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‘Are we seriously doing this again?’ New phony ‘White Power’ controversy ‘investigated’ by MSM | ‘Are we seriously doing this again?’ New phony ‘White Power’ controversy ‘investigated’ by MSM |
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CBS news has blown the lid off the hate crime of the century: a crew of firefighters making the upside-down “okay” hand gesture in a group photo. Yet again, a reputable media outlet fell for a well-worn 4chan prank. | CBS news has blown the lid off the hate crime of the century: a crew of firefighters making the upside-down “okay” hand gesture in a group photo. Yet again, a reputable media outlet fell for a well-worn 4chan prank. |
According to CBS affiliate WUSA-TV, a group of recruits with the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services posed for a team photo back in March 2019. The network sounded the alarm on Wednesday when it noticed several of them were making the thumb-and-index finger “okay” hand gesture - a gesture CBS pointed out is “a possible ‘white power’” symbol. | According to CBS affiliate WUSA-TV, a group of recruits with the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services posed for a team photo back in March 2019. The network sounded the alarm on Wednesday when it noticed several of them were making the thumb-and-index finger “okay” hand gesture - a gesture CBS pointed out is “a possible ‘white power’” symbol. |
Accroding to WUSA, the “gesture in the photo might be seen as ‘WP,’ for ‘white power,’ since extending three fingers is a possible ‘W’ and the ‘circle’ coming off an arm is a possible ‘P’ — ‘WP.’” Seemingly, the news site was unaware that the “WP” meaning was conjured up by 4chan trolls several years ago to see just how ridiculous a hoax they could make mainstream media outlets fall for. | Accroding to WUSA, the “gesture in the photo might be seen as ‘WP,’ for ‘white power,’ since extending three fingers is a possible ‘W’ and the ‘circle’ coming off an arm is a possible ‘P’ — ‘WP.’” Seemingly, the news site was unaware that the “WP” meaning was conjured up by 4chan trolls several years ago to see just how ridiculous a hoax they could make mainstream media outlets fall for. |
And it’s worked like a charm again, just like it did at last month’s Army-Navy football game. And the time before that. And the time before that. | And it’s worked like a charm again, just like it did at last month’s Army-Navy football game. And the time before that. And the time before that. |
“Do these hack journalists just trawl military, police and firefighter group photos on Facebook to find things to be offended by?”tweeted pundit Ian Miles Cheong. | “Do these hack journalists just trawl military, police and firefighter group photos on Facebook to find things to be offended by?”tweeted pundit Ian Miles Cheong. |
As more media outlets picked up the story, DC Fire and EMS released a statement saying that “The Department has immediately initiated an internal review of the photograph, which may include interviews with everyone pictured in the photograph.” | As more media outlets picked up the story, DC Fire and EMS released a statement saying that “The Department has immediately initiated an internal review of the photograph, which may include interviews with everyone pictured in the photograph.” |
These interviews will likely find that the smiling group of recruits, some of whom are black, are not a secret chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, or a white supremacist terrorist cell. A similar review by military brass found that the Army and Navy cadets accused of flashing white power gestures during the Army-Navy football game were “an innocent game and not linked to extremism.” | These interviews will likely find that the smiling group of recruits, some of whom are black, are not a secret chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, or a white supremacist terrorist cell. A similar review by military brass found that the Army and Navy cadets accused of flashing white power gestures during the Army-Navy football game were “an innocent game and not linked to extremism.” |
Of course, this would be obvious to anyone who has ever played the ‘circle game’ in a schoolyard, in which the player caught looking at the circle loses, and is punished with a punch in the arm. Yet in Donald Trump’s America — or so the media would have you believe — there’s a Klansman on every corner, and every prankster is a potential Hitler waiting to be caught. | Of course, this would be obvious to anyone who has ever played the ‘circle game’ in a schoolyard, in which the player caught looking at the circle loses, and is punished with a punch in the arm. Yet in Donald Trump’s America — or so the media would have you believe — there’s a Klansman on every corner, and every prankster is a potential Hitler waiting to be caught. |
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