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3-Minute Civics: Making sense of the media
Published: 5/9/2021 12:00:04 PM
‘Mr. Marcus, did you hear that the “Black Lives Matter” people destroyed the Lincoln Memorial?” This is an actual question that was asked in my class. Even worse, before I could respond, two or three others chimed in that they had heard that story and believed it as well.
At the time, I hadn’t heard about the doctored photo that had been circulating on the Internet, but on its face, this sounded like a ridiculous story. Why would people that support the “Black Lives Matter” movement deface the great emancipator? So, after explaining why this story did not seem to make any sense, I went to my old stand-by response: “What is your source for this story?” The student didn’t know the source. I looked it up and found the manufactured meme and a credible source that debunked the story.