Candace Owens has started another online scandal with her comments about the shady dealings of people close to Kanye West. Her statements have been rapidly circulated on social media and have elicited mixed responses with those in support and those against it calling them into doubt. What is most striking is the confidence that Owens is able to convey in her account as she highlights the fact that she is too close to the people she is writing about.
She presents her arguments as something subject to personal experience and not speculation; this has heightened public criticism. With the debate intensifying, viewers find themselves torn between her claims and the necessity of verifiable facts and the debate has become a wider debate on truth, influence and credibility.
