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2023-09-23 17:42:53 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

AP misinforms readers starting with the photo. "School officials say his dreadlocks fall below his eyebrows and ear lobes and violate the district’s dress code." AP attempts to make this about race, rather than hair length. https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-texas-education-lawsuit-black-hairstyle-20230923-trqkzbsunrbovnekql7deewce4-story.html

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• AP misinforms readers starting with the photo. "School officials say his dreadlocks fall below his eyebrows and ear lobes and violate the district’s dress code." AP attempts to make this about race, rather than hair length. https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-texas-education-lawsuit-black-hairstyle-20230923-trqkzbsunrbovnekql7deewce4-story.html