Piece totally ignores solid SPLC reporting on the Proud Boys as a ripe recruiting ground for white supremacistshttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/10/do-you-want-bigots-gavin-because-how-you-get-bigots …
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So @NBCNews did a dangerously naive piece on Proud Boys, made them out to be a drinking club w a few un-PC opinionshttps://www.nbcnews.com/leftfield/video/the-america-first-fraternity-pledges-trump-1086714435900 …
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NBC could even look up the guy running the Proud Boys event in the clip. Busted w a gun, Turner Diaries, Protocols on the Elders of Zionpic.twitter.com/qFEIzICXtD
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@Gavin_McInnes 's previous statement on Jews also go unmentioned. They're just a fun bunch of guys, NBC says.pic.twitter.com/8Qbz8Ihv11
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NBC also doesn't mention how many Proud Boys were involved in Charlottesville — including Unite the Right's organizer!
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PB's "are not alt right, they're not neo-Nazis." Right as a top Proud Boy leader is going white nationalist, promoting explicit WN grouppic.twitter.com/5kPRH8K5OU
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NBC also didn't mention the weird masturbation rules, which is more of a lost opportunity than anything else.
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So to sum it up: Reporters need to stop thinking they can parachute into far-right groups for cute "news of the weird" stories.
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1 more: NBC has no mention of Proud Boys "looting patrol," or how
@ThisAmerLife story revealed their FB page was rife with racist imagerypic.twitter.com/KQLfF7eouJ
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i mean, that's what they say they are, when asked
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And they ignore the fact that a "proud boy" they interview *is* in fact a white supremacist.pic.twitter.com/T9ggeaevgu
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NBC please explain yourself. This is disgusting.
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