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It seems that the media is falling for hoaxes more than the general public. Today’s show breaks down how the media got fooled and what these cases have in common.

A Colorado Springs woman “was sentenced to one year in federal prison after” she burned a “cross placed in front of a Black political candidate’s campaign sign, which they had defaced with a racial slur written in red spray paint.”

Evidence presented at the week-long trial showed that ten days before the cross burning, Bernard sent a message to the threatened candidate in which he explained he was “mobilizing my squad in defense. Black ops style big brother” and then immediately texted Blackcloud, “I got a plan.” After the burning occurred in the early morning hours of April 23, 2023, Bernard and Blackcloud then worked together to send an email to the candidate, media outlets, and other local, state, and national organizations. Attached to the email was a short video of the cross burning and a still photograph. The email falsely blamed the candidate’s political opponent for the crime. The defendants then worked together to maliciously convey false information about the cross burning via social media platforms.

“If your gut says that does not seem like it would be committed in the 21st century, you are usually right,” Crowder said. “The media ran with it for a long time.”

They were caught staging the crime on surveillance footage.

“That should tell you what you need to know — it is not an accident,” Crowder said.

In reality, only 1 in 3 hate crimes reported are genuine.

“As far as hate crimes that you see that become headlines, I would wager that 90% are false,” Crowder said. “The media keeps looking for propaganda.”

In another instance, in 2021, major media outlets reported that “white middle schoolers in Plano, Texas, viciously ‘tortured' SeMarion Humphrey, their black classmate, forcing him to drink their urine at a sleepover as they shot him with BB guns.” Several years later, however, it was all ruled to be a hoax by a jury.

“You have plenty of people who believe that a poor Black kid was forced to drink piss by some evil White supremacists — it is not true,” Crowder said.

In another instance, “the FBI determined that Wallace was not the victim of a hate crime and that the noose had been on that garage door since October 2019.”

“In that case, maybe they didn't know any better, but they didn't want to know any better,” Crowder said. “This was in a climate of canceled culture at its peak.”

These are just several examples of the many hoaxes the media has reported over the years.

“If you were to take Democratic voters, I guarantee you that over 95% of them believe at least one of these, probably much more,” Crowder said. “I would wager probably half of all Democrat voters in this country believe many of these even though they have been proven false.”