Hugh Hewitt confronts Buzzfeed editor on misleading headline about ‘dead cops chant’

by SooperMexican

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:

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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”:


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