Why Do You Hate Me? USA: 3. The Fable of the Pikesville Clip: ‘I’ve been burnt by the fire once, so I’ll think twice before posting’
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2.8 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
A headteacher at a school in small American suburb of Baltimore was a prominent member of the local community. But many in the neighbourhood turned on Principal Eric Eiswert, after an audio clip emerged of him appearing to make racist and antisemitic remarks. Except, what no one knew then was that another bombshell would transform what they thought of the headteacher – and of themselves. In this episode of Why Do You Hate Me? USA, Marianna investigates the network of posts and people that can make it so hard to know what’s really going on, even down the street. She explores a new tool at the disposal of conspiracy theorists, trolls, and bad actors at the 2024 presidential election, and interrogates the damage it can cause to tightly-knit communities. Host: Marianna Spring Producer: Daniel Wittenberg Story Editor: Matt Willis Editor: Sam Bonham Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Sound Design: Tony Churnside Production Co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge
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| 0:00.0 | A group of men ran in with machetes. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm Livy Haydock, and from BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live, |
| 0:08.6 | this is gangster, the story of Georgie Pye. |
| 0:13.2 | The scene of the killing near a Chinese bookshop is being flooded with detectives. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the world of the triads. |
| 0:19.6 | If the triads are coming out of you, you're done. |
| 0:21.5 | Where loyalty is sworn in blood. |
| 0:24.8 | Gangster, the story of Georgie Pye. |
| 0:27.6 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:31.3 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:37.2 | My name is Elfie D. I'm in a place to be, and I'm rhyming on the mic so easily, and I'm fresh. |
| 0:43.0 | Me and Kurok ski, we're in a place to be. |
| 0:45.7 | I wrote that when I was like maybe five or six years old. |
| 0:53.2 | 35 years on, Alfred Malone Jr. still goes by his childhood nickname, Alfie D, on social media. |
| 1:03.0 | Under that name, Alfie now posts about news in his local community on Instagram and X. |
| 1:08.8 | I try to just keep people entertained. |
| 1:11.6 | One day you might see, I'll be straight, serious, |
| 1:14.5 | then you'll turn around, you'll see something, |
| 1:16.1 | a funny clip with some animals or something, |
| 1:18.6 | I'm like a chameleon. |
| 1:19.5 | And that's about my page is, like a chameelion. |
| 1:21.5 | Also a part-time podcaster and part-time postman, |
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