A CNN guest claimed recently that Thomas Jefferson raped a 14-year-old slave.
No one at the table challenged the contributor. The assertion was presented as an indisputable fact, and the panel moved on to other topics.
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When Myths Become Media ‘Facts’
by Becket Adams
What excuse is there today for anyone not to double-check?
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Then–President Barack Obama makes a statement from the White House Press Briefing Room ahead of a meeting with his national security council in Washington, D.C., August 28, 2014.
Larry Downing/Reuters
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Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.
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