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Covington Catholic

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Covington Catholic

Covington Catholic's Nick Sandmann: 'I Would Not Be Canceled'

Wrongly maligned by the media as a racist in a MAGA hat, the kid is now a celebrity speaker at the Republican National Convention.

Robby Soave | 8.25.2020 10:25 PM

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Media Criticism

A Year Ago, the Media Mangled the Covington Catholic Story. What Happened Next Was Even Worse.

Journalists and pundits who frantically doubled down on their initial bad takes deserve more criticism.

Robby Soave | 1.21.2020 9:50 AM

Sandmann | YouTube

Covington Catholic

CNN Settles Lawsuit With Covington Catholic Student Nick Sandmann

The high school student was falsely accused of racial harassment, and has sued media companies for $800 million.

Robby Soave | 1.7.2020 6:08 PM

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Covington Catholic

Covington, Concerts, and Colonscopies: Nick Gillespie Talks With Greg Gutfeld

Why did the media, including Gutfeld himself, side so quickly against the Covington Catholic schoolkids and how to avoid making the same mistakes over and over.

Nick Gillespie | 1.24.2019 1:27 PM

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Covington Catholic

If You Still Think Nick Sandmann's Smile Is Proof of Racism, You're Seeing What You Want to See

Some are incapable of viewing the MAGA-hat-wearing teens from Covington Catholic as anything other than pure evil.

Robby Soave | 1.22.2019 8:25 AM

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Covington Catholic

The Media Wildly Mischaracterized That Video of Covington Catholic Students Confronting a Native American Veteran

Journalists who uncritically accepted Nathan Phillips' story got this completely wrong.

Robby Soave | 1.20.2019 3:40 PM

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