Look, we all distrust the legacy media here, and for damn good reason. It's one thing we can almost all agree on. But journos are very hesitant to directly attribute something to someone if it wasn't actually said. Claiming to have spoken to someone, and that they said something, when they didn't, is a great way to get busted for fake sources...one of the few standards journos still seem to take seriously.

It's possible a mistake occurred in reporting, but I think that's pretty slim.

Direct attributions, as far as I know, are pretty dang solid.

Metcalf said Lang invited him to speak at Saturday’s rally, trying to win him over with statistics about black violence and “white lives matter” rhetoric.

“‘I said, ‘You, sir, are part of the f—ing problem. You are not a part of the solution. I don’t want anything to do with you,'” Metcalf said.

He demanded that Lang remove photos of his son from the Protect White Americans website and event flyers, and he plans to complain to the school board for granting protesters access to the stadium parking lot.

“I want [the superintendent] to explain to me how you let this white piece of trash on school property where my son was murdered less than two weeks ago.”