Kleveland Konvention
2018-03-16 23:59:14.117419+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Washington Post: Made By History: How social media spread a historical lie
Kambree Kawahine Koa, whose bio identifies her as a “political news contributor,” scored big with her offering, which garnered almost 10,000 likes and close to 1,000 replies. “The Democrats created KKK,” she tweeted over a photo of a Klan march captioned: “This photo was taken at the 1924 Democratic Convention. It was known as the ‘Klanbake’ (just in case you want to Google it).”
The only problem? There was no Klan march at the 1924 Democratic convention — the photo was actually taken in Wisconsin — nor was the convention ever actually known as the “Klanbake.”
(However, in 1924 Time Magazine did refer to that year's Republican convention in Cleveland as "the Kleveland Konvention.)