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The Huffington Post alleges that the Washington Post concealed and misrepresented facts in an August report that the Trump administration was cracking down on passports for Hispanics who have US citizenship.
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The Washington Post's damning report that the Trump administration has stepped up its efforts to deny passports to some Hispanics who are US citizens has made glaring factual errors, forcing the editors to revise this information multiple times, according to a report. released Monday by HuffPost.
"The (Washington) Post has concealed vital data, misrepresented information and put pressure on a dead doctor without speaking to family members, who have complained publicly," wrote HuffPost. "The room has been significantly modified three times, including Thursday after several requests from HuffPost."
HuffPost reported that the Washington Post "cited a number of specific policies to support its allegation of repression" – but "the three practices are prior to Trump".
According to HuffPost, the practice is to "presumptively review birth certificates signed by midwives suspected of selling fraudulent documents, allegedly denied passports to persons born far from the border, and a new
The website added that the Washington Post's original article "lacked statistics, which the State Department failed to provide."
HuffPost released state department data that contradicted the newspaper: "The Post acknowledges receiving the same data two days after the publication of the article. But the newspaper did not disclose the new figures. "
The new report added: "The Post has updated the article to note that a smaller percentage of passport applications have been denied under Trump – by refusing figures indicating that the number of people whose requests have been examined has also decreased.
In a statement to Fox News in August, a State Department spokesman criticized the Washington Post for the original story, saying that passport denials in these cases are currently at their lowest in 2015 after Obama administration.
"The facts do not support the Washington Post reports. This is an irresponsible attempt to create divisions and fuel fear among US citizens while trying to exacerbate immigration tensions, "said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert. "Under the Trump Administration, the national passport refusal for" midwifery cases "is at a six-year low. The report is a cheap political coup. "
When the Washington Post was invited to comment on Monday night, it sent Fox News the editor's note at the top of the story:
"After the publication of this story on August 29, the State Department issued a statement contesting the accuracy of the article and providing unpublished data on passport refusals. This information has been added, as indicated in a note of 1 September. On September 13, the story was updated to include comments from the daughter of Jorge Treviño, who had contacted The Post immediately after the publication of the article. Further amendments were made to clarify that an affidavit regarding Treviño had been submitted in the context of an Obama era affair and to correct a reference to his profession – he was a general practitioner and not a gynecologist. As noted in a correction of August 31, the State Department began to refuse passports during the administration of George W. Bush, not to the Obama administration.
Brian Flood and Alex Pappas of Fox News contributed to this report.
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