LoganSquire t1_j2c8zfz wrote
Reply to comment by Barnst in ABC News: "Washington, DC, records back-to-back years with 200 murders for 1st time in nearly 20 years" by Swampoodle1984
It would be nice if the media would stop just copy and pasting this nonsense from the police union and including it as fact in their articles.
SomeLikeItRaw t1_j2e3ovk wrote
This is one of my perpetual gripes with reporting at all levels - how exceptional this is - any sense of responsibility to fact-check quotes instead of merely repeating them. Trump coverage was the 'exception that proves the rule', if only because he spoke falsely so frequently and flagrantly.
skiwhatwhat t1_j2eg9v5 wrote
Or print it and call out how absurd it is and how incongruous with facts it is...
Monkeylint t1_j2eqml8 wrote
"The police union made baseless claims that certain reforms..."
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