Fake news isn’t just reporting false information, it’s elevating nothing burger events while ignoring stories that are actually important. Take for instance NBC, who barely reported the attempted assassination of Brett Kavanaugh but is all over a white firefighter from Kansas who was suspended for wearing a racist sweater. They gotta push the narrative that America is a racist country.
Keep in mind that this is from NBC News and not some local affiliate. Also keep in mind that this is a real headline and not something from a satire site like The Onion:
White Kansas fire supervisor suspended over photo of racist sweater
On top of wondering how that qualifies as news, if you’re like me, you probably want to know what the f*ck a racist sweater is. Get ready to be disappointed:
A white Wichita Fire Department supervisor who texted a photo of himself wearing a sweater featuring a naked Black man has been suspended for three days without pay in one of the harshest penalties yet over racist, homophobic and sexist texts that were shared among the city’s SWAT team members.
Capt. Keith Niemann, who was punished this month, shared the image in a WhatsApp chat with the message, “having a good morning at the firehouse,” The Wichita Eagle reported. Niemann wore a sweater that featured a viral image of a naked Black man, Wardy “Wood” Joubert III, sitting on the edge of a bed — known as “Wood Sitting On a Bed.” The photo became a popular meme during the first year of the pandemic.
Niemann’s sweater read, “I have a big package for you,” and featured a Christmas gift covering Joubert’s genitals…
If you’re still confused, allow me to explain. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic there was meme going around of a muscular naked black man sitting on the edge of a bed with an enormous penis. People would send the picture as an important coronavirus alert and when their friends would open it, they’d get a big black dick in their face. It was kind of like “Rick Rolling” with a BBC.
According to NBC, the dude’s junk was covered up so what’s the issue? Also, how is this racist?
In NBC’s important racism alert, they never actually say how this sweater was racist. They don’t even quote any “expert” that asserts it’s racist. In addition to reporting on something so insignificant, NBC can’t even deliver on their headline promise of extremest racism.
In reality, NBC has reported on a story about a local firefighter getting a 3 day suspension for wearing a sweater. This shouldn’t be news in Wichita, let alone a national story.
What NBC is trying to do with the nothing story is paint a picture of systemic racism in America. OMG! Even firefighters are racist! Everyone panic!
NBC didn’t report on the white woman who was beaten severely by a black man in Phoenix because it doesn’t support the narrative. In fact they won’t report on any violence committed by blacks against other races but if a black guy got shitty service at a restaurant in Norman, Oklahoma it would be a huge story for them: Racism in the Heartland!
