This is the @CNN article that @TomCottonAR tweeted with his statement that the US has an under-incarceration problem.
Problem is the entire article is based on statistics from a study by the MCCA, an organization made up of the heads of police departments.cnn.com/2021/04/03/us/…
Problem is the entire article is based on statistics from a study by the MCCA, an organization made up of the heads of police departments.cnn.com/2021/04/03/us/…
MCCA is cited as the source of the report at the end of the article's second paragraph, but it's not made clear that it is a police organization. 
And the rest of the article reports all the statistics as if they are objective fact.
There have been a number of controversies in recent years about the way police departments manipulate crime statistics, especially to influence budget and policy decisions. cityandstateny.com/articles/opini…
It's pretty standard for @nypost and tabloid media to act as police stenographers, I don't expect a whole lot better from other mainstream media, but the lack of transparency here is particularly bad.
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