Today, what I consider two really big news stories broke.

[conuly]

One concerning an actor who apparently faked his own hate crime, and the other concerning a member of the Coast Guard who was apparently planning a massive terrorist attack, explicitly because he's a huge bigot against minorities.

I'm a little perplexed by the proportion of coverage these two stories are getting in my news sources. Not perplexed. More like disturbed.

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[highlyeccentric]

I am... not surprised. Although as far as social media goes the cause seems less disturbing to me (people feel betrayed by Smollett, and will talk about it, as opposed to 'neo nazis gonna neo nazi', which is... worth talking about, but far less surprising).

[conuly]

Still.