The Independent Falsely Stated Rittenhouse Shot 3 Black Men
The Independent falsely claimed on home page today that Kyle Rittenhouse shot three black men.
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The Independent falsely claimed that Kyle Rittenhouse shot three black men after he was acquitted of all charges Friday for shooting three white men in self-defense during the August 2020 Kenosha, Wisconsin, riots.
“Full story: Teenager who shot three black men with rifle found not guilty on all charges,” the Independent wrote in a bullet point on the main page of its website Friday. The error was quickly corrected, although the outlet did not publicly acknowledge or apologize for the mistake.
The Independent then altered the page to correct the error, although the article linked to in the bullet did not include a correction note from the editor to acknowledge the mistake. The article’s SEO description still incorrectly stated that the three men who were shot were black as of Friday afternoon, but has since been updated.
The police shooting of Jacob Blake sparked the 2020 Kenosha riots. The current version of the Independent article mentioned that Blake was black, but did not acknowledge that the men Rittenhouse shot were white.
Rittenhouse’s trial polarized Americans along political lines, with numerous politicians and celebrities calling his acquittal racist.
Journalist Glenn Greenwald said that the same error had occurred in numerous Brazilian newspapers as well as in a Dutch publication Friday.
I really doubt that it was a mistake. These leftist fake news outlets know exactly what they are doing. Their goal is to create racial tension in the USA because they see racial diversity as the USA's biggest weakness.