From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   BTR1701  wrote:   
   >Jan 11, 2026 at 12:46:56 PM PST, Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >>BTR1701  wrote:   
      
   >>>The legacy corporate media on the Minnesota Somali fraud scandal:   
      
   >>>(1) Diversity is our strength!   
      
   >>>(2)  Immigrants are the fabric of Minnesota.   
      
   >>>(3) Only $9 billion was stolen.   
      
   >>>(4) If you notice it, you're racist.   
      
   >>>(5) Somalis are the real victims here.   
      
   >>At first, I though Nick Shirley did legitimate reporting but now it   
   >>sounds like the whole thing was a cheap shot. Also, Shirley was led to   
   >>these day care centers by David Hoch and didn't choose them himself. In   
   >>fact checking the ten locations, the fact-checking reporter, another   
   >>reporter with Meitrodt, was able to obsrve five locations. There were   
   >>children.   
      
   >Most of those children were brought in after Shirley's expose as props to   
   >pretend to the public that "Look, we're not criminals, we do have children   
   >here!"   
      
   In one case, the reporters were shown time-stamped security videos from   
   the day Shirley was there, evidence of children.   
      
   >The infamous "Learing Center" was one of them. No children for the entire   
   >time (about a week) that Shirley observed them. Neighbors and other   
   >business owners in the area said there were never any children. Then   
   >after Shirley's video went national and they became a laughing stock,   
   >suddenly there were parents making a big show of dropping off their   
   >kids. But even that only lasted for a week or so. Now the "Learing Center"   
   >is listed as closed on the state web site.   
      
   In the five locations the reporters got into, they saw stuff for kids   
   that had been there a while and didn't think they were being suckered.   
      
   >>That's not quite debunking Shirley but that does tell us that   
   >>Shirley was not perforning the days-long surveillance necessary to announce   
   >>that no children were being cared for.   
      
   >It actually doesn't tell us that.   
      
   Shirley was there at the specific times on his videos and not at other   
   times. Surveillance would have required an entire day and then multiple   
   days of observation.   
      
   The Shirley videos are a distraction. The case that welfare abuse was   
   committed had already been made by reporting by established media, so I   
   wish you'd stop poo poohing legitimate journalism. This reporting   
   brought down Tim Walz, not Shirley.   
      
   >>More than half way into the interview, the reporter is finally asked   
   >>about the fraud. Remember, the fraud was ignored by state government;   
      
   >Looks like the mayor of Seattle is even more determined to let the   
   >Somalis get away with fraud in her city than the Minnesotans were. She   
   >outright stated in an interview that despite reputable media uncovering   
   >evidence of significant benefits fraud among the Somalis in Seattle,   
   >she has absolutely no interest in investigating it.   
      
   >https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2009747275623403520/vid/a   
   c1/1280x720/1vJsNYAxqkjT2n5o.mp4   
      
   I'm not arguing that politicians ever learn. If suspicious activity is   
   brought to the attention of government, then it really is about fraud.   
      
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