The ultra-right is doing a lot of misinformation about violence committed by people of foreign origin.
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This argument is used in the debate Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration?.
This argument is a justification of The media and governments that serve capitalist interests stir up fear of immigration.
This argument is used in the debate Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration?.This argument is a justification of The media and governments that serve capitalist interests stir up fear of immigration.Keywords: none
Summary
This involves facts taken out of context, blatant photomontages, isolated incidents assimilated to a generalized phenomenon, or even completely invented facts.
Quotes
“Among the controversies that most polluted the [2017 French presidential] campaign were [...] numerous videos of assaults falsely attributed to migrants.”
Medhi Moussaid, Fouloscopy, HumenSciences, 2019.
References
Justifications
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Ultra-right-wing media assume the falsehood of their intoxications once they've been debunked.
Objections
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The reacosphere's reference site "fdesouche" simply reprints articles from the regional and national press. -
Most of the time, the mainstream media try to conceal the origins of immigrant or migrant criminals.