Reuters tweeted out a photo with a headline that has captured some attention as it pertains for the border debate:
Reuters photo captures Guatemalan mother begging soldier to let her enter U.S https://t.co/E088sJjSsG pic.twitter.com/EDfzluASe0
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 26, 2019
Reuters’ tweet managed to whip up some criticism of US border policies:
I saved this photo for the time when I need to remember that this is all so very, very. Wrong.
— MyOwn DamnBusiness (@SarcNSnarkSoaps) July 26, 2019
And cue a bunch of “patriots” mocking and being generally awful to her for having the gall to be desperate and want a marginally better life for herself and her kid.
— Radical Goats (@RadicalGoats) July 26, 2019
Tragic. This is America. https://t.co/7isGETvXnm
— Jeremy Bandini (@netexplosure) July 26, 2019
Actually, it’s not America. For people who only went by assumptions based on Reuters’ tweet and didn’t actually read the story, there was some context missing:
It's a Mexican soldier and he stopped them in Mexico https://t.co/isyMRfnr3p
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 26, 2019
Well, there’s that! Also, the story isn’t quite what the tweet implies:
Eight paragraphs in. pic.twitter.com/i0EzhanjE4
— Todd Paxton (@iamtoddpaxton) July 26, 2019
Reuters’ contribution to the Dem narrative has been noted, however:
This is why MSM gets called fake news https://t.co/s4ZSIQD0mM
— Turk the real sjw hero (@TURK1776) July 26, 2019
My favorite thing is how it's angled low enough not to show any of the flags or ID on his uniform because that would let everyone know this is a Mexican soldier https://t.co/1vfytISOTI
— Einherjar (@Einherjar69) July 26, 2019
The media sucks…leaving key details out.. this was in Mexico! https://t.co/MykuEJUd1H
— Cody DaSilva (@cdas58) July 26, 2019
Thankfully this Mexican soldier saved these people from the American concentration camps.
— janon1234 ?? (@janon1234) July 26, 2019
This is an intentionally misleading headline
— #TeamBallard ?? (@E_G_T_B56) July 26, 2019
Technically, she's begging to be let out of Mexico.
— Bromley86 (@Bromley_86) July 26, 2019
It's a Mexican soldier. She probably should've gone to the US embassy in Guatemala before marching her kid 1,500 miles. They could've have told her how to try to immigrate legally and saved her the time and trouble. Crying is not a visa. https://t.co/DvuJeuAJNm
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) July 26, 2019
Here is fake news in real time :
The soldier is a Mexican soldier.. not an American soldier.
Reuters is lying in order to push a wide open borders agenda #fakenews https://t.co/2I7DUiAZn1— Col. Ben Bannister (@ColBannister) July 26, 2019
Perfect example of fake news. https://t.co/w7hNtKkV3E
— Nico Muchuelas (@Nicostatus) July 26, 2019
Did aoc retweet this yet?
— Old Rice Fan பழைய சோறு விரும்பி (@Milagaai) July 26, 2019
With the next Democrat debates coming up in a matter of days, here’s a closing point:
Mexico is doing more to protect the sovereignty of U.S. than the Democrats. Remember this in 2020. https://t.co/Dyt04nnLd1
— Alex Goldin (@alexgoldin74) July 26, 2019
That’s something else.
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