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https://web.archive.org/web/20220209193043/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-crack-pipes-racial-equity/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220209193043/https:/

• fortuna86 5y ago
  Ok, this confirms what I said: > Also "Mostly False" sounds right, as it was just the pipe detail that is in dispute, no? In fact this passage articulates why "mostly false" is accurate, the framing done by right wing media was purposefully and misleading (and leaning on emotionally/racially charged language like "crack pipe"): > Collectively, these articles gave readers a grossly misleading and reductive presentation of what was a real substance abuse harm reduction grant overseen by the Biden administration in early 2022. We are issuing a rating of “Mostly False.” > It’s true that the grant description required the provision of smoking kits — an established component of harm reduction strategy — but in reality, those kits constituted just one of several sub-components of an even longer list of requirements for grant recipients. In other words, while outraged media coverage focused almost exclusively on “crack pipes,” this was actually only a very small part of the program. I asked you for a solid example of something objectively wrong that hasn't been corrected, you gave me something that is at best nuanced and deserving of more clarification. > Snopes and Politifact have outright lied and no one cares. Not here they didn't. I'd ask for another example, but if this is the best you have to prove that "fake news" is out to get you, I think we've dispelled that thoroughly.