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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

The Times recognizes real news that the Internet's Breitbarts and MSNBCs might miss.

 Regard "might miss" as inclusive; e.g. might have missed, might intend to miss, might not know what to think, might be lost on a senior editor's desk, might have been reported where the Crabgrass guy failed to look; whatever.

Real news that others missed? Yes/no?

‘QAnon shaman’ Jacob Chansley jailed for 3½ years over Capitol riot

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The one that got mainstream coverage as far away as New Zealand - was the "white, blond and a good job" ceremonial token wrist slap sentence. This Shaman's fate is quite something else. Where might we find good cause for this discrepancy?

Discrepancy in sentencing. Discrepancy in mainstream coverage. Was it the head gear, or the face paint?

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Well, Breitbart got it. Looked there as search enough, and their headline is:

Jan. 6 rioter who carried spear and wore horns got 41 months

Well. There. I second sourced it. The story must be true. Skeptical readers are urged to do their own web searching. 

Well, second sourced the headlines, while noting actual 3-1/2 years would be 42 months; with 41 being close enough and there was time served.

And, gee, looking at the Breitbart byline, they carried an AP feed.

It was a good theory that mainstream missed it. Facts intervened. Lesson?