Can it be true? Is the central figure in the Mizzou protest against white privilege really from a family of millionaires?
I saw the link on Instapundit. It was hard to accept without investigations. One of the things I am trying to teach my students about research on the internet is to follow a story to its source so you can evaluate how reliable it is. For instance, consider the Ben Carson “scandal” about West Point. Once I saw it came from Politico I knew I could ignore it.
So I clicked on the link.
That lead me to the Gateway Pundit. I would accept that as reliable but because they are conservative I would not use them as a source for doubters. Like a good reporter on the internet, they gave a link to their source.
That led me to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Being MSM, I would not consider them unbiased. I don’t read the paper enough to know but I would assume they maintain a left leaning editorial policy. It doesn’t matter, they are MSM. If you would not accept Instapundit or Gateway Pundit because they lean right, you should accept the Post-Dispatch because it leans left. The quotes are accurate. According the the Post-Dispatch, Jonathan Butler’s father’s “ 2014 compensation was $8.4 million, according to regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.”
This is the poster child to protest white privilege.
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