L.A. Times journo ignores some inconvenient truths about terrorist attacks on US soil

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/826950727725617153

You may not be a fan of Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, but that doesn’t mean you can just ignore facts you don’t like. L.A. Times “national race and justice reporter” Jaweed Kaleem is sure going to try, though:

https://twitter.com/jaweedkaleem/status/826949147924180992

https://twitter.com/jaweedkaleem/status/826949618973892608

OK, but …

What about including 9/11?

— InvidiousDistinction (@InvidiousDist) February 2, 2017

Creative writing & math! *Exclude the biggest terror attack in American to make your story plausible.

— Colorado RedTraci (@goptraci) February 2, 2017

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/826950258466942976

Also interesting? That article Kaleem links to was written in June of 2015. A few things have happened since then.

Yup. June 2015. So San Bernardino and Pulse are both not included.

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) February 2, 2017

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/826951620919492609

Embarrassing.

.@jaweedkaleem San Bernardino and Pulse shooting both happened after that article was written. Puts jihadi death toll above non-jihadi.

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) February 2, 2017

https://twitter.com/damianpenny/status/826951664473088000

When accurate statistics are inconvenient, that doesn’t make them any less accurate. If you can’t use up-to-date information to make your case, Jaweed, maybe you shouldn’t be making that case at all.

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@chrislhayes @nytimes @Reuters is it me or does this article pretend Pulse nightclub shooting never happened ?

— Jose Torres (@josectorres_) February 2, 2017

just realized it's from before that, which is significant and misleading.

— Jose Torres (@josectorres_) February 2, 2017

https://twitter.com/jaweedkaleem/status/826952199150333952

Kaleem did retweet this, at least:

@mattdpearce @nytimes Old report. This predates the Pulse nightclub; count is now higher for Muslims, sadly.

— sh1 (@shall001) February 2, 2017

But it still doesn’t explain away the decision to ignore 9/11. Or justify his laziness.

https://twitter.com/youllprobhateme/status/826952767637856256

https://twitter.com/jaweedkaleem/status/826955107350700033

Then find a more accurate, timely article, Jaweed. This isn’t difficult.