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Cable News Erects Wall of Falsehoods Around Caravan
« on: November 30, 2018, 02:34:25 pm »

Cable News Erects Wall of Falsehoods Around Caravan
By Bill D'Agostino | November 26, 2018 11:37 AM EST

For the past month, talking heads on CNN and MSNBC have repeated numerous outright falsehoods about the Central American caravan: namely, that it is comprised of “mostly women and children”; that there is “no evidence” of criminals participating; and that none of those marching north are “economic migrants.” An MRC analysis of cable news coverage also identified eight instances in which panelists brazenly claimed that the existence of the caravan was itself a conspiracy theory.

Below is a video documenting just some of the numerous narratives about the caravan that cable pundits have been pushing:
 
Source URL: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2018/11/26/cable-news-erects-wall-falsehoods-around-caravan