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Accused red-and-black-painted Chiefs fan of ‘blackface’
Deadspin, the publication that slammed a younger Kansas Metropolis Chiefs fan as racist for carrying a headdress – he’s Native American – and “blackface” – he had painted his face Chiefs colours of black and pink – lastly is getting round to a “correction.”
A report at Outkick defined, “Deadspin finally updated its story that originally falsely accused a young Chiefs fan of wearing blackface at an NFL event. Sometime Thursday, the outlet added an editor’s note to Carron J. Phillips’ hit piece.”
That word claimed Deadspin’s “opinion piece” was primarily based “upon the available photo” displaying “what appeared to be black face paint.”
“Unfortunately the article drew attention to the fan, though our intended focus was on the NFL and its checkered history on race, an issue which our writer has covered extensively for Deadspin,” it mentioned.
“We regret any suggestion that we were attacking the fan. To that end, our story was updated on Dec. 7 to remove any photos, tweets, links, or otherwise identifying information about the fan. We have also revised the headline to better reflect the substance of the story.”
The Outkick report defined the article was modified a number of methods, together with to take away “the opening line that said the fan ‘hated black people and Native Americans.’”
The motion follows warnings from the fan’s mother and father, Shannon and Raul Armenta, that they might sue over the damage.
“This week, the family hired Clare Locke LLP to demand a retraction with the following letter,” the report mentioned.
The report charged, “The lawsuit obviously frightened Deadspin and Phillips. They had several chances to correct the article before the family had to take legal action but didn’t.”
Earlier, Phillips had “doubled down on his accusation,” the report mentioned. And it identified that the photographs “available” of the fan confirmed the black and pink portray, so “the editor’s note that reads ‘based upon the available photo, what appeared to be black face paint’ is inaccurate.”
New picture of the individual @Deadspin accused of being a vile racist who wore blackface at a soccer sport.
(They tried to smash this child’s life)https://t.co/MEhDaQIIlS pic.twitter.com/5dvud08npf
— Bobby Burack (@burackbobby_) November 27, 2023
The Gateway Pundit had identified earlier that what was used within the unique report was a “deceptive photo.”
Phillips had claimed, “It takes a lot to disrespect two groups of people at once. But on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas, a Kansas City Chiefs fan found a way to hate black people and the native americans at the same time.”
That report confirmed, “It turns out Holden Armenta is Native American.”
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