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Title: Oh, NOW Robin Roberts Thinks There Was ‘a Lot of Red Flags’ in Smollett Case?
Post by: rangerrebew on February 26, 2019, 01:56:57 pm

Oh, NOW Robin Roberts Thinks There Was ‘a Lot of Red Flags’ in Smollett Case?
By Scott Whitlock | February 25, 2019 1:00 PM EST

Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts, the woman who refused to say the word “alleged” when interviewing Jussie Smollett, has suddenly discovered that there were “a lot of red flags” in the hate crimes case, now widely dismissed as a hoax. Roberts got a do-over on Monday as she interviewed Chicago’s superintendent of police, Eddie Johnson.

At times, Roberts seemed tougher on Johnson than Smollett, demanding details and offering follow-ups. But first, the host tried to rewrite history and pretend she saw problems from the start: “Even though you were saying early on that there was no reason not to believe his story, there were a lot of red flags that a lot of people saw and you all had questions.”


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Title: Re: Oh, NOW Robin Roberts Thinks There Was ‘a Lot of Red Flags’ in Smollett Case?
Post by: verga on February 26, 2019, 03:25:51 pm

Because only a gay African American can interview another gay African American (Smollett, not Johnson)

Title: Re: Oh, NOW Robin Roberts Thinks There Was ‘a Lot of Red Flags’ in Smollett Case?
Post by: Wingnut on February 26, 2019, 03:28:15 pm

Quote from: rangerrebew on February 26, 2019, 01:56:57 pm

At times, Roberts seemed tougher on Johnson than Smollett, demanding details and offering follow-ups. But first, the host tried to rewrite history and pretend she saw problems from the start: “Even though you were saying early on that there was no reason not to believe his story, there were a lot of red flags that a lot of people saw and you all had questions.”

"Racial politics today have become a kind of religion in which whites grapple with the original sin of privilege, converts tar questioners of the orthodoxy as “problematic” blasphemers, and everyone looks forward to a judgment day when America “comes to terms” with race."
-Professor John McWhorter

Title: Re: Oh, NOW Robin Roberts Thinks There Was ‘a Lot of Red Flags’ in Smollett Case?
Post by: LMAO on February 26, 2019, 04:43:08 pm

If you watch that interview  with Jussie , it’s obvious that she’s buying it hook,  line, and sinker

If she harbored  any doubts she wouldn’t given him a platform

Title: Re: Oh, NOW Robin Roberts Thinks There Was ‘a Lot of Red Flags’ in Smollett Case?
Post by: TomSea on March 08, 2019, 10:18:08 pm

I posted the separate article, he has been indicted on 16 counts.

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/03/08/jussie-smollett-grand-jury-indictment/

Title: Re: Oh, NOW Robin Roberts Thinks There Was ‘a Lot of Red Flags’ in Smollett Case?
Post by: mountaineer on March 09, 2019, 02:35:39 pm

Quote from: LMAO on February 26, 2019, 04:43:08 pm

If you watch that interview  with Jussie , it’s obvious that she’s buying it hook,  line, and sinker

If she harbored  any doubts she wouldn’t given him a platform

Of course she believed it. Few in the media didn't jump on the "evil Trumpsters beat up innocent black gay man" bandwagon.

Title: Re: Oh, NOW Robin Roberts Thinks There Was ‘a Lot of Red Flags’ in Smollett Case?
Post by: verga on March 09, 2019, 07:04:10 pm

Quote from: mountaineer on March 09, 2019, 02:35:39 pm

Of course she believed it. Few in the media didn't jump on the "evil Trumpsters beat up innocent black gay man" bandwagon.

But they sure as he ck ignore the radical leftist beats up innocent Conservative promoting awareness of fake hate crimes at Berkeley story.

Title: Re: Oh, NOW Robin Roberts Thinks There Was ‘a Lot of Red Flags’ in Smollett Case?
Post by: truth_seeker on March 09, 2019, 07:30:33 pm

Quote from: verga on March 09, 2019, 07:04:10 pm

But they sure as he ck ignore the radical leftist beats up innocent Conservative promoting awareness of fake hate crimes at Berkeley story.

I just looked up the video on Youtube, and shared it on Facebook.

Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPMfRYJ5Ldc#)

Title: Re: Oh, NOW Robin Roberts Thinks There Was ‘a Lot of Red Flags’ in Smollett Case?
Post by: sneakypete on March 10, 2019, 12:22:54 am

Robin Roberts doesn't "think" anything. She was hired because she is a minority female,and a two-fer when it comes to AA.