Posted on 02/18/2018 7:24:48 AM PST by BenLurkin
As Marvel's latest superhero movie, "Black Panther," draws praise and rakes in millions of dollars at the box office, Twitter trolls have emerged across the country attempting to stoke racial division by spreading false reports about the film's largely African American fans.
Over the last few days, users have posted false claims that they were attacked by blacks while going to see "Black Panther," the first movie from Marvel Studios led by a predominantly black cast.
"It's very unfortunate that a film that is poised to become a cultural icon is being marred by this fake news," said Darnell Hunt, dean of social sciences at UCLA. "In the long run, it will not detract from the cultural significance of 'Black Panther,' but it does blunt some of the positive force it has as it opens. It is both surprising and not surprising."
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Public information officers for police departments in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston contacted by The Times said they had received no reports that would match the assault claims appearing online.
In the tweets, the posters frequently blame "black youth" for the attacks, using images taken from various unrelated sources of bleeding and battered faces or images of blood in sinks and on towels.
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/*Shaft*
Right on.
Who knows if it’s true with the LA Times operating system of fake news or hide the news.
More reasons not to tweet or FB or waste my dollars on Hollyweird.
Awesome name.... I’ll be chuckling most of the day over that one.
Plan 9. A movie which, like no other, touched me with the deep and profound realization that I had just wasted 75 minutes of my life that I would never get back.
Cultural icon? Leftists are always pretending to care about something. They are so easy to see right through.
It comes out in 2020.
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