Backspin
UPI Scrubs an Electoral Mess
HonestReporting gets UPI to remove an entire section that featured the main political parties and players… from the wrong election.
Simon Plosker
September 18, 2019
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HonestReporting gets UPI to remove an entire section that featured the main political parties and players… from the wrong election.
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