Child Detentions (2019)

AFP and Reuters reported, the U.S. had "the world’s highest rate of children in detention.” They lied. AFP and Reuters reported, according to the UN the U.S. had "the world’s highest rate of children in detention.” Then they found out the article was from the 2015 Obama era, and the numbers had gone down under Trump. Instead of correcting/reporting, they pulled the story and whitewashed history to keep from Obama looking bad and Trump from looking better. ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2019-11-21

(NBC did a poor job of correcting the record, but at least tried).

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Fake News While the term goes back 100 years, the history is summed up well by Sharyl Attkisson.

Reuters Reuters isn't usually quite as biased and partisan as the AP is, but that's a bar that a drunk could trip over.

🔗 Links

• https://nypost.com/2019/11/20/when-the-villain-is-obama-not-trump-news-suddenly-becomes-not-worth-reporting/

Real News:

• Shockingly, NBC did a poor job of trying to do the right thing (tons of context/corrections are omitted, but they tried): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/u-s-has-world-s-highest-rate-detained-kids-should-n1084841

Tags: FakeNews  Reuters