Women named Tyonnie Keshay Rankin, Kaeita Nkeenge Rankin, and Sally Rechelle Lewis are not likely consumers of right-wing anti-vaxx propaganda.
A student of the media looking for a textbook case of the perverse manipulation of the news by Big Tech and Big Media had to look no further than the coverage of a Thursday evening incident at Carmine’s restaurant in New York City.
The headlines from the incident were chum to get the Twitter trolls snapping:
Texas Tourists in NYC Attack Restaurant Hostess After Being Asked for Vaccination Proof
Caught on video: Texas woman attacked New York hostess after being asked for proof of vaccination
Texas tourists visiting NYC assault restaurant hostess who asked for vaccination proof
True to form, the trolls took the media bait, the tastiest morsel, of course, being the word “Texas.” With a lot of help from Twitter, Inc., the phrase “As a Texan” was trending on Saturday morning. Woke Texans—or fake woke Texans—weighed in by the net full.
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