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  • 2016-12-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Paul Ryan Said Free Lunches Give Children 'Empty Souls'? (en)
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  • In early December 2016, a number of social media users shared a purported quote from Speaker Paul Ryan, published by Ring of Fire Radio on 6 December 2016: All versions of the quote originated with a Time magazine article published on 6 March 2014. The piece (originally titled Paul Ryan Says Free School Lunches Give Kids ‘An Empty Soul') reported: It was not immediately clear why so many outlets leapt on a March 2014 Paul Ryan quote nearly three years after the article appeared on Time's web site. But as of 9 December 2016, the magazine had changed both the headline and the content of the article. An updated version (now titled Paul Ryan Criticizes Liberal Government Programs at CPAC) offers the following clarification: The amended article contained the following additional context: In the original, the title indicated that Ryan said free lunches at school caused spiritual damage to children (in other words, an empty soul). The December 2016 update demonstrated that Ryan was discussing the Affordable Care Act when making the empty soul comment, and added an anecdote about a child apparently sad that sad he did not have a lunch packed by someone who cared for him. (en)
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