Leftist Media Go Silent After Police Debunk Duke Player's 'Racism' Claims

Jay Maxson | September 12, 2022
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A Fox News report concerning the left-stream media’s performance on the Rachel Richardson story reveals an ugly bias, not to mention pathetic examples of “journalism.”

Richardson is the black Duke volleyball player who, on Aug. 26, claimed she was the victim of racial taunting and threats in a match against Brigham Young. Police investigators found no evidence to corroborate her story - but the establishment media has not reported this inconvenient truth. 

After reviewing surveillance video of the alleged racist fan from the game, BYU Police Lt. George Besendorfer concluded, "We did not observe that behavior from him." Likewise, Will Cain reported on Fox News television that black BYU students in the arena heard no racial slurs, either. 

In a Fox News web story, reporter Joey Wulfsohn released the results of his thorough investigation of media coverage. And his findings are appalling. 

ABC's "Good Morning America" interviewed Richardson Aug. 30, where reporter Janai Norman said she was "really impressed" with "how [Richardson] is handling all of this." 

"A lot of grace," co-host George Stephanopoulos chimed in.

ABC News published three stories on its website regarding Richardson's racial grievance. But since police dismissed her claims, ABC has gone silent, totally ignoring the police report. 

CNN devoted considerable attention to Richardson’s thin story, without offering any sense of balance. Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell laid into BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe for not acting quickly enough to immediately stop the "racist slurs and threats."

The slurs and threats that never happened, that is. 

Jim Acosta interviewed former NAACP president Cornell William Brooks, who bashed BYU for not handling the situation well.  

CNN and ABC interviewed Richardson’s father, Marvin Richardson. CNN’s website posted six links on the story, but none of them included the police report refuting the player's charges. 

Related: Feds Release List of 650 'Racist' Names For Federal Landmarks

The story was the same with ESPN: no balance whatsoever. First Take fire-starter Stephen A. Smith called it a "dereliction of duty" on BYU’s part, claiming the school feared a "backlash" if it had confirmed Richardson’s allegations. He yelled:  

"I'm saying BYU YOU did it! By allowing this to happen and not addressing o expeditiously, not addressing it with a level of quickness and speed that you should've addressed this with." 

ESPN host Jay Williams appeared on television wearing a Blue Devils sweatshirt expressing his solidarity with Richardson.

"The way she handled the BYU situation at 19 years old, I just want to say you keep doing your thing," Williams commented. "Hold your head high. And I appreciate her talking bout the perpetrator instead of BYU overall, but I just appreciate her. I wanted to say that."  

But subsequent ESPN internet articles avoided the police report like the plague. Its September 3 report on South Carolina canceling women’s basketball games with BYU also omitted the police findings.  

An ESPN spokesman offered Fox News Digital some lame remarks a week ago, saying, "The investigation by BYU is continuing, and we are still doing our reporting." 

ESPN investigators still haven’t uncovered the BYU police report, and the left-stream media crickets continue to chirp. 

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