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News Brief: Young Turks' Misleading Anti-Bail Reform Demagoguery

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News, Society & Culture

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this public News Brief, we discuss the nominally progressive news network's lies and omissions when covering efforts to reduce the US's unprecedented jail and prison population.

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