{"id":370943,"date":"2021-04-01T18:31:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T22:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=370943"},"modified":"2021-04-01T18:32:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T22:32:15","slug":"atlanta-based-news-outlet-retracts-false-claims-about-new-ga-elections-law-limiting-times-and-voter-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atlanta-based-news-outlet-retracts-false-claims-about-new-ga-elections-law-limiting-times-and-voter-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta-based news outlet retracts false claims about new Ga. elections law limiting times and voter access"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fatlanta-based-news-outlet-retracts-false-claims-about-new-ga-elections-law-limiting-times-and-voter-access%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=370943&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2393309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Andy Manis\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:05 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, April 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Left-wing news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/\">Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/a> issued a retraction after it falsely claimed the new Georgia elections law would limit voting times. On Wednesday, the correction was made after it was discovered the law would not end voting hours early. The paper even went as far as to clarify: \u201cExperts say the net effect was to expand the opportunities to vote for most Georgians.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2393308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2393308\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2393308 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3.png\" alt width=\"542\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3.png 542w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4.png 237w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-5.png 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atlanta Journal-Constitution correction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, the paper was not the only one pushing false claims. Joe Biden also alleged the law would limit voting hours. Though, unlike the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the White House has doubled down on its criticism of the Georgia\u2019s new election law.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Question: Is the tone going to change out of the White House?<\/p>\n<p>Psaki: The tone for a bill that limits voting access and makes it more difficult for people to engage in voting in Georgia? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K9LYRwqDXk\">pic.twitter.com\/K9LYRwqDXk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1377702332117315586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When asked if the White House was planning on changing its tone about the new law, Psaki continued to push the false narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tone for a bill that limits voting access and makes it more difficult for people to engage in voting in Georgia?\u201d the White House press secretary questioned.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter then noted how the governor of Georgia confirmed the law does not limit voting access.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think that is not based in fact what the governor of Georgia has said,\u201d Psaki claimed. \u201cSo, no, our tone is not changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s false claims about the new Georgia law were even awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-earns-four-pinocchios-washington-post\">four Pinocchios<\/a> by The Washington Post fact-check after he repeated the statements in an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ccadelago\/status\/1377449465267826690\">ESPN interview<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-mtg-introduces-fire-fauci-act-we-do-not-comply-bill\/\">Rep. MTG Introduces \u2018Fire Fauci\u2019 Act &amp; \u2018We Do Not Comply\u2019 Bill<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Andy Manis\/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 3:05 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, April 1, 2021 Left-wing news outlet Atlanta Journal-Constitution issued a retraction after it falsely claimed the new Georgia &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311549,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3.png","fifu_image_alt":"Atlanta-based news outlet retracts false claims about new Ga. elections law limiting times and voter access","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3.png","fifu_image_alt":"Atlanta-based news outlet retracts false claims about new Ga. elections law limiting times and voter access","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}