I recently read an article from CNN (Typically a very liberal/democrat anti-republican source). It is analyzing the declarations of Donald Trump and Barrack Obama on immigration and crime rates.
You can read that article HERE.
CNN's Levels of ratings and my perception of their meaning:
TRUE - meaning completely factual and in no way false or misleading or skewed
MOSTLY TRUE - some falsehood but very very little and is not misleading or skewed
TRUE BUT MISLEADING - this is where things get creatively skewed and falsehood begins to creep in at an alarming rate but not enough to call it completely false.
FALSE - completely untrue and fabricated
IT'S COMPLICATED - the situation is far more than true or false.
I was first disturbed and moved to blog by a one-sentence brush off of the method of detection of illegal immigrants - "The best measure that we have of how many people try to enter the country illegally is how many are apprehended each year."...
WHAT?! That is absolutely ridiculous! That is no way to measure anything. Basically Border Patrol is saying that unless they're caught, they don't exist. THAT method is misleading. But for the sake of argument, we will accept this method because its what we have. And we're going to give our president who relies on these numbers a leg up.
So here we go!
OBAMA -
"Well it turns out that the rate of illegal immigration into the US today is lower by 2/3 than it was when Ronald Reagan was president. And far fewer undocumented workers crossing the border today than we did in the '80s or '90s when George Bush was president." -- CNN calls this TRUE.
Oh Lord Almighty, give me strength to not rip this man a new ass hole!
Number 1, the "system" for these calculations and figures is flawed beyond belief. It's only accounting for those CAUGHT. Number Two, the problem is, the ones NOT being caught. Three, did we ever stop to think they're getting smarter about getting in and hiding? Four, did we ever stop to think that the entitlement-generation wants the paycheck and does not want to do the work for said check? Five,Trump's stance (see below) that Mr. Obama is criticizing is that we're not doing enough to keep them out let alone get them out once they're here. Five, this "they don't exist until they're caught" mentality is devastating - much like there are no such things as terrorists until they fly a plane into a building, shoot up a Christmas party or night club, or ram a truck through a large crowd of people. -- I call this TRUE BUT MISLEADING. The only reason I am not calling it false, is because (like I said earlier), this is the system we have. Although, I feel if the system is false and flawed, any claims made using them are therefore false and flawed. But let's give our president the benefit of the doubt.
TRUMP -
Brings up the statistic of 180,000 criminals who are illegal and AT LARGE. If you know they are here, they should have been sent away immediately, not out roaming freely. CNN registered this as TRUE.
TRUMP -
Then we touch more on the tens of thousands who have been apprehended so far in 2016 and told "OK, go back home now" and then they are released to go home. do they go home? Hell no. the run deeper into the country. CNN gives this a TRUE BUT MISLEADING because the number is incredibly up, but there is no evidence they wish to share about releases.
An illegal immigrant in January 2016 killed a girl in a car accident. CNN gives this a FALSE because the man had been in the country since 2013 and was not a prior criminal. Let's go back to the Border Patrol Statistics - they don't exist until caught. Therefore; he wasn't really here or counted until 2016. I give this a TRUE rating and I'll even give a MISLEADING to be fair on the 2013 thing. The point here is, had this man been sent away and our borders secured, this girl would not have died.
OBAMA -
The violent crime rate is down. CNN says TRUE.
Violent crime is defined as "murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault". It does not take into account the riots and destruction of property. It does not take into account simple assault. It does not take into account a lot of things. IF this were to be called true, it needs to be called true but misleading. Again IF you wish to call it true. IF we are talking "violent crimes" as defined above it is TRUE AND MISLEADING. If we talk the state of the country as a whole, I feel it is clearly FALSE.
I give CNN credit here for stating that the reduced violent crime rate was already on a downward trend PRIOR to Obama taking office; therefore, he should not receive credit. I give Mr. Obama a TRUE BUT MISLEADING against his claim that violent crime is the lowest its been in decades during his presidency. It may be true, but he implies he did it which is FALSE.
TRUMP -
Makes the claim that crime and violent crime is up in America's top 50 cities. CNN simply said that this was TRUE.
Amongst the president's attempts to derail and chastise Donald Trumps points, he did make one thing abundantly clear - he is an idiot. From my perception of this ordeal, the president is more false and misleading than Mr Trump. He lied to get elected, he lied and mislead while in office, and he will continue to be an idiotic and lying human being long after he gets thrown out on his ass come January 2017.
I leave you with this - The definition of insanity is performing the same tasks in the same manner and expecting different results. Wake up America and actually support CHANGE in our government.
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