The Matt Walsh Show
Ep. 1795 - They Lied About Karmelo Anthony. What Else Have They Lied About?
11 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Now that Carmelo Anthony has been shipped off to prison and riots nationwide have failed to materialize, you'll discover that no one in the mainstream press wants to talk about the story anymore. He's no longer useful to anyone, not even his own family.
But there was a very important element of the Carmelo Anthony case, one that we should never forget, even if the media wants to pretend that it never happened. And I'm talking about the absolute unrestrained brazenness of all the lying that we had to listen to over the past year. It rivaled the Kyle Rittenhouse trial in terms of how flagrantly dishonest the coverage was.
Democrats, BLM activists, the corporate press all repeatedly deceived the public about basic fundamental aspects of the story, even though anyone with an Internet connection could disprove the lies in about five minutes. They claimed the video footage was irrelevant, even though it was a key part of the case.
They claimed Austin Metcalf pummeled Carmelo Anthony when Metcalf barely actually touched him. They claimed there was an all-white jury when only about half the jury was white, and on and on and on. The lying had the desired effect. Anthony's family raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. Millions of black Americans were outraged.
The other day, one of these outraged black Americans randomly attacked a white person on the side of the road, falsely claiming he was involved in the case in some way. Watch.
Hey, weren't you on jury selection? No, he wasn't. No, he wasn't. Seriously. No, he wasn't. He was on jury selection. He's a vet, dude. He's a vet. He ain't been on jury selection.
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Chapter 2: What foundational myths of the civil rights movement are examined?
Simpson, about Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Jacob Blake, George Floyd, every other black martyr in their war on white people. They've been telling flagrant lies for a very long time, even when those lies are extremely easy to debunk. And by any measure, though, the Carmelo Anthony case... is one of the most egregious examples.
It was such an obvious case of first-degree murder that the defense didn't even present a case for all intents and purposes. Really, the defense witnesses helped the prosecution over and over and over again. There is no coherent version of events that justifies the killing of Austin Metcalf, and yet the lies and the outrage persisted. And seeing all of this,
One of your first reactions once you get past the pure disgust and the desire to bring about immediate change in this country should be to ask yourself, what else have they lied to us about over the years? I'm not talking about the narratives that all reasonable people have already rejected. I'm not talking about OJ Simpson or George Floyd.
I'm talking about the narratives that even if you're pretty skeptical of left-wing race propaganda, might still seem convincing to you. In other words, now that we've seen how flagrantly they're willing to lie for the benefit of a killer like Carmelo Anthony, what other famous black, quote unquote, victims in American history need a second look?
It's a difficult question to address because the entire point of propaganda is to muddy the historical record so that no one in the future can debunk the lie. And that's why, for example, NBC News ran this headline a couple of weeks ago, quote, Kyle Rittenhouse gained fame for opening fire at a 2020 civil rights rally in Wisconsin.
Now they know that Kyle Rittenhouse was attacked during a riot that caused tens of millions of dollars worth of property damage. They know the rioters tried to beat him with a skateboard and shoot him with a handgun.
But the goal of NBC News is to recast this event as a civil rights rally so that 50 years from now, historians will portray Rittenhouse as a deranged gunman who mowed down peaceful protesters. NBC News doesn't care that there was a public trial complete with extensive video evidence which proved Rittenhouse legally defended himself during a riot. They're hoping they can
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Chapter 3: How did the media misrepresent the Carmelo Anthony case?
Rewrite history anyway, and they're probably right. 50 years from now, you can imagine what the history books are going to say about that episode. That's the whole point here, that seeing through this kind of propaganda isn't easy when the propaganda was written more than 70 years ago, but we should try anyway just to see what we might find out.
Again, they're lying blatantly to our faces about events that we all experienced and that in most cases were caught on video for the whole world to see. If they can and do lie about those sorts of things, imagine what kind of lies they can tell about events that none of us experienced with no videos to go back and check to confirm the record.
Consider every supposed racist atrocity from decades or centuries ago. Every quote-unquote innocent minority wrongfully persecuted by racist whites. I'm not saying that all of those stories aren't true. I'm saying that you can't assume that they are true. You have to go back with a skeptical eye willing to question even the narratives that are most taken for granted.
Indeed, especially those narratives. So let's go through a couple of examples now. Let's begin that process today. And let's start with the killing of a 14-year-old black boy named Emmett Till. Now, there's a good chance that you've almost certainly heard of Emmett Till. As the writer Steve Saylor has pointed out, he's not just a fixture in high school history textbooks.
He was also center stage during the BLM hysteria of the past few years. Emmett Till, who was murdered in 1955, has been mentioned in 427 different New York Times articles over just the last 10 years. Emmett Till was mentioned more often in American books in 2022 than in any previous year. So as far as enduring myths go, Emmett Till is certainly up there.
The basic narrative, which you've probably been told in school and by the media, is that Till was abducted and lynched by racist white people in Mississippi back in 1955. His crime allegedly was just simply whistling at a pretty white woman in a grocery store. Her name was Carolyn Bryant Donham.
That was a serious violation of racial codes at the time, so Bryant, who was very offended, lied to her family and told them that Emmett Till had groped her. This is the story. And in response, Bryant's husband and his half-brother hunted the boy down a few days later, abducted him from a cabin, and brutally lynched him. The story was a major catalyst for the civil rights movement.
Many decades later, in her 70s, Bryant admitted that she had lied about Emmett Till. Black activists then demanded that prosecutors charge her with a crime, and ultimately Bryant died before they could get their vengeance. That is the official narrative. A few years ago, when Bryant passed away, CBS News repeated this version of events verbatim on air. Watch.
Carolyn Bryant Dunham, the white woman who accused Emmett Till of making advances towards her, has died. 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by Bryant's then-husband and his half-brother in Mississippi in 1955 over the allegation. The two men were acquitted in his killing by an all-white jury, but later confessed in an interview.
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Chapter 4: What were the consequences of the lies surrounding Carmelo Anthony?
That's an extremely I guess we would say sanitized and deliberately misleading way to present the story. According to Bryant's testimony in court, as well as her memoir, Emmett Till grabbed her hand and said, how about a date, baby? And when she tried to flee, Emmett Till followed her to the cash register, forcefully grabbed her waist and said, what's the matter, baby? Can't you take it?
He told her she didn't need to be afraid and explained, quote, I've been with white women before. Emmett Till did not leave the store until one of his friends entered and forcefully removed him. So this was, according to her, an attempted sexual assault, not just in advance. Now, these facts are obviously not flattering for Emmett Till.
And for what it's worth, this behavior would not be out of character for the Till family. I think it's worth noting Emmett's father was named Louis Till. He enlisted in the army during World War II to avoid going to prison for domestic violence. But Louis Till's behavior did not change overseas.
He was court-martialed for the murder of an Allied civilian during the Italian campaign, as well as the rape of two pregnant Italian women. Ultimately, he was found guilty and hanged. And incidentally, he had been incarcerated at the same military prison as the American poet Ezra Pound, who was jailed for treason.
Pound even wrote a verse about Louis Till saying, Till was hung yesterday for murder and rape with trimmings. Now, of course, the fact that Emmett Till's father was a domestic abuser and a rapist does not by itself demonstrate that Emmett Till did anything wrong. But if we're just being logical about it, it makes it more likely that he would engage in similar conduct.
And taken together with Bryant's testimony, it's obviously context that makes her claim more credible, though still none of us can ever know for sure what really happened in that store that day. I mean, we really don't know for sure. But the major lie about Emmett Till is what happened many years after his death.
And the claim from the left and the media and activists is that Bryant later recanted her allegations that Emmett Till had physically assaulted her. They say that Bryant admitted in her dying years that she made the whole thing up and she feels really bad about it. This is a core part of the story. And here's ABC repeating that claim. Listen.
We're coming. Reverend Wheeler Parker says that his Bible tells him to forgive. And he says that's what he's doing here. Thank you. Taking an overnight train to Mississippi with his wife, trying to make peace. Oh my goodness. With the murder of his cousin by a clan of racists. If you dwell on it, you'll come out of it injured. Nearly 70 years ago to this day.
This is where the white woman who worked here claimed that his 14-year-old cousin had grabbed her, put his hands around her waist, and then told her he had slept with white women before. It was all over the daily papers with quotes from a young Wheeler Parker calling 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant a pretty lady. Interviews he says he never gave. Bryant and her husband Roy owned the store.
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Chapter 5: How does the narrative of Emmett Till differ from historical accounts?
What happened to her when she was on the ground? Lopez came, and he was holding her by her arms. He pinched her arms with his knees, and then he covered her mouth with his hand. And then she was still speaking, so he started smacking her. What did he smack her with? His hand. Where did he smack her? In the face. He smacked her in the face. Where was he? And he was behind her head? Yeah.
And he was holding her hands? You said that he was kneeling on her arms? Yeah, on her arms. And what was he doing with his hands? He was covering her mouth. Every time she was told he was smacking, he'd say, shut up, bitch, and kept smacking. How many times did he smack her? I think twice, three times. And did she keep screaming? Mm-hmm, and he just kept smacking her.
Did somebody stuff something in her mouth? No, he picked up the brick and he hit her with the brick twice. Where did he hit her with the brick? Around her face, maybe around here or somewhere up here. After he hit her in the head with the brick, did she stop screaming? Yeah. She was like shocked. When you say she was shocked, what did you see? She just did this. She didn't do nothing.
Did she stop moving? Mm-hmm. She just did this. What was Kevin doing while Steve Lopez was holding her hands and hitting her with the brick? He was having sex with her. What did you see him doing? Was he on top of her? Mm-hmm. You have to answer out loud and say yes or no. Yes. And did you see whether his pants were on? No. Did he take them all the way off or just take them down?
He pulled them down. How far down did he pull them? About a little past his knees. And did he say anything while he was on top of her? No, he was just having sex with her. When this woman was first grabbed, you said you first saw her, Kevin Richardson was holding her wrists. Was he saying anything to her? He was just trying to pull her. I didn't hear him say nothing. I just seen him struggling.
When she got knocked down and you said that Steve Lopez hit her in the head with the brick, was she bleeding? I think so, yeah. Was she bleeding a lot? No. No?
Now, the video goes on for a long time. His demeanor doesn't change. He tells a consistent story that he participated in the attack, but his conscience eventually led him to leave the scene as the sexual assault began. Provides a lot of details. Many of them are unprompted. Kind of details that he'd only know if he was involved in the attack.
Anyone looking at this video would have every reason to believe he's telling the truth. And on top of this confession, the police had physical evidence. At trial, the jury heard that, quote, hair consistent with the female jogger's hair was found on the clothing of Richardson and co-defendant Stephen Lopez.
Bloodstains were found on Santana's right sneaker, Salam's jacket, and on co-defendant Lopez's underwear. And semen stains were found on the underwear of McCray and Richardson and on Santana's sweatshirt.
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