Here’s How The Media Are Lying Right Now: ‘Violent Crime Dropping’ Edition
by Eddie Scarry
Axios headline, April 12: “New data shows violent crime dropping sharply in major U.S. cities.” That assertion, the article merrily stated, “puts a serious dent in one of the most frequently used lines of attack by former President Trump and his allies, who have sought to tie Democrats to the issue since 2020.” And it comes surely by coincidence as freshly anointed Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris gives herself a makeover as a hard ass on crime rather than the effusive “defund the police” candidate she ran as in 2020.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/15/heres-how-the-media-are-lying-right-now-violent-crime-dropping-edition/
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