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Aside from the truth or falsity of the claim, which is amply discussed in this thread: Snopes is, supposedly, a neutral Mythbusters site for the Web. "Urban s
by UIUC_06 4y ago
Aside from the truth or falsity of the claim, which is amply discussed in this thread:
Snopes is, supposedly, a neutral Mythbusters site for the Web.
"Urban street gangs initiate members by making them drive at night with lights off and kill anyone who flashes lights at them" -- busted!. Great stuff.
Instead, they bend over backwards to cite irrelevancies about political figures they like: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-us-mexico-border-president/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-us-mexico-border...
> But we were unable to find a documented Biden visit to the U.S.-Mexico border during his presidency. We reached out to the White House to learn more and will update this post if we get more information.
> We should note, however, that Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Texas border in June 2021 and toured immigration facilities. In December 2019, before the presidential elections, Jill Biden also visited asylum seekers in camps on the Mexican side of the border.
How is relevant that Harris went to El Paso? The press secretary said Biden went there. We "reached out to the White House to learn more" -- what more is there to learn? They already busted it.
.. and investigate, scrupulously, anything favorable to their side:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walker-texas-resident/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walker-texas-resident/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-musk-could-threaten-free-speech/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-musk-could-threaten-fr...
It's fine for Snopes to be a "fact checker with an agenda." They just need to disclose the agenda.