Thanks for this sanity check.
I looked at the source and noticed, well, it wasn't anything reputable that I recognized like AP. That usually means they have very little journalistic integrity and have no problem sensationalizing headlines to get clicks.
We should still get our facts straight and not rely on hyperbole, which just opens us up to being corrected and looking like idiots who don't bother to verify what they spout.
If it really is as bad as you say, then we shouldn't need to embellish it. Stick to the facts and let people form their own opinions.
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It's sad this needs to be spelled out for so many of you, but it just goes to show how few of you paid attention in social studies or had extremely poor teachers.