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Just some things to show how stupid Wikipedians can be when it comes to sourcing.
"Martin left his father's girlfriend's home in the gated community of Twin Lakes to walk to a nearby 7-Eleven convenience store to buy some candy" All reports I've seen have stated that the girlfriend did not live in the community but near it. So I looked at the source. A clearly marked op-ed. Then look at the article: "Trayvon had left the house he and his father were visiting to walk to the local 7-Eleven. " The op-ed, not a reliable source, does not even contain the supposed "facts" that the article states. This is a really key point, because most news stories when covering both sides point out that the girlfriend of his dad did not live there, and that the boy was entering into the community without permission (it was gated and no clear way for him to get to the girlfriend's house). So someone wanted to skew the truth, put forth a link to an op-ed that was inflammatory but did not lack the detail, and hoped no one noticed. That is Wikipedia - not about verifiability or truth, but about how you can get your agenda across. |
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while all manner of fights are erupting about trayvon, i'm not sure the fact of whether the girlfriend lived inside twin lakes or not is one of them, or even an important one. Tampa's paper just yesterday said she lived in the community. ("Trayvon Martin lived with his dad, who resides in the Miami area, and had visited his dad's girlfriend at the Retreat several times before.")
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest...akes-in/1221799 i wouldn't be shocked if the fact is wrong, though. another fact that is completely wrong is the story that trayvon left the house during a break in the NBA All-Star game to go to the 7-11. He was dead before the game started, but that fact is repeatedly reported. people are straining to make this a left v. right story, but its story of a dead kid who shouldn't be dead and a guy who wishes he didn't kill him. what else happened, who knows. |
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