By: Buckeye Mama

Buckeye Mama
Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:35:27 +0000

In reply to fan" target="_blank" title="/2016/11/terrorism-claims-surrounding-ohio-state-attack-yet-to-be-backed-up-by-motive/comment-page-1/#comment-101316">fan">/2016/11/terrorism-claims-surrounding-ohio-state-attack-yet-to-be-backed-up-by-motive/comment-page-1/#comment-101316">fan of good journalism. Ha! I just posted something very similar on Facebook: I think accuracy in journalism needs to start early. This OSU student wrote a pretty nice piece, but somehow he -- and his editors, faculty advisers, etc. -- missed two profoundly important words (radical and illegal), and in doing so, completely distorted the truth. FTA: "Wednesday morning, President-elect Donald Trump — who ran a hard-line campaign critical of both Islam and immigration — tweeted that Artan, who was a Somali refugee, should have never been allowed in the country." Should have read: "...ran a hard-line campaign critical of both RADICAL Islam and ILLEGAL immigration..." You may not like the guy - I'm not crazy about him either - but the truth is the truth. And to the extent the media obfuscates it, they are part of the "fake news" problem.