FAKE NEWS: Huffington Post “Journalist” Accuses Wrong Man Of Burning Black Man Alive In Tennessee

I was scanning through my Twitter feed when I saw this:

So a white supremacist burned a black man alive earlier this year in Tennessee. https://t.co/0Ol5dT1arg

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 28, 2018

Whole story here: https://t.co/0Ol5dT1arg

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 28, 2018

NEW from me: The Tennessee man accused of burning a black man alive earlier this year is a known white supremacist, according to intel collected by @ADL_National. https://t.co/0Ol5dT1arg

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 28, 2018

John Daniel Carothers allegedly sent a jailhouse letter, intercepted by authorities, in which he confesses to the murder.

“I believe the Bible is about white people and for white people…. I set him on fire with lighter fluid poured on his head.” https://t.co/0Ol5dT1arg pic.twitter.com/BclTOp6QAm

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 28, 2018

According to @ADL_National researcher Carla Hill, the letter was addressed to a Christian Identity church in Arizona.

Adherents of Christian Identity teachings believes Jews are Satanic, non-whites are sub-human, & that whites are the “true Israelites.” https://t.co/0Ol5dT1arg pic.twitter.com/grvBuD1KgM

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 28, 2018

Carothers had been on @ADL_National ‘s radar for quite some time. He goes by the name “Horst Fisher” on Facebook, a reference to a Nazi concentration camp doctor executed after the war for his part in killing thousands. https://t.co/0Ol5dT1arg pic.twitter.com/rZWYIIZ8zX

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 28, 2018

Carothers’ son, Michael Weaver, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in 2011 after pepper-spraying a black man. Weaver was once named “activist of the year” by National Alliance, a neo-Nazi group. https://t.co/0Ol5dT1arg pic.twitter.com/LRERX6Om0s

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 28, 2018

We’re horrified by the vicious murder of Robert Miller. Our experts from our Center on Extremism confirmed today with @letsgomathias at @HuffPost that the suspect is an active white supremacist. We call on this to be investigated as a hate crime. https://t.co/2LteW3KFYZ

— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) August 28, 2018

My jaw dropped when I saw that Michael Weaver was mentioned in this. I clicked on the story to find out that Huff Post is accusing his father of burning a black man alive in Tennessee.

I thought to myself: this can’t be right, I have met Michael Weaver’s father several times, he doesn’t look like this guy, I have never known him to leave Georgia and I certainly would have heard about this if there was any truth to it.

I texted Michael Weaver about this:

Note: This is a bad article and a good example of how not to cover white supremacy, Huff Post.

This is a bad article & is a good example of how not to cover white supremacy https://t.co/lXZ3VkEfVv pic.twitter.com/kQ29c6kQ3R

— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 13, 2018