National Geographic author and Egyptologist Kara Cooney falsely claimed Kyle Rittenhouse killed “two black men” with a semiautomatic weapon in her new book The Good Kings, which covers how ancient Egyptian history manages to get political and discusses Rittenhouse’s trial.
“Consider Kyle Rittenhouse, who used his semiautomatic weapon to kill two Black men in Kenosha, Wisconsin while waging a glorious war on behalf of his inherited White power,” the book reads.
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One America News Network’s Kara McKinney posted a screenshot of the book’s page containing the false claim.
“I’m literally wheezing this is so funny this is the last chapter of ‘Good Kings’ by Egyptologist Kara Cooney. I’ll say this delicately… she’s not the brightest and it shows,” McKinney tweeted.
I’m literally wheezing this is so funny ?? this is the last chapter of “Good Kings” by Egyptologist Kara Cooney. I’ll say this delicately… she’s not the brightest and it shows. pic.twitter.com/YoI4sGGM49
— Kara McKinney OANN (@Nefertari_25) January 5, 2022
Cooney replied to the tweet with an apology for the error, explaining it wasn’t caught before publishing.
“Yes. This was my mistake. And caught too late for printing. Apologies. I stand by the sentiment of white supremacy, however,” Cooney tweeted in response.
Yes. This was my mistake. And caught too late for printing. Apologies. I stand by the sentiment of white supremacy, however.
— Kara Cooney (@KaraCooney) January 5, 2022
Rittenhouse shot three white men in self-defense during the Kenosha, Wisconsin, riots. Two of the men he shot died from the gunfire. In November, a jury found Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts.
Several voices in the media made similar false claims about the men Rittenhouse shot being black.
The British outlet the Independent published that Rittenhouse was “cleared of murder after shooting dead two Black Lives Matters protesters” and wrote that the “teenager who shot three black men with rifle found not guilty on all charges.”
Next time an Independent journalist accuses anyone of trafficking in misinformation, throw this front page back in their face. The three men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse were white, not black. Staggeringly irresponsible journalism. pic.twitter.com/OXv6kyQxhi
— Toby Young (@toadmeister) November 20, 2021
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“I am highly educated and reasonably perceptive, and it was only today that I learned the Kyle Rittenhouse victims were white. My progressive bubble made this seem like a very different case than it is,” wrote Twitter user Sarah Beth Burwick.
I am highly educated and reasonably perceptive, and it was only today that I learned the Kyle Rittenhouse victims were white.
My progressive bubble made this seem like a very different case than it is.
— Sarah Beth Burwick (@sarahbeth345) November 11, 2021
