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File with megyn kelly. new reaction now to a disastrous public relations move by starbucks intended to encourage conversations about race. that idea that created about a week of controversy before hitting the trash can with the latest batch of french roast grounds. ironically almost none of those people is reporting on starbucks none of those people focusing on another conversation, like how the mainstream media and some very public personalities helped push a lie about racially charged events in ferguson, missouri. now, some in the media after being publicly shamed are starting to come around. trace gallagher details the story tonight from los angeles. trace. megyn, the very same reason that much of the media got the duke lacrosse and trayvon martin cases wrong is also why they got the michael brown case wrong. a basic failure to tell both sides of the story. in fact, the hands up don t shoot mantra was born from the ....
Public personalities helped push a lie about racially charged events in ferguson, missouri. now, some in the media after being publicly shamed are starting to come around. trace gallagher details the story tonight from los angeles. trace. megyn, the very same reason that much of the media got the duke lacrosse and trayvon martin cases wrong is also why they got the michael brown case wrong. a basic failure to tell both sides of the story. in fact, the hands up don t shoot mantra was born from the eyewitness account of dorian johnson, the man who was with michael brown when they were confronted by officer darren wilson. watch. he put his hands in the air and he started to get down. but the officer still approach with his weapon drawn. and he fired several more shots. and my friend died. and even though that and every other statement johnson made was untrue it drove the anger in ferguson and the narrative across the country. ....
That has fueled violent protests for months. you are because you re out there doing this and this may be a lie. i got that. you made that point. you made that point. you are not bringing up. you re telling one side of the story. no i m not. listen, they ve heard that. all right sir. now it s my turn. what this report finds, megyn, is that there is a broad pattern of racist policing that gives all cops a bad name. so that justifies this, mark? what we saw? all these folks with their hands up don t shoot, which did not happen. joining me now host of media buzz howie kurtz. howie, good to see you. hi megyn. the story s completely fallen apart. completely. we were out there the night of the doj report telling the audience that it had completely fallen apart. and after we went on the air on march 12th and started to publicly shame the media for staying totally silent, near ....
What we saw? all these folks with their hands up don t shoot, which did not happen. joining me now host of media buzz howie kurtz. howie, good to see you. hi megyn. the story s completely fallen apart. completely. we were out there the night of the doj report telling the audience that it had completely fallen apart. and after we went on the air on march 12th and started to publicly shame the media for staying totally silent, near totally silent on this finally, finally two weeks later jonathan of the washington post did a mea culpa to his credit, 18 days later the washington post itself came out and did a mea culpa saying hands up don t shoot did not happen. where is everyone else? it s hard to admit a mistake especially when you have so much invested in that narrative. and it was a narrative that turned out to be false. yes, as mark hannah said there is a problem in this country and in ferguson, missouri with predominantly white police ....
Now you see this violence there and this shooting and it s important to point out these cops that are in the line two of them get shot. the police officers draw their weapons, but don t return fire. the amount of restraint, the amount of danger that they faced on those streets every night is pretty amazing. it is extraordinary truly extraordinary. you think back to the hands up don t shoot mantra that was heard and repeated all across this country and used as a vehicle to describe this story and the evidence that some say exists in these other police departments which never happened, bret. we haven t really heard anything on that from eric holder who was, you know, very much behind that line of the story it appeared. that s true. we haven t had a lot of deep questioning on this besides this justice department report. you had the press conference where eric holder spoke. ....