I am not really surprised about anything the major news networks do anymore. It has become so apparent to anyone who isn't brainwashed and is paying attention to life just a little bit that the big boys like CNN, MSNBC, ABC, Fox, etc are not reporting news, they are creating news stories and then finding the information necessary to support it. When they can't find the information they just doctor the info they do have until it supports what they want to say.
The is the opposite of journalism. In real journalism you have a bunch of information you gathered and then you present it. If there is a solid conclusion you state that, if it is a matter of opinion or perspective you allow the users to make up their own minds. At no point in journalism are you supposed to intentionally omit certain parts of the story so that the end result can be what you want it to be. Unfortunately, this is what every major news network is doing now. Thankfully a vast majority of people are not fooled as it was recently reported that "less than 20% of the USA population believes what they hear / read from major news outlets."
So you would have to not be paying attention to not know this story already but the way the media initially framed this story was that a group of violent teenagers with Trump-supporting outfits and hats on surrounded and harassed an American Indian and they were chanting "build the wall! build the wall!" This was presented on all the major networks with a left-leaning bias and they talked about it for hours. Why they thought they could get away with this is just unreal because of course someone else was filming it also. Their footage only showed about 30 seconds of the event and included no audio... we were just supposed to take their word on what was being "chanted".
It took 4chan and reddit about an hour to find the real footage (those guys are the real heroes) and in the raw footage it is quickly revealed that the situation was actually precisely the opposite of what the news stations were saying. The boys in the Maga hats were actually being brutally shouted at by a black activist group. This group was shouting lots of racist things at the boys in the red hats and they showed great discipline to not respond to it. This angered the activist group who would become increasingly cruel in their taunts.
Also the 7 minute video shows that the boys in the hats did not move from their spot, they were approached my the American Indian who pounded on the drum just inches from the boy's face and all the boy did was smile, he never reacted at all.
The media should have immediately apologized for this "blunder" (even though it is obvious it was done intentionally) but instead they doubled down accusing the school of other racist things... all of which were debunked within an hour by the no cape wearing heroes over at 4-chan and reddit.
The Covington Catholic High School families who have had their lives turned upside down including death threats from crazy people have secured lawyers and are going to sue all the news networks that intentionally sowed these lies. I don't really like litigation but in this particular situation I hope the kid's families win and win big.
The media are a pack of liars and I would love for there to be consequences for intentionally producing propaganda like this. How I feel about the hats, Trump, or conservatism isn't really relevant here. Lies, even if they support how you feel politically, are not helpful. Just like Zack Morris said in Saved by the Bell