It’s in the sticky above. 4ch trolled an ABC reporter into believing it, pretended to be Jared Jerb and claimed they helped him buy the weapon etc, the AP picked the story up.
That’s investigative journalism in current year, a random person can say anything to a reporter and as long as it fits their narrative they run with it. At the very least a news organization could’ve verified the information with local law enforcement but they just needed their narrative to be spread before a retraction is made that most people will never hear about.
Jared Jerb is a joke to the white nationalist movement so 4ch also loves trolling him.
What's sad is that the damage is done. Anti-Trumpers will latch on to the original story and will just gloss over the retraction (if they even issue one) or read a comment from some other shitlib who finds a way to pretend like the shooter was still ultimately a white supremacist via mental gymnastics so that they can continue to believe the shooting confirmed their worldview.
The milita or the ADL? Seems like grounds for a defamation lawsuit from the milita if it was the ADL.
The militia from what I’ve seen is composed of like 8 autists and Jared Jerb wears militia gear and rides his bike or stands on street corners with a ROF(Republic of Florida) flag.
From one of the 4ch threads I also believe they provided the ADL with fake contact info and the ADL contacted the fake Jared through discord.
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[–] Dancing_Queen 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
It’s in the sticky above. 4ch trolled an ABC reporter into believing it, pretended to be Jared Jerb and claimed they helped him buy the weapon etc, the AP picked the story up.
That’s investigative journalism in current year, a random person can say anything to a reporter and as long as it fits their narrative they run with it. At the very least a news organization could’ve verified the information with local law enforcement but they just needed their narrative to be spread before a retraction is made that most people will never hear about.
Jared Jerb is a joke to the white nationalist movement so 4ch also loves trolling him.
[–] blahblahgafsucks ago
What's sad is that the damage is done. Anti-Trumpers will latch on to the original story and will just gloss over the retraction (if they even issue one) or read a comment from some other shitlib who finds a way to pretend like the shooter was still ultimately a white supremacist via mental gymnastics so that they can continue to believe the shooting confirmed their worldview.
[–] Dancing_Queen 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The militia from what I’ve seen is composed of like 8 autists and Jared Jerb wears militia gear and rides his bike or stands on street corners with a ROF(Republic of Florida) flag.
From one of the 4ch threads I also believe they provided the ADL with fake contact info and the ADL contacted the fake Jared through discord.
[–] General_Butt_Naked 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
If /pol/ is to be believed, (((TRS))) fags are responsible.
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[–] SpaceC0w ago (edited ago)
The leader of the militia himself claimed the shooter was part of his group.