Cities 92.9 Fake News Roundup # 1

Today is the first day of a new series here at Facepalming.

Occasionally, I'll post an instance or two in which the talking heads at Cities 92.9 pass along a false or misleading news story a.k.a fake news.

Most of the stories appearing here will probably have originated elsewhere, as Cities does a great job providing support for the vast right wing conspiracy, but hasn't shown much talent for generating fake news of their own. Not that they haven't tried, its just that their last major attempt at gaining traction off an original fake news story blew up rather spectacularly,

I'm calling this new series the Cities 92.9 Fake News Roundup. The format will first list the fake news claim, which will be taken from the podcast description when included. Next will be a quote from a Cities 92.9 talking head, which will then be followed with some information regarding the accuracy of the claim as well as the claims origins, when known,

With the Trump administration taking the reigns of power in just a few short weeks, and Cities already demonstrating an intent to misrepresent the actions and statements of that administration, I expect there will be no shortage of material over the next 4 years.

With that said, here's week 1 of the Cities 92.9 Fake News Roundup:

Claim: CA. Makes child prostitution legal;

On December 30, 2016, Tom Davis made this statement regarding child prostitution in California:

"Hell is probably where some people are gonna go after we light em up on this. Beginning January 1st in California, prostitution by minors will be legal."

Accuracy of Claim: False.

Describing it as Pants on Fire, Politifact dissects this misleading news story.

Origin:

This story was first promoted by California State Assemblyman (R) Travis Allen, who wrote about it in an op-ed in the Washington Examiner, and who then paraded the story on right wing media shows where it naturally spread throughout the US and out of the mouth of our very own Tom Davis.