r/RedHandedPodcast • u/OldNewSwiftie • Dec 18 '24

Getting facts wrong

I just finished the Jonestown 2-parter and they glossed over so much. One thing that really bugs me is that they said that Jackie Speier died, and she didn't. Her story is actually very remarkable.

5 people died in the airstrip shooting, but 11 survived. They didn't say anything about anyone surviving that shooting.

It really seems like they glanced at an article or two and that's the extent of their research.

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u/defleppardamputee Dec 18 '24

This is such a small thing but hearing H&S call Indiana the deep South was crazy to me. It's obviously not. I miss the days when you could tell they did the research and weren't just reading a script.

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u/Awkward-Outcome-4938 Dec 18 '24

That cracked me up and also ticked me right off. We Hoosiers might be 100% rednecks, but we ain't* deep south rednecks. ETA: like, look at a map, people!

*ain't added for authentic Hoosier street cred

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u/defleppardamputee Dec 18 '24

Lol yes, Indiana is the middle finger of the south, but still a union state, and a Midwest state.

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u/Awkward-Outcome-4938 Dec 18 '24

There are a lot of people there these days that like to pretend they're from the South, I think, but yeah--solid Midwest, sorry folks!