DougBH
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These are two versions of an alleged attempted murder by car that just took place. One version is shown on Yahoo News, from the AP that we get. The other version is from a foreign newspaper. I understand (thought it is firewalled) that the NYTs version reads about like the AP verson.
Why do we have to go to a foreign media to get the truth?
Version 1.
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) – A woman who authorities say drove a car into a crowd during a Southern California demonstration against police brutality, striking and injuring two people, has been arrested for investigation of attempted murder and assault…
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement late Saturday that 40-year-old Tatiana Turner of Long Beach was booked into jail.
Turner drove a car into a crowd at a demonstration against police brutality and systemic racism Saturday that drew protesters and counter-protesters to the city of Yorba Linda, the statement said. The event was organized by a group called Caravan for Justice and Turner was believed to be part of the group, authorities said.
Version 2.
Shocking moment BLM organizer plows her car into crowd of Trump supporters in California and injures two - before she is arrested and charged with attempted murder
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Two Trump supporters were injured on Saturday in Yorba Linda, California, when driver Tatiana Turner, 40, ploughed into the crowd
Turner, the founder of pro-BLM group Caravan4Justice in Yorba Linda, was arrested a short distance away after she fled the scene and charged with attempted murder
Car was caught on video accelerating into the crowd of Trump supporters, as an opposing Black Lives Matter demonstration was taking place nearby
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Scratch
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Both have the same facts…The Mail online is a tabloid, therefore more dramatic with their headline and writing. Just because you don’t like the style in which it was written, doesn’t mean the facts weren’t in the article.
DougBH
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No. When I first read the Yahoo article I got the impression that a line of BLM protestors were being hit by some right winger, probably a Trump supporter. There is nothing in the AP article to tell you that a BLM organizer was attempting to murder Trump supporters. Quite the opposite. Those facts are witheld.
I’m sure @Scratch will find some way to rationalize the missing information from the Yahoo piece.
Scratch
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Just because you got the wrong impression doesn’t mean the article was not truthful…Thats on you.
“The event was organized by a group called Caravan for Justice and Turner was believed to be part of the group, authorities said” … The article says it right there.
I think my main complaint was the phrasing that she drove her car into the crowd , but didn’t say which part of the crowd, the protesters or counter protesters.
DougBH
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And can you tell me where it indicates Turner ran into a group of Trump supporters? The sentence you quote doesn’t make that clear at all. Nor does it make clear whether the group she belonged to was organizing the protestors or counter protestors.
Scratch
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Well they said she was part of the group who organized the protest…What crowd do you think she’d drive into?
New York Headline:
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Memphis Headline:
“Damned Yankee Kills Beloved Family Pet”
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DougBH
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“Turner drove a car into a crowd at a demonstration against police brutality and systemic racism Saturday that drew protesters and counter-protesters to the city of Yorba Linda, the statement said. The event was organized by a group called Caravan for Justice and Turner was believed to be part of the group, authorities said.”
It isn’t even clear whether “Caravan for Justice” organized the original protest or counter protest. It could have been either.
Scratch
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And what makes the counter protesters automatically Trump supporters??
Samm
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Lies of omission. The Yahoo/AP version leaves the reader believing that it was BLM demonstrators who were injured. The second version spells out the exact opposite.
Scratch
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How do you know? Were they flying Trump flags there?
Samm
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Maybe the reporter asked them … You know, did their job.
Scratch
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Well lets see…If someone is part of a group that organized a protest, why would that person drive into their own group?
DougBH
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ABC News:
“It was after a dispersal order was given that a woman, identified as Tatiana Turner, drove through a group of protesters, many waving Trump flags, outside the Yorba Linda Public Library at about 3 p.m. local time. Two people, a man and a woman, were hit by the car, with both suffering “major injuries.” Both are expected to survive, officials said.”
A little more clear than the original version, I would say.
Scratch
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Did the driver know they were Trump supporters? If she didn’t, she was targeting counter protesters, not Trump supporters…