This weekend I was alerted to a new story in The Atlantic magazine, penned by an author I know, about a subject I know. Ali Breland had written about Joe Kent, in an article entitled, “Who Gets Panzer Tattooed on Their Arm?”
But the story wasn't sent to me by some Trump admin official looking for some air cover. Instead, it was sent to my by my Apple device's push notification system. Outlets like The Atlantic get a lot of extra clicks that way while sites like mine get labeled "fake news."
More on that in the coming weeks, by the way.
So I took some time out of my weekend to investigate The Atlantic's key claims about Kent:
He has a "Nazi" tattoo – i.e. "PANZER" on one arm;
There's no other context available for this tattoo;
Kent was never in an anti-tank division in the army.
On all three of these critical claims, The Atlantic was outright lying. In fact, they even managed to get the name of a government spokesman incorrect in their reporting, such was the foolhardiness of their copy.
Instead of boring you to details with my diary entry on writing this article, I want you to all read it for yourselves, then share it with as many people as you know. On social media, over e-mail, over text messages and WhatsApp, and beyond.
Because The Atlantic was clearly gunning for veteran Joe Kent's scalp with this report. And instead, I think we should gun for theirs. Are you with me?
READ THE REST HERE.
Cheers,
Raheem
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