Ep. 53 Robby Soave Broke the Real Story on the Covington Students, But He Also Defended Ilhan Omar

Published: Aug. 23, 2019, 8:48 p.m.

https://www.bobmurphyshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/robbysoave.jpg ()Robby Soave, a writer at Reason, was the first journalist to shatter the original narrative about the Covington Catholic students caught in the infamous faceoff with Native American Nathan Phillips. But Soave has also tried to correct the unfair coverage of Ilhan Omar. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Robby Soave’s reason.com articles on https://reason.com/2014/12/01/is-the-uva-rape-story-a-gigantic-hoax/ (Rolling Stone’s irresponsible coverage) of the UVA rape allegation,  https://reason.com/2019/01/20/covington-catholic-nathan-phillips-video/ (the Covington students), how Ilhan Omar was https://reason.com/2019/07/25/ilhan-omar-video-fear-white-men/ (taken out of context), and on the https://reason.com/2019/07/23/jessica-yaniv-da-silva-brazilian-wax-balls/ (Brazilian wax controversy). Soave’s new book, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250169887/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=consultingbyr-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1250169887&linkId=ab7f95c61188564922ceb1dd8a4166e5 (Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump). How http://bobmurphyshow.com/contribute (you can contribute) to the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode was provided by https://www.podsworth.com/ (Podsworth Media).