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Article in The Guardian by Alice Herman 8/17/24

Headline: “JD Vance defends pet-eating remarks: ‘The media has a responsibility to fact-check’”

Subhead: “Republican VP nominee claims at Wisconsin rally that constituents told him ‘they’d seen something in Springfield’”

OK to lie – if you can get away with it?

“JD Vance defended his comments about Haitian immigrants eating pets during a Tuesday rally, saying that ‘the media has a responsibility to fact-check’ stories – not him.

“The rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, came two days after the Ohio senator told CNN host Dana Bash it was OK ‘to create stories’ to draw attention to issues his constituents care about, regarding inflammatory and unfounded claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, had eaten residents’ pets.”

. . . “ ‘When I said – and the media always does this, they’re very dishonest – when I say that I created a story, I’m talking about the media story, by focusing the press’s intention on what’s going on in Springfield,’ said Vance.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/17/jd-vance-wisconsin-rally-immigrants-media