. . . The Simpsons developed it into comedy with the character of Mayor Quimby, . . .

But the U.S. press made it a living, breathing reality:

Outlets Retract Stories After Realizing Report Actually Cites How Many Children The Obama Administration Detained

Daily Caller | 11/19/2019 | Shelby Talcott

* Multiple outlets deleted entire stories Tuesday after reporting out a false number of children currently in migrant-related U.S. custody.

* The number is actually from 2015, when former President Barack Obama was in office.

* Some of the outlets issued corrections and updated the articles, while others such as Reuters and AFP deleted the article in its entirety and declined to post a new one.

Multiple outlets deleted entire stories Tuesday after falsely reporting the number of children in migrant-related U.S. custody.

Outlets including Reuters, Agence France-Presse (AFP), NPR and Aljazeera jumped on a report from the United Nations, writing Monday that the country has the world’s highest rate of detained children. The outlets reported that there are currently more than 100,000 children in immigration-related custody, which violates international law.

A day later, Reuters and AFP deleted their stories after the U.N. clarified the numbers were from 2015, when former President Barack Obama was in office. AFP did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why it no longer felt the numbers were newsworthy after being informed they were from 2015.

It’s surprising they didn’t also appropriate Ralph Cramden’s “Humminna Humminna Humminna.”

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Liberals plagiarize comedy routines of the past, and bring them to life.
“Who’s on First?” leaps to mind immediately.
“Whatever It Is, I’m Against It” does too.