You're right....where is the Tawana Brawley story? I was about to give ABC credit for finally mentioning hoaxes, but just about all these hoaxes listed by ABC involved white people.
Not excusing any of the white criminals involved, but many of the crimes were typical hoaxes you see on reality crime shows every day. In many of these crime shows, a murderer almost always lies to the police when initially questioned about their possible guilt.
The problem with the Smollett incident is that he is part of a huge trend by liberals to try and blame conservative Republicans for fake crimes.