How the Media Twisted the Truth for Sensationalism

At the time when police were investigating the incident, a local “investigative” news report was aired that furthered the misrepresentations and misleadings about this sweet family and the church that continues to support their innocence. The reporter who interviewed church leaders purposely misled them in his questioning and in twisting their responses during editing. Please watch the below raw footage of the interview that offers just a glimpse of how the reporter tried to instigate certain words or phrasing. Note also how church leaders attempted to share the truth, but of course these clips weren’t included in the final product…

Watch as the reporter purposely uses wording that that is inaccurate, trying to get church leaders to agree; at the end, he admits he knows the correct wording.

Church leaders explain the church’s stance that any child discipline starts with love first.

Church leaders are adamant that the church would never advocate violence against children; this segment was not included in final product.

Church leaders explain how words can be misconstrued and misrepresented; the reporter agrees.