Note how eagerly the story of Bernie supporters chanting "English-only" was seized upon and propagated, despite contradictory evidence.
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Replying to @mtracey
It was first "reported" by a celebrity Clinton surrogate without any independent verification. Gotta keep that BernieBro narrative going.
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Replying to @mtracey
Nothing against sitcom star and Clinton surrogate America Ferrera, but her reporting should probably be verified before it's relayed as fact
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Replying to @mtracey
@mtracey The speaker involved,@DoloresHuerta, tweeted about it, and BuzzFeed has two neutral sources confirming:http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/sources-bernie-supporters-did-chant-english-only-at-latina-l …3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @chrisgeidner
@chrisgeidner@DoloresHuerta America's tweet came first. At that point it was relayed as fact. I'm open to additional evidence.1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
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@mtracey And@DoloresHuerta's tweet came some time before you started tweeting about how there was no confirmation.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chrisgeidner
@chrisgeidner@DoloresHuerta I tweeted about how eagerly it was seized upon without verification.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@chrisgeidner And with all due respect to @DoloresHuerta, she's also a Clinton surrogate.
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