Not sure how I came to it, but I took an interest in Kitty Genovese, who was stabbed to death and raped in NYC in 1964. The New York Times "reported" that 37 or 38 (they couldn't even decide which number to lie about) people heard her being attacked and killed, but did nothing. They didn't want to get involved.
This was a lie.
Like, not even an embellishment - it was a flat out lie.
The truth is that only a few of her neighbors even heard the initial attack, and they thought it was just a couple of drunks or a lovers spat. One man did interpret it as an attack and yelled out the window, making the attacker run away. Several people called the police to report a disturbance. One neighbor went out to investigate and found Kitty dying. NYT's "bystander effect", that prompted investigations and studies, was a flat lie.
So yeah, nothing new with these press liars.
This was a lie.
Like, not even an embellishment - it was a flat out lie.
The truth is that only a few of her neighbors even heard the initial attack, and they thought it was just a couple of drunks or a lovers spat. One man did interpret it as an attack and yelled out the window, making the attacker run away. Several people called the police to report a disturbance. One neighbor went out to investigate and found Kitty dying. NYT's "bystander effect", that prompted investigations and studies, was a flat lie.
So yeah, nothing new with these press liars.