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It's been a while since I reported on small town city government. But even at a young age I knew to doubt everything a city council member, police chief, or fire chief said.
(THREAD ON THE UNBELIEVABLE ALABAMA "COVID PARTY.")
(THREAD ON THE UNBELIEVABLE ALABAMA "COVID PARTY.")
Take a look at the flimsy @ABC report on the alleged party. Or the @CNN recycling of it. ZERO actual reporting. ZERO doubt. All second- and third-hand accounts. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-students-alabama-threw-covid-contest-parties-71577206
Let's play reporter. I would ask:
⢠When was this party?
⢠What was the address?
⢠How many people attended?
⢠How do you know they were UA students?
⢠Why were there UA students in Tuscaloosa in June?
⢠When was this party?
⢠What was the address?
⢠How many people attended?
⢠How do you know they were UA students?
⢠Why were there UA students in Tuscaloosa in June?
More questions:
⢠Was there a police report?
⢠How did you find out about this party?
⢠How many positive tests came from party goers?
⢠Did you see any Facebook events or paper fliers or anything indicating there was to be such a party?
⢠Who complained about it?
⢠Was there a police report?
⢠How did you find out about this party?
⢠How many positive tests came from party goers?
⢠Did you see any Facebook events or paper fliers or anything indicating there was to be such a party?
⢠Who complained about it?
Tuscaloosa is a small town. One day of leg work, even by phone and at a distance, could find something so egregious that people would gossip about it.
It's clear that no reporter did any of this work.
Do not believe local officials just because they are local officials. For that matter, do not believe the US secretary of state when he says Iraq has anthrax.
It's as if no one remembers the damage that can come from blindly trusting the word of local government officials about what young people do. https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-satanic-panic-in-the-1980s-1679476373
