Fenton
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There was really nothing to look at more carefully here. The evidence suggested that he was in fact assaulted. The police operated under that assumption as well as they proceeded with the investigation. Until they had a reason to conclude Smollett was lying they gave him the benefit of the doubt and proceeded to look for his assailants based upon the information he gave them. That was the correct course of action.
You can't afford to get irrationally gun shy on these things. Like a Quarterback who threw an interception or a Closer in baseball that blew a save. Or maybe, in this case, a more appropriate analogy would be a referee that blew a whistle on a player because the defender flopped. You have to call it as you see it as best you can.
Even in this case, Smollett seemed to be motivated by the fact that past instances where he was threatened were not taken seriously.
I don't think anyone doubted he was attacked, but there were plenty of reasons to doubt his version of events
Those that bought into this HOAX were either acting on some personal partisan bias, or they were just naive and gullible