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Will Truth — Or “Alternative Facts” — Win The Day?

June 3, 2024June 3, 2024

Start with a minute of fortune-telling fun with Jimmy Kimmel.



And then this quick fact check: Trump’s post-conviction monologue filled with false claims.


Trump repeated his familiar claim that, while Manhattan prosecutors have been focusing on him, New York City has been experiencing record-high violent crime. He said this time that “you have violent crime all over this city at levels that nobody’s ever seen before.”

Facts First: Trump’s claim is not even close to true. Violent crime in New York City has plummeted since the early 1990s*.  New York City recorded 391 murders in 2023, down about 83% from the 2,262 in 1990; 1,455 rapes in 2023, down about 53% from the 3,126 in 1990; and 16,910 robberies in 2023, down about 83% from the 100,280 in 1990.


It goes on from there.



Not all negative Trump coverage springs from the left, either.  The hush-money story was a project of the Wall Street Journal.



It’s nice when the truth comes out and/or justice is done!  Last week’s verdict, of course; but smaller stuff, too.  E.g.: Publisher of ‘2000 Mules’ apologizes to Georgia man falsely accused of ballot fraud.




BONUS

WheelTug at Aviation Net Zero (3 minutes).

Still kicking.

 


*When Trump was bankrupting the Plaza Hotel and demanding death for the (innocent) Central Park Five.

 

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