| Over the last 48 hours, there has been a sustained effort to smear Trayvon Martin, the 17-year old African-American who was shot dead by George Zimmerman a month ago. Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, said, "They killed my son, now they're trying to kill his reputation."
Thus far these attacks have fallen into two categories: false and irrelevant. Much of this leaked information seems intended to play into stereotypes about young African-American males. Here's what everyone should know: 1. Prominent conservative websites published fake photos of Martin. Twitchy, a new website run by prominent conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, promoted a photo -- purportedly from Martin's Facebook page -- that shows Martin in saggy pants and flipping the bird. Twitchy later acknowledged, it is not Trayvon in the photo. Desperate acts against a dead kid. This is conservative media at its worst. |
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