{"id":1637924,"date":"2022-09-09T15:54:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T19:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1637924"},"modified":"2022-09-09T15:55:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T19:55:17","slug":"racial-hoaxes-remain-too-good-to-fact-check-for-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/racial-hoaxes-remain-too-good-to-fact-check-for-the-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial Hoaxes Remain Too Good To Fact-Check For The Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fracial-hoaxes-remain-too-good-to-fact-check-for-the-left%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1637924&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/duke-volleyball-players-racial-abuse-claim-persists-despite-police-finding-no-evidence-it-happened\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stories<\/a> are just too good to fact-check for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/legacy-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legacy media<\/a> and their \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-soul-of-joe-bidens-america-is-dark-as-hell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mainstream Republican<\/a>\u201d counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Chief among such news items are ones that stoke racial animosity. If it\u2019s an opportunity to knock down a group of Christians,\u00a0 then that\u2019s even better for the usual suspects, who jump at the chance to shriek about alleged bigotry running rampant.<\/p>\n<p>The latest example of this malfeasance comes out of Utah. Recently, as has been widely reported, Duke University volleyball star Rachel Richardson claimed that several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/byu-rooting-out-racism-task-force-calls-for-race-conscious-religious-curriculum-admissions-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brigham Young University<\/a> (BYU) fans subjected her to racial heckling during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/duke-volleyball-players-racial-abuse-claim-persists-despite-police-finding-no-evidence-it-happened\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duke vs. BYU<\/a> women\u2019s volleyball match on August 26. There was no video evidence, despite it allegedly occurring in the middle of the day in a packed gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>What happened next was entirely predictable. Those who should know better condemned the incident wholeheartedly. Members of the media claimed it was more evidence of America\u2019s racial struggle. Republicans intent on appeasing the Left rather than fighting for truth issued heartfelt tweets.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Utah\u2019s Governor Spencer Cox <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220827225411\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/spencerjcox\/status\/1563659993764638721\">tweeted<\/a> in a since-deleted post, \u201cJust catching up on this terrible story. I\u2019m disgusted that this behavior is happening and deeply saddened if others didn\u2019t step up to stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a society we have to do more to create an atmosphere where racist a**holes like this never feel comfortable attacking others,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Cox has also defended actual racism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/politics\/2021\/04\/19\/rundown-tucker-carlson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against<\/a> white kids in the past, so perhaps his response isn\u2019t surprising.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, almost nobody in authority waited for the facts, not even BYU. The school almost immediately banned some poor fan who was accused of uttering the profanities in question.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, BYU completed its lengthy investigation into the incident. It looked at all available audio and video evidence, interviewed more than 50 people at the court that day, and made a conclusion. BYU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/byu-finishes-investigation-says-no-racial-slurs-were-hurled-at-duke-volleyball-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a>, \u201cwe have not found any evidence to corroborate the allegation that fans engaged in racial heckling or uttered racial slurs at the event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the aforementioned ban on the spectator has been lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Folks who decry racism should be glad that it looks more likely than not that the heckling never occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Duke responded to the announcement by sticking with Richardson and its volleyball team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 18 members of the Duke University volleyball team are exceptionally strong women who represent themselves, their families, and Duke University with the utmost integrity,\u201d Duke\u2019s Vice President &#038; Director of Athletics Nina King said in a statement. \u201cWe unequivocally stand with and champion them, especially when their character is called into question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noted Duke alumnus Jay Bilas even stated his continued support for Richardson. Bilas tweeted, \u201cWe stand with and up for Rachel Richardson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We stand with and up for Rachel Richardson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/swnFWYe8zW\">https:\/\/t.co\/swnFWYe8zW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayBilas\/status\/1568262392689172482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If anybody should know college controversies regarding race aren\u2019t always what they seem, Bilas should.<\/p>\n<p>The former college basketball star was featured prominently in ESPN\u2019s \u201cFantastic Lies\u201d about Duke\u2019s last racial imbroglio \u2014 the Duke lacrosse scandal. In 2006, members of the Duke lacrosse were infamously accused of raping a black stripper. It was all a lie.<\/p>\n<p>Bilas was disgusted by the university\u2019s response, most notably from then-President Richard Brodhead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the beginning, President Brodhead abdicated his responsibility as Duke\u2019s leader to stand up for fairness and truth,\u201d<br \/>Bilas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/story\/_\/id\/14949958\/one-duke-high-profile-alumni-pens-letter-calling-leadership-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a letter to Duke Magazine that was never published by the outlet. \u201cInstead, President Brodhead chose the path of political expediency. He failed to effectively counter factually inaccurate and inappropriate statements about Duke and its students, failed to forcefully speak out against procedural irregularities and failed to take appropriate action in response to repeated attacks upon the due process rights of Duke\u2019s students. That is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Bilas doesn\u2019t appear to have taken the lessons he learned in 2006 and applied them in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>BYU also chose political expediency and failed its students by rushing to implement penalties for something without evidence. Duke, in standing by their volleyball team despite the absence of evidence, still doesn\u2019t really seem interested in looking at the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Based on his reaction to the latest news, it would appear that Bilas\u2019 loyalty might be more aligned with Duke than to fairness or honesty.<\/p>\n<p>Bilas, of course, is just one person. Plenty of other Americans believe claims of racism without first waiting for the facts, only to have the truth come out long after it\u2019s buried in everybody\u2019s mind something nefarious happened.<\/p>\n<p>It happened with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/covington-catholic-high-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Covington Catholic kids<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/megyn-kelly-levels-jussie-smollett-in-post-sentencing-rant-i-dont-feel-sorry-for-him-at-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jussie Smollet<\/a>, NASCAR driver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/espn-slammed-after-claiming-noose-was-found-in-bubba-wallaces-garage-in-2020-race-hoaxing-clowns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba Wallace<\/a>, and even at the school where former second lady Karen Pence taught art. It was falsely <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/timothymeads\/2019\/09\/30\/fake-news-no-three-white-boys-did-not-pin-down-a-black-girl-and-cut-her-hair-la-n2553915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that three white boys pinned down a black girl and cut her hair.<\/p>\n<p>In a nation that the Left claims is full of racists \u2014 and with elected GOP officials apparently ready to support that notion \u2014 why do so many racial hoaxes happen and dominate national news? Why are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some stories are just too good to fact-check for legacy media and their \u201cmainstream Republican\u201d counterparts. Chief among such news items are ones that stoke racial animosity. If it\u2019s an opportunity to knock down a group of Christians,\u00a0 then that\u2019s even better for the usual suspects, who jump at the chance to shriek about alleged &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1637927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1637924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1637924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1637927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1637924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1637924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1637924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}