How to write a headline in the (lying) Trump era

Are the thugs from ICE really gone from Minnesota?

I’m with a Minnesota resident, Debra Larson of St. Paul, on this. Speaking to Minnesota Public Radio, she expressed her deep skepticism about an announcement by Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan, that the violent surge was over.

“No one believes it, we all know the truth,” she said. “I think they’re just trying to downplay it.”

But some news organizations — including The New York Times — published credulous headlines that treated Homan’s announcement as if the Trump administration can actually be trusted. 

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