ABC News’ Thursday night special “The President and the People: A National Conversation” got off to a rocky start before it even aired, as Erica Garner, activist and surviving daughter of the late Eric Garner, staged a disruption at the end of the taping to protest being denied a promised opportunity to ask a question on-air. The special itself was shot through with so many glaring and often offensive flaws that I couldn’t fit them all into four posts on the subject, not even close.

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Luckily, Twitter is there to lend a hand, and point out what was good and bad about the special. Here’s a sampling of those reactions, including more from Erica Garner, who says that she was lied to by ABC News.