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   From: dsimmons@outlook.com   
      
   Think Progress, a website operated by the liberal Center for   
   American Progress, failed to vet a phony story which claimed   
   that Minnesota U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann proposed   
   “Americanization” labor camps for Central American unaccompanied   
   children.   
      
   “I’m calling on all of us, Obama and Congress and everyone, to   
   chip in and build special new facilities…‘Americanization   
   facilities,’ if you will,” Bachmann said, according to Think   
   Progress, which has since corrected its embarrassing flub.   
      
   “And we’d send these kids to these facilities, in Arizona and   
   Texas and wherever else. And we’d get private sector business   
   leaders to locate to those facilities and give these children   
   low-risk jobs to do. And they’d learn about the American way of   
   life, earn their keep, and everyone wins in the end,” Bachmann   
   continued, in Think Progress’ fantasy land.   
      
   Think Progress’ owner, the Center for American Progress, is   
   populated with numerous veterans of the Clinton and Obama   
   administrations.   
      
   Think Progress was snookered by a post at a website called KCTV   
   7, which presents itself as a news outlet based in Kansas City.   
   A quick internet search reveals a number of online posts   
   pointing out that KCTV 7 is a fake news site. It also shows no   
   affiliation to major news networks. According to TV guide   
   listings for the Kansas City area, channel 7 is not in use.   
      
   In its parody article, KCTV 7 claimed that Bachmann called for   
   the work camps in an interview with Minnesota’s Twin Cities News   
   talk radio host Jason Lewis. But the fake site merely linked to   
   Twin Cities News’ website, not to an actual article or radio   
   interview featuring Bachmann.   
      
   Think Progress published the erroneous story on Sunday but   
   corrected it and issued an apology after another liberal   
   website, the Raw Story, pointed out the massive hoax.   
      
   “The news site KCTV7 News is a parody. Rep. Bachmann (R-MN)   
   never made the statement. We sincerely regret the error,” reads   
   Think Progress’ correction.   
      
   But the Raw Story seemed to provide cover for Think Progress’   
   error in its headline, which read “Crazy racist Bachmann story   
   so believable liberal websites fall for parody.”   
      
   The websites Crooks and Liars and Daily Kos are two other   
   liberal outlets that fell for the fake story.   
      
   Bachmann, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in   
   2012, is a big target for liberals, largely because of her   
   religious conservatism.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/27/leading-liberal-   
   website-falls-for-fake-story-about-michele-   
   bachmann/?intcmp=obinsite   
      
       
      
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