Media Offenders

Lily Dallow

  • OUTLET

    REPORTER

    CLAIM

    L.A. mother says she was taken to U.S. border, being held until she self-deports

    CATEGORY

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    THE OFFENSE

    KTLA’s Lily Dallow published an article that blindly accepted the claims of a Los Angeles woman who said she’d been kidnapped by ICE.

    THE TRUTH

    The entire story was fabricated. The Los Angeles woman – Yuriana Calderon – was never in ICE custody and instead made up the kidnapping story to generate public sympathy and solicit donations.

    KEY POINTS

    • An illegal immigrant told an elaborate lie meant to demonize law enforcement.
    • KTLA eagerly spread the story without confirming its credibility.

    SOURCES

    • White House Response
    • KTLA Article
    • Mexican National Charged in Federal Criminal Complaint with Staging Fake Immigration ‘Kidnapping’