I had barely finished posting my last article relating to the viral news story about the bullying that Donald Trump's attempted assassin allegedly experienced at Bethel Park High School when another story went viral denying the bullying. The original story, first broken by the New York Post, relied on eye-witness accounts by several of Thomas Crooks's schoolmates, who said he had earned the nickname "School shooter" and there was a video showing Thomas being intentionally antagonized by another student in class.

The newer story reported on Bethel Park High School's official statement asserting that Thomas had not been bullied. This was followed by a CNN interview with former school counselor, Jim Knapp. Knapp sounds tense and defensive while asserting that, had Thomas been bullied, he and the school’s three other counselors would have known about it and put a stop to it. Since the school has no record of Thomas being bullied, this is considered proof that he wasn't. While keeping mostly to himself, Knapp informs us, Thomas was a smart and friendly boy who took his education seriously, missing only one day of school during his senior year. While the interviewer was polite throughout, he didn’t sound overly convinced that Thomas had not been bullied.

Yes, it is possible. But it’s not likely. It is well known that students tend to have more........

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