The largest media outlets in Brazil this week had to retract their articles on the Rittenhouse case because they claimed it was a case of a white youth having shot and killed two black men. They got this from the US media, which deliberately cultivated this false narrative.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1461774066831011840
I'd be willing to bet that roughly 75% of the people sitting on social media spewing hatred and rage over the verdict did not bother to watch much or even any of the trial.
You can tell in what they're claiming that, like @NYCMayor, they have zero mastery of the most basic facts
You can tell in what they're claiming that, like @NYCMayor, they have zero mastery of the most basic facts
Just look at how many people were radically deceived about this case - and still are! - including people paid to follow and "report on" these matters for a living. 
Brazil's biggest newspaper, last week:
Another major Brazil news outlet last week. Where do you think they all get this from? How did news outlets around the world all make the same major mistake?
It's because they relied on the US media, which purposely spread this racially inflammatory lie for 18 months.
It's because they relied on the US media, which purposely spread this racially inflammatory lie for 18 months.
Anyone who gets their news from CNN, MSNBC, NYT, or online digital media outlets believed this for most of the last 18 months:
https://twitter.com/GuardantKeller/status/1461793370540494873
From the Dutch paper @telegraaf earlier today:
É verdade, como alguns afirmam, @JornalOGlobo hoje cedo (como Folha e UOL na semana passada) disse falsamente que as pessoas que Kyle Rittenhouse atirou eram negras? Muitas pessoas estão compartilhando o "screen shot," mas eu não vi o tweet original ou uma retratação.
Just confirmed that yet another major Brazilian news outlet -- @JornalOGlobo -- announced in its headline today that the person Rittenhouse killed was a black man.
What do you think explains that so many major media outlets around the world were deceived into believing this?
What do you think explains that so many major media outlets around the world were deceived into believing this?
Eu realmente quero saber quantos brasileiros me chamando de fascista, racista e nazista por minha crença de que os promotores não conseguiram provar a culpa de Rittenhouse assistir a qualquer parte do julgamento, saber de qualquer coisa além do que a Globo contou eles (via NYT).
Se você está gritando que alguém merece ficar na prisão pelas próximas 4 décadas, mesmo que não tenha se preocupado em assistir ao julgamento, não saiba nada sobre a lei e tenha todas as suas informações da CNN, então o autoritário é você, não eu.
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