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Report claims story about injured girl asked to leave KFC was a hoax
wtvr.com CBS 6 ^ | June 24, 2014

Posted on 06/24/2014 5:24:00 AM PDT by silent_jonny

JACKSON, Miss. – Her story, and smile, captured the hearts of Internet users across the country. But now it appears at least some of the circumstances about the disfigured child asked to leave a Mississippi KFC due to her facial scars are untrue.

When the story broke earlier this month, it was reported three-year-old Victoria Wilcher was asked by a KFC worker to leave the restaurant when other customers complained about looking at her injuries while they ate.

The child, her family said, had been mauled by pit bulls. While the pit bull attack is not being question, what happened at KFC has come under fire.

Once the story hit social media, the internet lashed out at KFC for its treatment of the child. For its part, KFC said it would donate $30,000 to help pay the girl’s medical bills and offered to investigate the situation.

Sources close to the investigation told the Laurel Leader-Call that KFC store security video does not show Wilcher nor her grandmother in the KFC where they claimed the incident happened.

In addition, KFC receipts fail to show the “mashed potato and sweet tea” order the family claims they ordered the day in question. In the Laural Leader-Call article, the source pointed out other inconsistencies.

“When the allegation was first made, KFC pledged $30,000 to go to medical expenses and started an investigation to find the truth,” KFC franchisee owner Dick West posted on social media over the weekend. “They have pledged the money even if it is proven that the incident never happened. At this point their story is full of holes. Any thinking person who follows their timeline can see it. The event at KFC never happened.”

The final report on the situation is expected to be released later this week.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; kfc; pitbulls
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To: Uncle Chip

afterall grannies never lie do they???

Nor do blacks???


21 posted on 06/24/2014 7:06:53 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Vaduz

<>black<>

black and white —

Did anyone ask to see the black and white proof of a “receipt” before writing the original story???

If not then why not —


22 posted on 06/24/2014 7:14:02 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

It should be on record at the store unless the hard drive crashed?.


23 posted on 06/24/2014 7:17:33 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: silent_jonny

The sad thing is not only are they trying to make a buck off this child’s injuries, but $135,000 has been raised on GoFundMe. I can only imagine how little of that will go for the child’s injuries and how much for the family.


24 posted on 06/24/2014 7:22:31 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: silent_jonny

Facebook page is still active. In fact yesterday the aunt posted again saying the story is not a hoax. Desperately trying to keep the fake story going, wanting to rake in the most amount of $$$$

https://www.facebook.com/victoriasvictories


25 posted on 06/24/2014 7:24:12 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Vaduz

The only thing that has crashed is granny’s story:

<>KFC receipts fail to show the “mashed potato and sweet tea” order the family claims they ordered the day in question.<>

In the Laural Leader-Call article, the source pointed out other inconsistencies.


26 posted on 06/24/2014 7:31:11 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: AppyPappy

And so is FR...


27 posted on 06/24/2014 7:32:35 AM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: leapfrog0202

Tell them to post granny’s receipt for the “mashed potatoes and sweet tea” —


28 posted on 06/24/2014 7:37:26 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: AppyPappy
Facebook is the land of gullible people.

So is Free Republic.

There are posts with links to poorly written pieces by semi literate agenda driven public school graduates working at the AP full of skimpy and convoluted and poorly researched (if researched at all) "facts" and half the folks here go berserk.

And when someone points out that judgement should be reserved until more solid information is found, they get lambasted for being in favor of the bad guy, the corrupt cops or the evil dog. Or prejudiced against the victim.

We all regularly rip MSM sources (deservedly so) until they publish something we agree with, and then somehow that is automatically factual gospel.

29 posted on 06/24/2014 8:37:47 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: silent_jonny
Report claims...

The key words. Can this report be trusted more than the original report it tries to debunk?

30 posted on 06/24/2014 10:05:08 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed

Hard to believe anything these days. However I’ll stand by what I said on the original threads. Even if this turns/turned/whatever out to be a fraud, I have no problem believing libs would do something like mock a scarred child.

Shortly after high school many moons ago I worked as an aide at a facility caring for retarded people. Whenever we took them out into the community for meals, to the park, whatever, plenty of adults would openly ‘mirror’ their mannerisms in plain view. I knew many of these people. They were screaming lib types. I never once saw that behavior from someone I knew to be on the political right or solidly christian.

So as I said, it’s easy to believe a story like this because thats how libs act, what they do and who they are.


31 posted on 06/24/2014 11:02:14 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Uncle Chip

Per yahoo story the key words MAY HAVE BEEN are in play also the source isn’t stated sounds like a small time reporter is at play?.
When they have facts then t will be a true story you know how the media works it three to five days to get the facts right until then if a iffy story.


32 posted on 06/24/2014 12:33:17 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Vaduz

The whole story was started on the word of one person — the granny — no one else.

— the granny who allegedly takes her granddaughter on a feeding tube at the time, who just got out of the hospital, with two broken jaws, unable to eat solid food to a KFC for some mashed potatoes and gravy.

There is either something wrong with the story or something wrong with granny.


33 posted on 06/24/2014 1:18:46 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Norm Lenhart
"Even if this turns/turned/whatever out to be a fraud, I have no problem believing libs would do something like mock a scarred child."

Bipartisan libs or franchisees. Who had the most motive and greatest likelihood of doing what they were accused of--the grandmother to devise and carry out such a plot without having even entered the KFC, or the franchisee to omit details and allege such a hoax (focusing on a word, perhaps, or a time of day)?

Individual franchisees of global corporations commit credit card fraud and all kinds of other crimes. Generally, they're no more credible than grandmothers. It's understandable, though, that some investors may be rather sensitive to controversial cases. A quick search can yield much more than the following.

'KFC left girl brain damaged'

KFC Lawsuit Leads to $8.3 Million Verdict For Poisoned Girl

Doctors' suit: KFC grilled chicken a danger

Lawsuit: KFC Franchisee Fired Employees For Refusing To Serve Expired Chicken

Bronx KFC turns away Iraq War vet over service dog: lawsuit


34 posted on 06/24/2014 1:36:04 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop

I don’t disagree. But that doesn’t change what libs are and often do.

to be clear, if it is conclusive that granny did the fraud thing, crucify her upside down. Because she’s as bad as the libs are.


35 posted on 06/24/2014 1:41:54 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Uncle Chip

Lately, we find that video isn’t the evidence it once was. Facts only confuse people; just like truth seems to have little to do with most of what gets discussed these days.
Hoax or just a good story? A lively discussion was had by all.


36 posted on 06/24/2014 2:13:34 PM PDT by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
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To: Uncle Chip

Thanks for this——nice to be proven right.

:-)

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37 posted on 06/24/2014 4:27:51 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Uncle Chip

I had doubts about the story and all I said was I hope the money actually went towards her medical bills and not on her shady family. I commented it would be the perfect scam.

Too bad KFC was taking such a beating that they felt they needed to donate the money before they could investigate if it even happened.


39 posted on 06/24/2014 9:39:43 PM PDT by CARDINALRULES (Tough times never last -Tough people do. DK57 -- 6-22-02)
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To: silent_jonny

I knew this was a hoax the moment I saw it based on the fact that last time I was in a KFC the employees could care less about what a customer complained about.


40 posted on 06/25/2014 12:54:55 PM PDT by crusadersoldier
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