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2023-07-08 11:19:13 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The WaPo "fact checker" Glenn Kessler has a history of downplaying sex trafficking and has been wrong on many issues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/09/02/the-fishy-claim-that-100000-children-in-the-united-states-are-in-the-sex-trade/ https://www.allsides.com/news/2021-05-25-1012/ted-cruz-mocks-washington-post-clowns-after-fact-check-declares-wuhan-lab-leak

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• The WaPo "fact checker" Glenn Kessler has a history of downplaying sex trafficking and has been wrong on many issues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/09/02/the-fishy-claim-that-100000-children-in-the-united-states-are-in-the-sex-trade/ https://www.allsides.com/news/2021-05-25-1012/ted-cruz-mocks-washington-post-clowns-after-fact-check-declares-wuhan-lab-leak