CNN Thumb Chris Cillizza: The Left Has Pushed Two Racial-Arson Hoaxes. The Right, Meanwhile, Has Criticized the Left For Pushing Two Racial-Arson Hoaxes. As You Can See, Both Sides Are Equally to Blame.
19th February 2019
Ace of Spades weighs the merits.
Both the left and the right got Covington wrong, and then got Smollet wrong. They just got it wrong in different ways — the left got it wrong by getting it wrong, and the right got it wrong by noticing the left had gotten it wrong.