Turns out it's really easy to make money in America by lying.
Destiny and Shawn Jackson are Minneapolis parents who claimed their truck was "lifted off the ground" by a tear gas canister as they were peacefully driving home with 6 kids from a basketball game at Anderson Middle School.
CBS News wasted no time getting out the sad story:
SO SAD, RIGHT???
On a GoFundMe page, Destiny says the tear gas flooded the cabin of their truck and her infant stopped breathing.
As of Wednesday, the fundraiser had reached over $170,000.
There's only one problem.
One teensy-tiny problem.
Destiny and Shawn Jackson were filmed participating in the mob that was harassing federal officers.
The two apparently left their kids in the car while they got mostly peaceful. If the children were exposed to tear gas, it is because their parents endangered them by leaving them in a vehicle, harassing federal officers, then trying to flee the scene of the crime.
Shawn specifically told local news that he was NOT participating in the protest, despite being filmed in the protest (notice how easy it is for so many people to lie?).
Again, CBS News, ABC News, and others reported on this story.
CBS News paid a crew to film Shawn and Destiny in their home. How much did it cost to pay for a two-and-a-half minute segment on national TV, including transportation, equipment, and staffing?
But they couldn't pay one person out of their gazillion-dollar budget to fact-check Shawn and Destiny's claim? Some random guy on social media did their job for them??
I AM GOING TO ANGRILY TAP THE SIGN:
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