Earlier this week, Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson was tormented by a student yelling racial slurs at a match hosted by Brigham Young University. As Twitchy reported, Richardson’s father appeared on CNN, and think pieces appeared on “Good Morning America,” MSNBC, USA Today, and others. The story was debunked by Wednesday — it was a hoax. That hasn’t stopped the Boston Globe from writing a piece condemning this “latest racial incident” and saying it doesn’t help BYU’s reputation — why does this thing that didn’t happen keep happening?
Gary Washburn: Latest racial incident does not help Utah’s reputation or help the cause https://t.co/hIgkBwZaIx
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) September 1, 2022
There's no evidence it happened.
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 1, 2022
Didn’t happen. @GwashburnGlobe
— Man Nordau (@MaxNordau) September 1, 2022
It was a hoax. It never happened. But keep lying to your readers.
— The Virginia Project UAC (@TVPUAC) September 1, 2022
Gary takes so long to write a column that his hot take is already disproven by the time he finishes.
— Ghost Pournelle (@GhostPournelle) September 1, 2022
This "racial incident" has been thoroughly debunked. Shame on you for still reporting on it.
— Flippy (@sillyflippy) September 1, 2022
It didn’t happen. The demand for racism exceeds the supply.
— Josh (@bills4ever833) September 1, 2022
“It didn’t happen but Utah needs to do better.”
— Kaitain 🇺🇸 (@Kaitain_US) September 1, 2022
Maybe the city of Boston should sit this one the eff out…
— J.M. (@JMintheSW) September 1, 2022
Is Boston worried Utah's gonna steal their rep as the most racist place to play sports.
— FOB_Phi (@FobPhi1) September 1, 2022
Same vibes:https://t.co/oGDSjXryhl
— Daniel Plainview (@plainoilman) September 1, 2022
— Dunn Fumble (@artyoan) September 1, 2022
It didn't happen
— BB (@BBnwindiana) September 1, 2022
It's a hoax.
Your insistence on trumping up this fake incident is proof that there is precious little real racism to focus on.
— Ed Fitzcarraldo (@EdFitzcarraldo) September 1, 2022
😂😂😂
It was a hoax. Little late to the party there, guys.
— Terry Pendleton's Cup (@TerrysCup) September 1, 2022
How does a supposed journalist not know by now that the supposed racial incident didn’t happen, unless they just decided to stop following the story because they had a hot take ready to go.
Related:
Uh-oh, media firefighters! Looks like that story about BYU student pelting Duke volleyball player with racial slurs was a hoax after all https://t.co/igL9T68fW7
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 31, 2022
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