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no_hypocrisy

(46,202 posts) Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:10 PM Aug 2017

Sixty Minutes expose of Sheriff Joe Arpaio

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Sixty Minutes expose of Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 OP

What a crappy headline. Should say "criminal" and "racist" and "torturer". sharedvalues Aug 2017 #1

sharedvalues

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1. What a crappy headline. Should say "criminal" and "racist" and "torturer".

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:14 PM

Aug 2017

Here's what CBS said:

60 Minutes footage shows Arpaio when he was ruthless "Joe the Jailer"
President Trump pardoned former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. When 60 Minutes met him, he was "the meanest man in the West," enforcing tough...

Here's what their headline writers SHOULD have said.

60 Minutes footage shows Arpaio when he was breaking laws.
President Trump pardoned former Arizona sheriff and criminal Joe Arpaio. When 60 Minutes met him, he was "the most racist man in the West," breaking the law to persecute immigrants...

Dang corporate media, whitewashing the facts.

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