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On the news today The headline storyline was presented and reported as follows In Liverpool today some local right wing protestors who's arms are up in flame's replacing pitchforks for placards Which was later retracted in place of rabble of lawless youths one as young as just age 15 Causing and terminating in a riot and remonstrating outside a 4 Star Hotel Currently turned into a hostel or facility to accommodate Asylum seekers Because and due to according to official press releases and reports Misinformation being posted on social media platforms Which left the male only residents inside traumatized and fearing for their own safety and lives So much so they do no longer wish to stay as are now so fearful to even contemplate leaving the confinement of the building let alone venturing outside Now it all depends on what and which you as individual choose to be believe As everything unless you were actually there to witness it with your own eye's and for yourself You have no choice unless you know someone who was actually there But to take onboard the way it is reported by the news media believing they are holy trustworthy Like in the aftermath the very next day a reporter is stood outside interviewing One of the Asylum seekers describing exactly how bad it actually was and the general mood and feeling amongst those inside With not a scowl but rather a broad smile seemingly more than willing actually happy to be interviewed With what appeared to look like or be a backpack as if he was just off out for a morning strole to the shops for the maybe daily milk or bread Not someone in fear all dressed up well prepared in expectations of an impending fight And granted that I did not see the contents of hidden inside his bag I'll have to rest my case Otherwise I am in fear of falling into the same category of what the media do ever so well Like insinuating presuming and making things up as I go And never letting the truth get in the way when trying to embellish and over egg a story

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