Media Reported ‘Non-Existent Racist Hate Crime’ in Mississippi Election
By Randy Hall | November 30, 2018 4:43 PM EST
Now that the dust has settled after the special election in Mississippi on Tuesday, when Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith won the U.S. Senate seat vacated by ailing incumbent Thad Cochran, the press is being accused of mishandling coverage of an incident that took place the day before the vote.
The problem began when a local NBC affiliate reported that several nooses and hate signs were found at the Mississippi state capitol in Jackson about 7:15 a.m.
According to an article posted by Alex Griswold, a staff writer with the Washington Free Beacon website, the initial report on WLBT quickly led to officials and politicians of all stripes denouncing the incident, and the news “quickly spread throughout the national media.â€
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https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2018/11/30/media-reported-nonexistent-racist-hate-crime-mississippi-election
