You know, you don’t have to be a fan of Donald Trump’s threat to try to do away with birthright citizenship via EO to know that this coverage by the AP stinks to high heaven:
President Donald Trump says the U.S. is the only country that offers birthright citizenship. But a 2010 study from the Center for Immigration Studies says 30 countries offer that right. By @APLaurieKellman and @catherine_lucey: https://t.co/IuyqItZ4Wt
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) October 30, 2018
Take a closer look at the AP’s article and you’ll find this:
"…he has sought to focus on his fearmongering over immigration"
In a news story. https://t.co/8lKrPi4hUH
— Greg Scott (@GScottSays) October 30, 2018
How’s that for journalism?
This phrase is in the copy of an actual news (not opinion or analysis) story from @AP (with a HT to @lyndseyfifield) pic.twitter.com/CCBMmSYDXB
— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) October 30, 2018
When will the supposedly objective media learn that it is, in fact, possible to report the news without injecting their own bias into it? It shouldn’t be this difficult.
"Honestly, what do we have to do to get people to trust us again…?" – the media, grasping for answers. https://t.co/zhHzMeIRkF
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) October 30, 2018
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