Just like the 20/20 "report" and, what I assume will be the tone of tonight's 60 Minutes piece on guns, it seems if you repeat a lie about guns often enough someone in the current administration will adopt and amplify it.
At least Fox noted the wild discrepency between the tale told by these particular politicians and the truth. As John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things".
From the article:
Auturo Sarukhan, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, repeated and defended his claim that 90 percent of the weapons intercepted in Mexico come from the U.S.
During an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday...
Sarukhan isn't the only one to cite this myth. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, California Sen. Diane Feinstein and Willliam Hoover, assistant director for field operations at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have all said that 90 percent of weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the U.S.
But in fact, only 17 percent of guns found at Mexican crime scenes have been traced to the U.S.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/12/mexican-envoy-defends-claim-guns-mexico-come/
At least Fox noted the wild discrepency between the tale told by these particular politicians and the truth. As John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things".
From the article:
Auturo Sarukhan, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, repeated and defended his claim that 90 percent of the weapons intercepted in Mexico come from the U.S.
During an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday...
Sarukhan isn't the only one to cite this myth. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, California Sen. Diane Feinstein and Willliam Hoover, assistant director for field operations at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have all said that 90 percent of weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the U.S.
But in fact, only 17 percent of guns found at Mexican crime scenes have been traced to the U.S.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/12/mexican-envoy-defends-claim-guns-mexico-come/
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