Propaganda watch

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Here'a great non-story about a US political official not saying something insulting about immigrants.

It doesn't say which five year-old from Sky News wrote it, but I did find it ironic when I saw the:
'Why you can trust Sky News'-link on the page.

Trump aide: Statue of Liberty's 'huddled masses' message only applies to Europeans.

The statue and the poem's words are an iconic symbol of America's historically accepting stance towards migrants.



'The Statue of Liberty's famous 'huddled masses' inscription only applies to "people coming from Europe", according
to America's acting director of citizenship and immigration services. 

Ken Cuccinelli, a top Trump administration official, said America is looking to receive migrants "who can stand on their
own two feet"...'

Wait for it, I'm sure somewhere in this filler Cuccinelli says what the headline tells us. But first, some mild background
information that will hopefully bore the reader enough that they won't go looking for the alleged slur.

'...Emma Lazarus' 1883 poem was cast in bronze beneath the monument in 1903.
The statue and the poem's words are an iconic symbol and visual beacon to millions of immigrants as they travelled to
America and pulled into New York Harbour.

It reads: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your
teeming shore."

Mr Cuccinelli, a failed Republican governor candidate who was previously a harsh critic of Donald Trump, was asked
on US news service NPR whether the words "give me your tired, your poor" were part of the American ethos...'

We've got the African-and Middle Eastern-hating bastard now! Here we go....

'...He said: "They certainly are. Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will
not become a public charge."...'

Whoa, wait a minute... where's the 'European-Only' comment? The poem was written due to:
"...The "huddled masses" refers to the large numbers of immigrants arriving in the United States in the 1880s.
Lazarus was an activist and advocate for Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Czarist Russia..."
LINK HERE AND HERE FOR REAL EVIDENCE.

Since New York is on the eastern seaboard and to flee Russia, one would travel west, how does this sh*tty article stretch
that Emma Lazarus meant only Europeans? We know Ken Cuccinelli never said because it's not in this news-piece!

'...Earlier this week, a photo of a mural painted last month by British immigrant Izaac Zevalking in Las Vegas went viral.
It shows the Statue of Liberty arrested, handcuffed and bent over the bonnet of a US immigration vehicle...'

Well that little ditty was insightful and relevant to the story.

'...The comments come as a new Trump administration policy is touted which could see green cards denied to migrants who
seek public assistance...'

I... I just can't.   

'...Democrats and immigrant-rights groups say the changes would scare those who need it away from asking for help
and would in effect prevent many migrants from poorer countries in Latin America and Africa from moving to the US.

President Trump has repeatedly made slurs and racist comments about immigrants from black and Hispanic countries,
including calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals...'

SKY News:

Sorry Mr. Cuccinelli, this wasn't about you. On the plus-side, I think we can safely say to Sky News: