RedState Issues Insane Correction to Article Implying David Hogg Wasn't At School During Shooting
On Monday evening, conservative site RedState ran an article that initially implied Marjory Stoneman Douglas student David Hogg — who in recent weeks has become an outspoken advocate for gun control — wasn’t actually at school the day of the tragic Parkland shooting. Within hours, the site ended up issuing two major updates to the story and striking through the original text of the article.
As originally published with the headline ‘New Video Casts Doubt on Whether David Hogg Was at School on the Day of the Shooting,’ writer Sarah Rumpf compared an interview Hogg gave to TIME Magazine to a recent CBS documentary that included an interview with Hogg. Hogg told TIME about his experience in school the day of the shooting, which included him hiding in a school closet while the massacre occurred.
Rumpf then highlighted that in the recent CBS documentary, Hogg said that on the day of the shooting, he got on his bike and rode as fast as he could to get from his house to the school, which he said was three miles. He did that so he could interview as many people as possible with his camera.
Rumpf wrote the following for the second update:
UPDATE #2: This Vox article indicates that Hogg went back to the campus area at 6 pm and did not actually enter campus, but had his camera and interviewed people across the street from campus. Here’s his quote:At 6 pm after the shooting, I took my camera, got on my bike. I rode in basically twilight. And I ride my bike three miles down winding sidewalks and find my way to the school, as I’ve done in previous years. All the while, I was making sure my camera bag didn’t rip open, because if you zip it a certain way, the camera falls out, and it would be destroyed.After reviewing all of this, it appears that the problem was that CBS included a very confusing quote without context. Hogg was on campus during the shooting and returned several hours later to interview people across the street. The original story remains below, in strikethrough. I am sorry for the error and have updated the post accordingly.
https://www.mediaite.com/online/redstate-issues-insane-correction-to-article-implying-david-hogg-wasnt-at-school-during-shooting/
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The right wing just can't stop trying to smear these brave MSD kids. This particlar smear fell apart quickly, but not before my right wing in-laws posted breathlesly on facebook about how CBS "admitted" the "face of the Never Again movement" is a "fraud who was not even at school during the shooting."
Thought I'd post this here in case you have similar relatives...
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that must be so frustrating.. the only fox truther and that kind of brainwashing I know of is.. my former husband.
My son told me.. he lives in La Jolla, California. I say to myself.. "well, that would have never worked out anyway!
I'm gathering that would be Hawaii? I suppose that qualifies ...
For myself, I quite like La Jolla. And Hawaii 
Admittedly, I've never lived in either place, but ... they're both very cool to visit.
La Jolla was really Nice in the '70s, and I haven't been back.
But, SunSeeker is right.. Kaua'i is a much better place for me.
YMMD
Have a wonderful time and mucho Aloha.
How long do you get to stay?
La Jolla was really nice in the '70s when I lived there.
La Jolla's beaches are still beautiful, but the town has lost its soul. It's now Beverly Hills By The Sea...like so many beach towns in Southern California.
I'm staying on Kauai for about a week, going to do a lot of hiking around Na Pali and Waimea Canyon.
my sister and her family hit last August. Only they went into Na Pali by boat.
You'll have a blast, SunSeeker!
