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[–] EightBitBlood@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Give an exemple of anybody in charge of the investigation that said he was the shooter ?

Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kash-patel-under-scrutiny-misreporting-charlie-kirk-suspects-capture

The backlash began after Patel said Wednesday that "the subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody," before saying less than two hours later that he had the wrong person. It was the second time that day authorities had arrested someone in the case then let them go.

Here you go. Literally the head of the FBI saying the 71 yo they caught who wasn't the shooter is "the subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody."

Here's what happened when that guy got arrested:

Zinn told police he shot Kirk to “draw attention from the real shooter,” according to documents obtained by Fox 13 News. He allegedly approached an officer and said, “I shot him, now shoot me,” but refused to say where the weapon was. Officers searched him and found no gun.

Patel before bothering to learn any of this:

"... the subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody."

Everyone in the MAGA sphere then went on to lie about the left as violent because of this.

Going so far as to delete the DOJ study proving the right is responsible for 70% of mass shootings.

https://people.com/department-of-justice-quietly-deletes-study-after-charlie-kirk-death-that-says-right-wing-extremists-engage-in-far-more-political-violence-11811580

“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism,” the first two lines of the study read

And you want to believe Kimmel apologizing is somehow magically better for society? Is his apology going to bring back these publically funded studies paid for by our tax dollars?

Explain this reasoning of yours. Please. Because it's truly insane to me.

And I do not say this lighty - but I have to because you honestly believe this:

Cause national tv is subject to law that doesnt abide political figure.

Show me this law. It does not exist. Fox News can lie to you. It's technically entertainment and not news. Their lawyers argued this in court and won.

https://niemanreports.org/fox-dominion-lawsuit/

the Dominion lawsuit has exposed the network as an entertainment network masquerading as a news outlet. In private, Fox News personalities like Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Carlson were expressing their disdain for former President Donald Trump and their belief that the 2020 presidential election wasn’t stolen. On air, they said the opposite.

On air they said the opposite because they're allowed to lie. Because its legal for them to lie to you on television.

But it is NOT legal for anyone holding public office to lie.

Here is that law: https://www.mololamken.com/knowledge-Is-It-a-Crime-To-Lie-to-the-Government-Even-If-You-Are-Not-Under-Oath

Under Section 1001 of title 18 of the United States Code, It is a federal crime to knowingly and willfully make a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the United States. You must “know” that what you are saying is a lie to make you guilty of this crime.

Patel didn't know the person first arrested for the shooting was obviously not the culprit. But he lied and said he was. Saying this with certainty when the facts are unknown is a lie. Seeing as Patel is part of the Judicial branch, this is also illegal.

It is incredibly disheartening to hear you believe that Kimmel is guilty of some crime here instead of the FBI being lead by an incompetent lying idiot who is feeding national division by eagerly lying about a suspect in custody to fit a narrative before any information about them is confirmed. The damage caused by this is unquestionably larger than anything Kimmel has done, and you can't prove otherwise because you're unwilling to admit team Trump even lies at all, despite them being the only ones in all of this legally obligated to tell the truth.