The Mailbox Hoax That Won't Go Away Just Got Even More Fake

[PeteS in CA]

The Mailbox Hoax That Won't Go Away Just Got Even More Fake

https://pjmedia.com/election/megan-fox/2020/08/18/the-mailbox-hoax-that-wont-go-away-just-got-faker-n804208

Fake news is running with the story that Trump is having mailboxes removed for nefarious purposes and they’re using this photo to prove it. A fact check at USA Today reported, “The picture — described as originating in Wisconsin — has taken off across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit and elsewhere, being shared hundreds of thousands of times and viewed millions of times within a few days of the earliest posts on Aug. 14, 2020.”

The photo was taken by Reuters and one journalist is calling them out to correct the record. It’s a doozy. It turns out that the facility is a refurbishing factory (that makes mailboxes great again) and the pile has been there for at least three years. Read the whole thread. Fake news is dangerous. The entire country is under the impression that the Trump administration is rounding up and imprisoning mailboxes because of this one photo taken out of context. Photojournalist Gary He did some digging and found out the truth. Read through this thread.

[Hoodat]

USPS flashback: Obama administration removed thousands of mailboxes

.  .  .  “Nationally the number of collection boxes declined by more than 12,000 in the past five years,” an August 2016 report said. “Some customers have complained the Postal Service has gone too far and removed most collection boxes, except those at the Post Office. In addition, they have questioned whether any cost savings result from collection box removals.”

The same report revealed that in a 17-month period during Obama’s second term, hundreds of mailboxes were removed without following the appropriate process, as “322 out-of-service boxes were permanently removed from the street without Eastern Area approval or public notification to customers.”  .  .  .

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/postal-service-flashback-obama-admin-removed-thousands-of-mailboxes

[Cyber Liberty]

[Fishrrman]

The USPS seems to have become "the McGuffin" of the election...

[EdinVA]

I cannot find it anywhere, but it seems I remember a conversation about removing mailboxes from the streets because terrorists were putting bombs in them.  The same for trashcans.