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The Texas Water Story Was All Wet

The press put out especially lazy and dishonest reporting on a Texas law, and Democrats in Washington lapped it up.

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Jesus Picasso, a builder originally from Mexico, takes a water break during hot weather in Manvel, Texas, July 13, 2023.

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Some sloppy reporting is worse than others.

Sometimes, a bogus media narrative is born of a half dozen cobbled-together falsehoods and misunderstandings, a conflation of ignorance and miscommunication. Sometimes, a bogus media narrative is no more complicated than sheer laziness and dishonesty on the part of journalists.

Becket Adams

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Becket Adams

Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

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