Covington Catholic Graduate Nicholas Sandmann Takes Swipe at ‘the Full War Machine’ of the Media
Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann took aim at the mainstream media during his speech at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night. Sandmann made headlines in 2019 when a video of his…
Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann took aim at the mainstream Media during his speech at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night.
Sandmann made headlines in 2019 when a video of his confrontation with Native American activists at the Lincoln Memorial during the March for Life went viral.
The video showed Sandmann standing face to face with Native American activist Nathan Phillips and smiling while wearing a Make America Great Again hat.
Shortly after the video surfaced, Media outlets accused Sandmann and his classmates of taunting and mocking Phillips, as IJR previously reported.
He filed lawsuits against CNN, The Washington Post, and NBC Universal over their coverage of the incident.
“The full war machine of the mainstream Media revved up into attack mode. They did so without researching the full video of the incident, without ever investigating Mr. Phillips’s motives, or without ever asking me for my side of the story,” Sandmann said.
He added, “And do you know why? Because the truth was not important.”