It looks like the local reporter who first reported on the dreadlocks attack hoax has some explaining to do.

Here’s the Daily Caller’s Luke Rosiak:

The reporter behind the false dreadlocks attack story has a record of activism for laws to prevent discrimination against "natural hair", the family of the girl owns a "natural" beauty company, and the reporter promoted their company on air in 2018https://t.co/14todgmbbo — Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) October 3, 2019

When they were alleging racism, WUSA filmed at least 5 segments over 5 days plastering a 12-year old & her grandma's name & picture all over. Then it acknowledged an unnamed family actually perpetrated a hoax, concealing their names (even grandma) because of, you know, privacy. https://t.co/9JQH2uMhhW — Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) October 3, 2019

You’d think she would be sorry about it, but nah:

Mikea Turner,the reporter behind the dreadlocks hoax,

repeatedly shamed the school for taking 48 hours to look at evidence before expelling 3 children Within hours of a child claiming bullying, she filmed a segment, then did 6 in 5 days She's not sorryhttps://t.co/Mjl7cmBiWg pic.twitter.com/A8ziGWEWY8 — Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) October 3, 2019

The NAACP looks pretty bad in all of this, too:

The NAACP tried to cover up the hoax and make it seem like a concession, saying the Allen family "reached a private resolution with the school" so a rally should be cancelled. Then they deleted that post and called it "regrettable" that a black girl was NOT viciously assaulted. pic.twitter.com/vWivzUvM7r — Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) October 3, 2019

And WUSA was still using the story to generate outrage clicks even though the underlying hoax had already been exposed:

4 days after it this full-blown hoax was admitted, WUSA still has stories where it runs around Virginia TELLING people who have nothing to do with the dreadlocks incident that it happened, then writing down their "reactions" that "oh, that sounds bad."https://t.co/HZdNTGjSSI — Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) October 3, 2019

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