N. Kirkpatrick

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