Media Offenders

Douglas MacMillan

OUTLET

The Washington Post

REPORTER

Douglas MacMillan, Lydia Sidhom, N. Kirkpatrick

CLAIM

ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year

CATEGORY

Bias, Malpractice

THE OFFENSE

In one of its stories, The Washington Post featured Neha Desai – an attorney with the nonprofit advocacy group National Center for Youth Law – as an immigration expert.

THE TRUTH

Desai is a left-wing partisan who donated to Kamala Harris, and it’s irresponsible not to provide that context to readers.

KEY POINTS

• The Washington Post portrayed a left-wing radical as an “expert”, and omitted her history of bias from their story.

SOURCES

• ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year
• Neha Desai's FEC Record
OUTLET

The Washington Post

REPORTER

Douglas MacMillan, Silvia Foster-Frau

CLAIM

ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors

CATEGORY

Bias, Lie

THE OFFENSE

The Washington Post claimed that using ankle monitoring devices to track illegal aliens is inhumane and “steeped in controversy.”

THE TRUTH

Ankle monitoring devices have been used to track criminals for decades and are considered uncontroversial in mainstream American jurisprudence.

KEY POINTS

• The Washington Post mischaracterized the use of ankle monitors as inhumane and “steeped in controversy.” When in fact, there is well-documented precedent for this common law enforcement method.

SOURCES

• ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors
• The Evolution Of Electronic Monitoring Devices

Douglas MacMillan

ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year

ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors