{"id":208209,"date":"2024-10-21T04:36:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T09:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=208209"},"modified":"2024-10-21T04:36:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T09:36:51","slug":"lott-was-right-fbi-revises-violent-crime-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lott-was-right-fbi-revises-violent-crime-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"Lott was Right!  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FBI Revises Violent Crime Stats!\">Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fox News&#039; Gutfeld! 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FBI Revises Violent Crime Stats!\">Dad Facing Murder Chargers for Killing Alleged Perv Who Kidnapped His Teen Daughter<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gutfeld expressed frustration over the revision, suggesting that the FBI was trying to manipulate public perception by downplaying the real rise in violent crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that many Democrats, for months, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/violent-crime-rate-trump-harris-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lott-was-right-fbi-revises-violent-crime-stats\" title=\"Lott was Right!  FBI Revises Violent Crime Stats!\">claimed<\/a> violent crime was declining under President Biden\u2019s administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News_Headlines_Crime.jpg\" alt=\"Mainstream media headlines on violent crime. \" class=\"wp-image-208212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News_Headlines_Crime.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News_Headlines_Crime-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News_Headlines_Crime-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/News_Headlines_Crime-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Initially, the FBI reported that violent crime had dropped by 2.1% in 2022, but as Lott uncovered, the real numbers showed a 4.5% increase. (<em>Photo: Fox News<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gutfeld humorously speculated that perhaps they had confused crime with Biden\u2019s body temperature. He also jabbed at <em>ABC&#8217;s<\/em> David Muir, who had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/abc-debate-fact-check-trump-ages-poorly-fbi-quietly-revises-violent-crime-statistics-up\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lott-was-right-fbi-revises-violent-crime-stats\" title=\"Lott was Right!  FBI Revises Violent Crime Stats!\">corrected<\/a> former President Trump on crime stats during a debate, despite the numbers being wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-see-also-trump-is-right-about-increasing-crime-rates-says-lott\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/trump-is-right-about-increasing-cime-rates-says-lott\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lott-was-right-fbi-revises-violent-crime-stats\" title=\"Lott was Right!  FBI Revises Violent Crime Stats!\">Trump Is Right About Increasing Crime Rates, Says Lott<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gutfeld closed by touching on a broader point: the increasing distrust in the media, pointing to a recent <em>Gallup<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/651977\/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lott-was-right-fbi-revises-violent-crime-stats\" title=\"Lott was Right!  FBI Revises Violent Crime Stats!\">poll<\/a> showing that only 31% of Americans trust the media to be accurate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argued that the FBI\u2019s quiet revision of such significant data feeds into this lack of trust, especially when the public is left in the dark on issues as important as violent crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The segment highlighted Lott&#8217;s investigation as a crucial reminder that transparency matters and that the public deserves the truth, not revisions made after the fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lott-was-right-fbi-revises-violent-crime-stats\" title=\"Lott was Right!  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