Posted on Feb 26, 2021
FACT CHECK: Biden Reopens Border Shelters For Teens, But It's Not 'Kids In Cages'
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The White House is continuing to defend itself against criticism from the left and right for reopening Trump-era shelters used to house unaccompanied teenagers crossing the border from Mexico.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that the administration was forced to make the "tough choice" of reopening the facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, due to the number of unaccompanied minors arriving at the border, which she explained meant taking responsibility for their care.
"It's either we send kids back to a very dangerous journey back to their countries. That's not a good option. I don't think anyone would support that option," Psaki said. "[Or] we send them to families that have not been vetted. We've seen challenges with that in the past where kids have been trafficked. That is not a good option in our view."
She also said the pandemic has exacerbated the challenges. The administration needed additional space due to social distancing protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that the administration was forced to make the "tough choice" of reopening the facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, due to the number of unaccompanied minors arriving at the border, which she explained meant taking responsibility for their care.
"It's either we send kids back to a very dangerous journey back to their countries. That's not a good option. I don't think anyone would support that option," Psaki said. "[Or] we send them to families that have not been vetted. We've seen challenges with that in the past where kids have been trafficked. That is not a good option in our view."
She also said the pandemic has exacerbated the challenges. The administration needed additional space due to social distancing protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
FACT CHECK: Biden Reopens Border Shelters For Teens, But It's Not 'Kids In Cages'
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They've been around for decades, only Trump turned them into cages.
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Trump admin: "KIDS IN CAGES!!!!!!"
Same exact facility:
Xiden Admin, "OVERFLOW FACILITY! We're FEEDING KIDS!"
And you fucking people think average Americans are STUPID enough to not see the hypocrisy.
Same exact facility:
Xiden Admin, "OVERFLOW FACILITY! We're FEEDING KIDS!"
And you fucking people think average Americans are STUPID enough to not see the hypocrisy.
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How the hell is this a fact check? It is a parroting of the information that the administration provided.
I like NPR, it is one of my primary sources of news. But I also understand that they lean left. And here we have a left-leaning media organization "fact-checking" the leftist administration, by not actually doing ANYTHING to dispute the claims of the administration, or label their misleading (and inaccurate) information as false.
Had this been Trump, there would have been a label right up front.
THIS is what the right is bitching about with their mantra of "fact checking censorship." Psaki gets a "fact check" pass because she is part of a Democrat administration.
I like NPR, it is one of my primary sources of news. But I also understand that they lean left. And here we have a left-leaning media organization "fact-checking" the leftist administration, by not actually doing ANYTHING to dispute the claims of the administration, or label their misleading (and inaccurate) information as false.
Had this been Trump, there would have been a label right up front.
THIS is what the right is bitching about with their mantra of "fact checking censorship." Psaki gets a "fact check" pass because she is part of a Democrat administration.
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NPR is rated very high in factual reporting and hasn't failed fact checks. That is more than I can say for a bunch of the right wing sites on RP.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
1SG (Join to see) - To be clear, 1SG, I am not saying that NPR needs a fact check, or that their reporting is inaccurate. I am saying that the article they titled "fact check" did not actually do so. Their article purporting to be a "fact check" of a Democratic Press secretary was entirely accurate in its reporting. But it failed to actually fact check, or provide the "misleading information" or "false" labels that seem to accompany similar statements from the right.
The article provided other statements and opinions which seem to possibly refute what Psaki said. But NPR, here, failed to connect the dots and actually label Psaki's statements as false or misleading, and failed to authenticate the refuting statements or opinions as fact, allowing the reader to make the same conclusion. In essence, this "fact check" said "Here is what Psaki said. Now here is what other people said. (And even went so far as to imply that even if the other people were right, what Psaki said wasn't REALLY false). You decide." Had this been one of Trump's myraid Press Secretaries, the story would likely have taken a much firmer positions in calling out untruths and labeled misleading information as such.
As I said in my first post, I LIKE NPR, and they are one of my primary sources of news. But I have to call a spade a spade, and I think NPR seriously failed here. They were factually accurate, and their reporting was true, but they failed to treat a Democratic fact check like they would a Republican one.
The article provided other statements and opinions which seem to possibly refute what Psaki said. But NPR, here, failed to connect the dots and actually label Psaki's statements as false or misleading, and failed to authenticate the refuting statements or opinions as fact, allowing the reader to make the same conclusion. In essence, this "fact check" said "Here is what Psaki said. Now here is what other people said. (And even went so far as to imply that even if the other people were right, what Psaki said wasn't REALLY false). You decide." Had this been one of Trump's myraid Press Secretaries, the story would likely have taken a much firmer positions in calling out untruths and labeled misleading information as such.
As I said in my first post, I LIKE NPR, and they are one of my primary sources of news. But I have to call a spade a spade, and I think NPR seriously failed here. They were factually accurate, and their reporting was true, but they failed to treat a Democratic fact check like they would a Republican one.
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SFC Casey O'Mally - Ehh Gomez is a far-left sycophant.
He's entirely on board with the idea that the average American can't see the hypocrisy between "Trump kids in cages' and 'Xiden's overflow facility.'
He's entirely on board with the idea that the average American can't see the hypocrisy between "Trump kids in cages' and 'Xiden's overflow facility.'
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SFC Casey O'Mally - Pay no attention to far right QAnon's like greg. I didn't tag you in my response and my comment was more for joseph.
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