Back in October, I – along with everyone else in the local media – was forwarded a racist FB message that people on social media claimed a teacher at Clinton High School sent to some parent.
The message contained an n-word and a lot of derogatory, racist comments about Native Americans. You can check it out below:
The message immediately set off my award-winning B.S. detector. I know there are stupid racist people in this world who have awful beliefs, but unless the teacher had low blood sugar, why in the world would she type them out in a Facebook message to a parent? Plus, the way the message was worded was weird. The whole thing felt fake and, as we would learn, was fake.
That being said, one local media outlet took the bait and covered it – Oklahoma’s own News 9.
In a piece that’s deserving of a Heartland Razzie Award, News 9 led their 10pm news broadcast on October 18th with a two-minute-long report about the message. They didn’t talk to the teacher who allegedly sent it or the parent who allegedly received it.