" Chant A Myth http://t.co/Hro9yyAzIA
— Danielle Jones (@missjonze82) December 31, 2014
"Dead Cops" Chant A Myth http://t.co/pUgNY6WR9F
— Robin (@RobinCook) December 31, 2014