Fake news is fake

[T.Lex]

Putting this here instead of GenPol because fake news should be considered fake.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doug-m...sador-role-in-trump-administration-uncovered/

There is a long and storied tradition of ambassadorships to allies going to people who were big donors or close friends of candidates.

Kennedy's ambassador to Ireland was a notable example.

 

[Alamo]

Reuters and AFP ran with the following story entitled "u.s. has world’s highest rate of children in detention -u.n. study"

They have since scrubbed it from their sites, but currently a copy of the AFP version is at Rawstory.com (as well as a dozen other sites): https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/us-has-worlds-highest-rate-of-children-in-detention-says-un/

Before it goes down the memory hole too, a couple quotes:

The United States has the world’s highest rate of children in detention, including more than 100,000 in immigration-related custody that violates international law, the author of a United Nations study said on Monday.Worldwide more than 7 million people under age 18 are held in jails and police custody, including 330,000 in immigration detention centers, independent expert Manfred Nowak said.

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Children should only be detained as a measure of last resort and for the shortest time possible, according to the United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty.

“The United States is one of the countries with the highest numbers – we still have more than 100,000 children in migration-related detention in the (U.S.),” Nowak told a news briefing.

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“Of course separating children, as was done by the Trump administration, from their parents and even small children at the Mexican-U.S. border is absolutely prohibited by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. I would call it inhuman treatment for both the parents and the children.”

There was no immediate reaction from U.S. authorities. Novak said U.S. officials had not replied to his questionnaire sent to all countries.

He said the United States had ratified major international treaties such as those guaranteeing civil and political rights and banning torture, but was the only country not to have ratified the pact on the rights of children.

But wait:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-rights-child-idUSKBN1XS1PC

GENEVA (Reuters) - A Nov. 18 story headlined “U.S. has world’s highest rate of children in detention -U.N. study” is withdrawn. The United Nations issued a statement on Nov. 19 saying the number was not current but was for the year 2015. No replacement story will be issued.​

AFP's twitter feed says they have deleted the story as well. I will wager that the rest of the news sites follow suit.

Copies of the tweets at Instapundit: https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/348833/

So, deleted instead of identifying the correct … actors? Or it's old news and suddenly not newsworthy? The study, 749 pages, was just published yesterday. Apparently there was time to write a story on it and the "Independent Expert's" blurbing of it, but not time enough to do fact checking...

The study is here: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/StudyChildrenDeprivedLiberty/Pages/Index.aspx

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Reuters and AFP ran with the following story entitled "u.s. has world’s highest rate of children in detention -u.n. study"

They have since scrubbed it from their sites, but currently a copy of the AFP version is at Rawstory.com (as well as a dozen other sites): https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/us-has-worlds-highest-rate-of-children-in-detention-says-un/

Before it goes down the memory hole too, a couple quotes:


But wait:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-rights-child-idUSKBN1XS1PC


AFP's twitter feed says they have deleted the story as well. I will wager that the rest of the news sites follow suit.

Copies of the tweets at Instapundit: https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/348833/

So, deleted instead of identifying the correct … actors? Or it's old news and suddenly not newsworthy? The study, 749 pages, was just published yesterday. Apparently there was time to write a story on it and the "Independent Expert's" blurbing of it, but not time enough to do fact checking...

The study is here: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/StudyChildrenDeprivedLiberty/Pages/Index.aspx

As has been mentioned many times, most times, whatever the left is accusing the Trump administration of doing, they had been doing all along before he ever ran for president. The policy of separating children from their parents at the border was going on under the Obama administration (and probably on a much larger scale), but there wasn't a peep of objection then. But "Orange Man Bad", so they cheerfully report on it. When the facts are pointed out, they suddenly go quiet, or make up a new distraction. SSDD

 

[Alamo]

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/27/gop-wants-apology-liberal-pac-over-regretful-trump/

Democrat attack ad features 2016 “Trump voter” who “regrets” voting for Trump...except that he did not actually vote at all in 2016.

 

[Alamo]

The AP Stylebook Now Doesn't Want a Riot to Be Called a 'Riot'

[FONT=&amp]“A riot is a wild or violent disturbance of the peace involving a group of people. The term riot suggests uncontrolled chaos and pandemonium,” explained the AP Stylebook’s official Twitter account on Wednesday. “Focusing on rioting and property destruction rather than underlying grievance has been used in the past to stigmatize broad swaths of people protesting against lynching, police brutality or for racial justice, going back to the urban uprisings of the 1960s.”

[/FONT][FONT=&amp]“Unrest is a vaguer, milder and less emotional term for a condition of angry discontent and protest verging on revolt,”

[/FONT][FONT=&amp]Protest and demonstration refer to specific actions such as marches, sit-ins, rallies or other actions meant to register dissent. They can be legal or illegal, organized or spontaneous, peaceful or violent,a nd involve any number of people.”[/FONT]

https://twitter.com/APStylebook/sta...oesnt-want-a-riot-to-be-called-a-riot-n993223


Reading US news stories already requires Pravda-levels of deciphering, especially if its about Trump.

 

[Ingomike]

The AP Stylebook Now Doesn't Want a Riot to Be Called a 'Riot'



https://twitter.com/APStylebook/sta...oesnt-want-a-riot-to-be-called-a-riot-n993223


Reading US news stories already requires Pravda-levels of deciphering, especially if its about Trump.

Saw that yesterday, unbelievable! BUT, Barney was right, we conservatives should have nipped this crap in the bud...

 

[Ingomike]

I wonder how much of the news is actually true ? What would happen if there was truly important information to get out. Would anybody believe it ?

Just saw "Social dilemma", they were pretty explicit that whole groups are fed the news they want, not the whole news and accurate information.

For instance just saw FB posts and news that claim Trump hates Jews and is a antisemitic bigot, his daughter is Jewish, his grandkids are being raised Jewish, he has supported Israel, moved the embassy Jerusalem, it is so far from the truth but it passes FB community standards...

 

[KMaC]

Next step, control the visual narrative.
Ban any photos or video of riots. Allow only photo/video of "peaceful protests for social justice".
History is being written by the victor.

 

[jamil]

The AP Stylebook Now Doesn't Want a Riot to Be Called a 'Riot'



https://twitter.com/APStylebook/sta...oesnt-want-a-riot-to-be-called-a-riot-n993223


Reading US news stories already requires Pravda-levels of deciphering, especially if its about Trump.

"[FONT=&amp]The term riot suggests uncontrolled chaos and pandemonium"
[/FONT]
Oh. So when it's used in a controlled way to destabilize a society, it's not a riot. Okay. Difference noted.