An example of correcting lies, Timely & Strategically:
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'I am not a crisis actor': Florida teens hit back at conspiracy theorists
22 February 2018
https://www.theage.com.au/world/nor...-at-conspiracy-theorists-20180222-p4z16s.html
Former Republican congressman Jack Kingston tweeted a USA Today story about the student organisers helping lead a nationwide student walkout in protest of America's gun laws, adding the message: "O really? 'Students' are planning a nationwide rally? Not left wing gun control activists using 17yr kids in the wake of a horrible tragedy?"
Kingston then appeared on CNN's "New Day" Tuesday and doubled-down on his remarks.
"Do we really think - and I say this sincerely - do we really think that 17-year-olds on their own are going to plan a nationwide rally?" Kingston said, adding, "They probably do not have the logistical ability to plan a nationwide rally without it being hijacked by groups that already had the preexisting anti-gun agenda."
The show's co-host Alisyn Camerota fiercely disagreed.
"I talked to these kids before they knew the body count of how many of their friends had been killed. No one had talked to them yet," Camerota said. "They hadn't been indoctrinated by some left-wing group. They were motivated from what they saw and what they endured."
Brandon Abzug, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas senior who survived the shooting, then appeared on CNN and said of the former representative's comments, "I think it's very despicable... to say that just because we're young we can't make a difference is not right and he should apologise for that."
Kingston began backtracking on Twitter, saying that "not only do I respect their right to protest & their resolve to look for answers, I admire it" and that's "why it's sad local gun control activists would hijack the tragedy to drive their own agenda".
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