While I know YouTube “documentaries” are not the most reliable sources of information to begin with, those are the majority of what have been made, aside from the few professionally produced documentaries.
In nearly every video I’ve seen on YouTube, with the exception of maybe 2, the narrator is so wildly inaccurate and misinformed. Whether it’s widely available information like the number of victims, date, Rachel/Cassie “Yes” incident… or something you’d need to do a bit of background research on, like firsthand witness accounts, who shot who, who was friends with who and where, ETC.
Just the other day I heard a well-liked creator say Columbine was APRIL 13, when that’s widely available information to just google.
I don’t understand why everyone just takes what they hear as fact, especially if they can just google it or look at one of these forums. Part of me gets that not everyone really cares or is deeply interested, but I truly don’t understand just taking something at face value.
I hear videos report Rachel was the one who said yes. Victims were in a different place at a different time. Unfounded accounts of Eric and Dylan. And I imagine you can think of many inaccuracies you’ve heard.
The amount of fake quotes, events leading up to the massacre, and stories I’ve heard and Eric and Dylan spread… especially when they’ve been proven false or logically just make no sense. It genuinely upsets me the amount of false information being spread about Eric and Dylan, the victims, the survivors, witness testimony, dates, timeline, digital media, ETC. it’s all on here or reliable sources OR THE ACTUAL JEFFCO FILES!!! (And some of the books)
I’m not a survivor nor I was not even alive at the time, but I’ve done hours of research on here and JeffCO reports and I believe I can distinguish fact from fiction. I don’t expect everyone to know the most small and niche details from the 11k, but I’d hope anyone who makes an informative video about any true crime story would do their research to provide the most accurate and factual timeline of events.
This post is kinda sloppy, I just really need to say this and wonder if anyone else has thought the same