Frm Pres @BarackObama is heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country. pic.twitter.com/X5Fk3xRDEX— Kevin Lewis (@KLewis44) January 30, 2017
The former president gave a brief vague support of the idea of protest, but the real kicker is where he says he "fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion."
This of course, is where the bias comes in. President Trump did not ban immigration based on faith, he banned immigration from a few select countries for a temporary amount of time. This includes Christians, Atheists, and Muslims. In addition, he did not ban any immigrants from Indonesia, India, or any of the many African countries.
The big problem with this bias comes when CNN didn't bother correcting the former President. The writer had no trouble explaining why the Obama Administration set the precedent for this immigration restriction a few years ago, but the simple sentence "This is not a ban on Muslim immigrants" never made its way into the paper, letting former president Obama's misinformation continue to spread.
No one can deny the controversy surrounding the executive order, but it's not easy to have a conversation about the validity of the order with media outlets spreading misinformation categorizing a precedent-following act of immigration limitation.
The big problem with this bias comes when CNN didn't bother correcting the former President. The writer had no trouble explaining why the Obama Administration set the precedent for this immigration restriction a few years ago, but the simple sentence "This is not a ban on Muslim immigrants" never made its way into the paper, letting former president Obama's misinformation continue to spread.
No one can deny the controversy surrounding the executive order, but it's not easy to have a conversation about the validity of the order with media outlets spreading misinformation categorizing a precedent-following act of immigration limitation.
