[advertising guy]

When this story broke I posted that facts were twisted,not proven and I was holdin judgement, then 87 posts told me I was a troll,a pos, disrupter,liar,and gay
AND THAT WAS BY FREEPERS

[binreadin]

You were right, and anyone who would take the words of corrupt law enforcement in South America who were so obviously over reacting is very naive. I think the Rio cops were smarting from all the criticism of their city and had the chance to bring down a few American medal winners. I'm not saying Lochte is perfect, but I don't see why his accomplishments should be denigrated. He's not the winner of the moral games, he's a winner of the Olympics.

And, the reason we should all care is that this type of lazy, conformist, corrupt reporting shapes a lot of our lives as people form opinions based on lies, not the facts, and our politicians are then driven to act upon those misperceptions.

[Auntie Mame]

Brainwashing works. It takes 125% vigilance all the time to be (mostly) free of it. It’s exhausting.

[Paradox]

When this story broke I posted that facts were twisted,not proven and I was holdin judgement,

Having actually lived for a while in South America, I knew how "police" did their duty, so I always was skeptical. And with Brazil, you probably have the worst of it, so I was even more so. Its a shame the media is so... Media..

[DiogenesLamp]

When this story broke I posted that facts were twisted,not proven and I was holdin judgement, then 87 posts told me I was a troll,a pos, disrupter,liar,and gay AND THAT WAS BY FREEPERS

I had exactly the same response. Even got accused of "RACISM" because I wouldn't immediately side with the Rio Police and Media by declaring the "White Boy" and "Ugly American."

Just goes to show that knee jerk judgementalism and a willingness to believe whatever crap the media pushes out is also present here at Free Republic.