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  • 2017-03-13 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Jeff Guice Say 'Sick Children Should Die If Their Parents Can’t Afford Medical Supplies'? (en)
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  • On 29 June 2016, the web site DCPols published an article (which they republished as USPOLN in March 2017) about Mississippi legislator Jeff Guice, who supposedly expressed disdain for the plight of children whose parents cannot afford their medical care: Both DCPols and USPOLN are hybrid web sites that publish stories containing a mixture of fact and fiction. In this case, the factual part of the article was based on a real comment Guice made in June 2016 in reply to a mother who had asked for help in navigating the system Medicaid: Although this comment (I am sorry for your problem. Have you thought about buying the supplies with money that you earn?) was real, DCPols employed a more sensational (and completely fabricated) quote for their article's headline. Guice later apologized for his genuine remark: (en)
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