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Probably because this publication is known for poor sourcing, failing fact checks, and a lack of transparency. Then it links a blog post from the center for immigration studies that has been widely criticized and debunked by groups such as the Immigration Policy Center, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the CATO Institute. Anonymous agent said. I'll take "Event that didn't happen" for $500 Alex.
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And yet, anything printed by anyone despite listed as "anonymous sources"; :highly placed official", that depicts law enforcement as doing anything wrong is automatically believed by you and has been placed on here by you. Not much confidence in your ability to vet articles.

Are you disbelieving the reporting that agents have been hit by bottles and irritants such as bleach? This has been reported on numerous news media.
Are you disbelieving that fireworks are being shot at agents? This is also being reported widely
Or is it that you don't believe that all of the rioters in Portland might not support black lives matter and instead just support anarchy?

Just for you, I attached an article from the New York Post which also reports white rioters making racist remarks to black law enforcement officers

https://nypost.com/2020/07/17/cop-reports-frightening-racist-chants-from-white-blm-supporters/
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MSG (Join to see) - Have protesters done bad and even deadly things to law enforcement? Sure. Do we know their motives or what organization if any that they belong to? Maybe a very small amount. Let's say this did happen. Who gets pegged for the incident? 1.) A common opportunists 2.) Proud Boys 3.) Antifa 4.) Boogaloo 5.) KKK 6.) BLM 7.) AoG 8-20.) any other extremists organization looking to cause violence or stir trouble. Hey good job on not giving a bogus article. The PPD have an offical twitter that confirms the officer's indentity and testimony. I have no reason to believe that it is untrue. Again, who is responsible for the racist chants? Outsiders? Can these white BLM supporters be confirmed as such? Why do I ask? Because non BLM protesters have been seen marching with BLM. So while is think the people that do this are scum, how do we confirm for sure who exactly they are? I think depending on the source of information you will get different identities.
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There is no doubt that there are right wing extremists out there trying to cause trouble just like their are left wing extremists
The issue here is that there are a number of verified videos and reports of BLM supporters who have attacked and insulted black and minority officers.
The fact that they seem to believe they are "entitled" to do this, should be insulting to everyone
The fact that liberals and the left wing media are giving them a pass on it basically says black lives matter unless...............
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MSG (Join to see) you are welcome to your opinion.
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While I agree that the news media is biased (left or right), that doesn't take away the video or the fact that it is reported independently by other news media as well.
The problem with news like this is it is seldom reported by left leaning media since it doesn't appeal to their target audience
Additionally, are we now discounting all articles simply because they are written by a media source we disagree with? I say this because you have used Daily Beast and other left wing news media in the past
Daily Beast-"strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy"
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MSG (Join to see) I am not sure that I have sourced daily beast but if I did that is my fault and I will own it. I try to stay away from them, huffpo, and any other left leaning sites that have a mixed to low factual rating. I care more about their factual rating versus left or right leaning. Examples of right leaning sources with high factual content ratings are Boston herald, Chicago tribune, Cato Institute and many others. The further right you get the lower the factual content tends to be. I am working to get better at my sources.
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