I know, I know, USUALLY when a headline asks a question, the answer is always “NO!”

In this case, someone ran down the source of Britt’s sex trafficking story, and it did happen…

In Mexico…

When George W. Bush was President.

You can read the victims 2015 congressional testimony here:

http://www.antislavery.ac.uk/items/show/139

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    8 months ago

    Fun rule of journalism, ‘Betteridge’s Law’ : if a headline asks a question, the answer is almost always ‘no’.

    Edit: lmao even the writer mentions in the first line. I mean why even try to argue your point after that?

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      Because even though the event itself was not a lie, attempting to frame it as negative to the Biden administration was? 🤔