In March 2018 , a RedState contributor posted a story questioning whether David Hogg , a 17-year-old survivor in the Parkland school shooting , was actually in the school during the time of the shooting . RedState backtracked later and the writer of the story apologized . RedState added an " update " to the story , but did not provide a " correction " . RedState 's update also blamed the story on confusing reports by other news organizations . The false RedState story was shared widely by prominent conservatives , including Erick Erickson
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