FAKE NEWS
Colin Kaepernick Camp Accuses Jason La Canfora and CBS of Fake News
On CBS's NFL Today, James Brown introduced Jason La Canfora by saying the reporter "sat down" with Colin Kaepernick, his girlfriend, and his trainer on Saturday:
La Canfora stressed that Kaepernick maintained that he is vigorously working out in addition to his activism work in Harlem, that he is laser-focused on an NFL return, and that he was willing to meet the Titans anytime, anywhere for a workout this week.
At the end, James Brown asked about the Anthem protests: "And the kneeling, he said?" La Canfora responded: "He's not planning on kneeling. He's donating all his jersey sales. And he's planning for standing for the Anthem, if given the opportunity."
La Canfora clarifed on Twitter that he did not ask Kaepernick about the kneeling, and was relaying a report from Adam Schefter about that from March. "Colin Kaepernick will stand during the national anthem next season, sources told ESPN on Thursday," Schefter wrote. "Kaepernick no longer wants his method of protest to detract from the positive change he believes has been created, sources told ESPN. He also said the amount of national discussion on social inequality - as well as support from other athletes nationwide, including NFL and NBA players - affirmed the message he was trying to deliver."
After La Canfora's report, Kaepernick retweeted this entry from TV/radio personality Charlamagne Tha God, which said that Kaepernick "never spoke to CBS," but that he "bumped into" La Canfora in a hotel lobby:
Everybody simmer down. We live in a strange world. 1) Colin never spoke to CBS, 2)This reporter Jason Lancafora didn’t do an interview with Colin he randomly bumped into him in a hotel lobby, 3) Jason Lancafora said in these tweets he didn’t even have a convo with Kaep about kneeling so how in the hell is everybody running with a story about Kaep not kneeling and Kaep never said that??? FAKE NEWS. “Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear especially if it’s on the internet.” -Uncle Charla Allan Poe (swipe for his tweets)
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