2. More fake news from the White Nationalist Right: Drudge uses photo from Syria to depict Latin American kids as violent criminals
Jun 18, 2018 20:27:08 #
On Monday, the Drudge Report’s lead story was headlined “BORDER BATTLE: USA TAKING IN 250 KIDS PER DAY.” The accompanying image was of a group of young boys holding what looked like guns — the implication being that some of the kids the Trump administration is separating from their parents and detaining in detention centers are dangerous gangsters.
There was just one problem, however — the image was actually of Syrian kids holding toy guys during the 2012 Battle of Azaz.
The ACLU’s Brian Tashman caught a screengrab, and linked to the original photo.
Drudge spread fake news just three days after President Trump went out of his way to praise him during an impromptu Fox & Friends interview.
“Drudge is great by the way,” Trump said of Drudge, who is reportedly a frequent visitor to the White House. “Matt Drudge is a great gentleman, he really has ability to capture stories that people want to see.”
Trump has repeatedly invoked MS-13 to smear undocumented immigrants as violent, dangerous criminals. But data indicates that both documented and undocumented immigrants are no more likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.
Drudge later changed the photo on his homepage.
https://thinkprogress.org/drudge-syria-latin-america-e38d29e90ae5-940444fa01c4-2ebf3e619266-eb71e259ca6d/
There was just one problem, however — the image was actually of Syrian kids holding toy guys during the 2012 Battle of Azaz.
The ACLU’s Brian Tashman caught a screengrab, and linked to the original photo.
Drudge spread fake news just three days after President Trump went out of his way to praise him during an impromptu Fox & Friends interview.
“Drudge is great by the way,” Trump said of Drudge, who is reportedly a frequent visitor to the White House. “Matt Drudge is a great gentleman, he really has ability to capture stories that people want to see.”
Trump has repeatedly invoked MS-13 to smear undocumented immigrants as violent, dangerous criminals. But data indicates that both documented and undocumented immigrants are no more likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.
Drudge later changed the photo on his homepage.
https://thinkprogress.org/drudge-syria-latin-america-e38d29e90ae5-940444fa01c4-2ebf3e619266-eb71e259ca6d/
Jun 18, 2018 20:35:31 #
rumitoid wrote:
On Monday, the Drudge Report’s lead story was head... (show quote)
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Have you forgotten MS13. Or are you a member of that group?
Jun 18, 2018 21:32:01 #
rumitoid wrote:
On Monday, the Drudge Report’s lead story was head... (show quote)
Actually, the article was very truthful, but the photo selection to accompany the article was a poor choice. Unlike the whacko "false news" alphabet news sources, Drudge made a correction and changed the picture, .... unlike when the alphabet news outlets are caught lying, those "fake news" outlets just continue to push their leftist lies.
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