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hlthe2b

(106,064 posts)
4. Oh, I love that... And true, to boot! (Sorry, I only remember seeing this before and a link then that appeared valid)
Sat Sep 14, 2024, 11:03 AM
Sep 14

But, I agree that the poster needs to provide the source...

werdna

(926 posts)
6. Sorry, TravelHat, this video is based on -
Sat Sep 14, 2024, 02:34 PM
Sep 14

- "a series of articles that appeared in the online publication Capitol Hill Blue back in 1999. . .Capitol Hill Blue was founded by Doug Thompson, a former Republican political consultant and director of the National Association of Realtors' political action committee, and back when this article was originally published, its stock in trade was running outrage-provoking political stories based on information supposedly supplied by anonymous (and therefore unverifiable) "insider sources." "

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/congressional-crimes-list/

The video in question: "In a TikTok video viewed by millions and also shared on Instagram, a 2012 video clip shows Mark Bailey, now chancellor of the Dallas Theological Seminary, relaying a text from a son and asking whether the statistics are “NBA or NFL?” "

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-congress-crimes-statistics-social-media-922895052628

It only took a few minutes to suss this out. Please be more careful in future posts. As we all have learned since Trump first announced his candidacy, misinformation is very detrimental and harmful.

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