Headline RoundupNovember 2nd, 2017
Rick Perry Links Fossil Fuels with Decreased Sexual Assault, Draws Controversy
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Rick Perry said on Thursday that the use of fossil fuels could prevent sexual assault in Africa. "But also from the standpoint of sexual assault. When the lights are on, when you have light that shines, the righteousness, if you will on those types of acts," he stated. Many on the Left criticized his remarks as insensitive, while some on the Right felt the media took it out of context.
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Perry links fossil fuel development to preventing sexual assaultThe Hill
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry suggested Thursday that expanding the use of fossil fuels could help prevent sexual assault.
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The Hill's stupid coverage of Rick Perry's sexual assault comment is why nobody trusts the mediaWashington Examiner
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It's almost the perfect tweet for press coverage of the Trump administration. A Trump administration official makes a claim, poorly articulated, and a reporter wryly and snarkily reduces that argument to a stupid and overly simplistic format. The Hill — maybe the worst offender in this regard -- tweets out that reductive and misleading formulation, and it goes viral.
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Rick Perry actually tried to argue that fossil fuels can help fight sexual assaultVox
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