I think this is probably the fakest of fake news stories I've ever seen.
I don't have all that much to add to the commentary. I was on Twitter all this last week while on vacation and I tweeted a lot of commentary. My main take: This is a fake crisis, perpetuated by fake journalists exploiting fake migrants, to foist a fake political controversy ahead of the November elections.
The Washington Post has a huge rundown, "The crying Honduran girl on the cover of Time was not separated from her mother."
And at AoSHQ, "#FakeNews: TIME's Open Borders Propaganda Cover Story Is Fake In Every Way An Article Can Be Fake."
Plus, here's Shannon Bream, at Fox News:
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