I've given this a lot of thought - was surprised the CBC had this angle on the National. But, if a journalist saw the actual FB page & not a screencap, and could verify the time stamps of the profile image upload & that incel update, it's a reportable part of the story methinks.
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We know the page existed, and that Facebook deleted it due to community standards - we don't know if the page belonged to the suspect. My issue is that most viewers aren't literate about 4-chan or even social media hoaxes - so to dive down the "what if" is concerning.
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Right. But if the picture of the driver was uploaded in March, it can't be someone doing this after the fact. But of course you're right... We don't know this was his post.
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Also if anything was verified like that, reports would have claimed "exclusive" or "verified". Saying all of this - media should explain and talk about digital lingo/groups more. It's part of "real life" in modern times. TV audiences and digital ones are getting different news.
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I don't get the reasoning behind this either. Why risk damaging credibility long term for a few short term click gains?
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