One of the first pages to share false information about the Southport Tragedy was this unregulated News Site called channel3 now. They wrote a story about the stabbings in southport and quickly posted it on Social Media. Some of the details were correct, but the name of the 17 year old charged was false and the article wrongly suggested that the alleged attacker was here seeking asylum. Nevertheless, it was widely quoted and shared, often by accounts posting disinformation and far right ideas. And because the Site Name sounded like a news station, People might have been less likely to question it. Now, because of what happened in the uk this week, i tracked down some of the People linked to channel3 now to find out who they are. James is an amateur Hockey Player from Nova Scotia in canada. And then theres farhan. Hes a dad who appears to be based in lahore in pakistan. When i reached out to farhan, he blocked me. But ive confirmed both of their identities by speaking to People who know
Was fuelled In part by mIs InformatIon, spread on SocIal MedIa about the alleged kIller. Our dIsInformatIon correspondent, marIanna sprIng, has tracked down some of the people behInd one of the fIrst posts publIshIng false InformatIon, and asked them why they dId It. All thIs week, weve been tellIng you a lot about how mIsInformatIon, false claIms on SocIal MedIa, have been accused of fuellIng rIots In the uk. Ive been InvestIgatIng where Its comIng from and why Its beIng shared. One of the fIrst pages to share false InformatIon about the Southport Tragedy was thIs unregulated News SIte called channel3 now. They wrote a story about the stabbIngs In southport and quIckly posted It on SocIal MedIa. Some of the detaIls were correct, but the name of the 17 year old charged was false and the artIcle wrongly suggested that the alleged attacker was here seekIng asylum. Nevertheless, It was wIdely quoted and shared, often by accounts postIng dIsInformatIon and far rIght Ideas. And because the
IncIdent. It also falls Into category one for harm, sInce People feared serIous vIolence not only on that day but on subsequent days and that day but on subsequent days and that StartIng PoInt for a category one a offence wIthout the aggravatIng factor of racIal aggravatIon Is a hIgh Level CommunIty Order wIth a range of up to 26 weeks ImprIsonment. GIven the context and the background of thIs IncIdent and others around the country, I would have placed thIs offence at the top of the range. I must now consIder the level of racIal or relIgIous aggravatIon Involved and apply an approprIate uplIft to the sentence In accordance wIth the guIdelInes. I am careful not to double count. I fInd that racIal or relIgIous aggravatIon was the predomInant motIvatIon for the offence and you were assocIated wIth a group whIch was promotIng hostIlIty based upon colour, race, relIgIon. In those cIrcumstances, I wIll Increase the StartIng PoInt that I consIder to be approprIate. As I have saId, your posItI
capitol and white house correspondent kevin corke. kevin good evening. good evening trace. there is a group of house republicans seeking to impeach alejandro mayorkas for his failure, they say, to stop essentially an invasion of illegal aliens into this country and the willful disregard for the rule of law along our southern border. representative andy vigg talked to him from the border state of arizona said he s going to file articles of impeachment against mayorkas saying the failure to even reasonably attempt the nonstop flow of illegal migration is not negligence and it s not by accident and wholeheartedly his colleagues agree. the secretary of homeland security said the border is closed. the border is secure in march of 2021. was that true then? no. is it true now? no. democrats argue now is not the time to cast blame for the problem but to work together to solve it in a bipartisan fashion. to which republicans say, hard cheese. all i m saying is last congr
brian kilmeade will be here tos talk politics. [laughter] so last night i came across an interview with former fbi profiler mary ellen o toole, and she backs up something that i ve been ranting about every times bad stuff like this happens. he told the daily mail that nashville and everyone else should brace for copycat events due to the inevitable contagionw effecthe caused by the media,s adding, quote: threats increase in schoolss of nationwide aftera shooting has occurred anywhere in thes u.s. sadly, evil seems to inspire more evil. it s the same reason they keepvi l.making more sex in the city movies. [laughter] but media helps.[l now, sheau knows this to be true because after the columbine shootings in 99, the fbi studied 18 previous school shootings and found that the copycat influence was real in all of them. turns out, mass shooters are as unoriginal as they are disgusting. and why? because info on these fiends becomes instantly available in minute detail, and what d