tl;dr: Definitely accurate in message, less accurate in details.
My comment above was meant to address my motivation for doing the work in the first place. There was a “picture with Impact font text” on it. That alone demands vetting. The fact that that vetting later showed that this image/text is substantially correct doesn’t obviate the need for validating the information.
The errors are not major ones: Vinyard vs “Vineyard”. Off-duty cop vs “plainclothes[ed] cop”. Offering evidence to uniformed police vs “re[n]dering aid”/“saving lives”. That last mistake - which is one that early reporting also made - tends to amplify the rage-bait aspect of the story. This is not to say that people shouldn’t be incensed by the events that played out here. It is to say that the actual events that played out are what people should be incensed by.
I agree facts matter and appreciate you vetting it and all that jazz. I tend to outright dismiss “picture with impact font text(s)” because of what you said.
I just thought for a sec you were saying that the pic was not really truthful, in general (if not specifically), so was confused for a minute. Keep up the good work comrade.
For this specific case:
My comment above was meant to address my motivation for doing the work in the first place. There was a “picture with Impact font text” on it. That alone demands vetting. The fact that that vetting later showed that this image/text is substantially correct doesn’t obviate the need for validating the information.
The errors are not major ones: Vinyard vs “Vineyard”. Off-duty cop vs “plainclothes[ed] cop”. Offering evidence to uniformed police vs “re[n]dering aid”/“saving lives”. That last mistake - which is one that early reporting also made - tends to amplify the rage-bait aspect of the story. This is not to say that people shouldn’t be incensed by the events that played out here. It is to say that the actual events that played out are what people should be incensed by.
Facts matter.
I agree facts matter and appreciate you vetting it and all that jazz. I tend to outright dismiss “picture with impact font text(s)” because of what you said.
I just thought for a sec you were saying that the pic was not really truthful, in general (if not specifically), so was confused for a minute. Keep up the good work comrade.