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It’s a story few people had actually heard about, but that didn’t stop NBC Nightly News from throwing out the word “firestorm” to describe, ostensibly, their reaction to a dubious Washington Post article depicting Republicans and Trump administration officials as monsters, who didn’t care about the safety of children harmed by strollers.
With the on-screen headline behind him reading, “stroller recall firestorm”, anchor Lester Holt set up the anti-Trump report: “Controversy and safety questions over a popular jogging stroller. The Washington Post reports the stroller faced a recall but that changed with the Trump administration.”
NBC reporter Kristen Dahlgren spoke with one mother who had the front wheel of her BOB stroller fall off, but neither her or her daughter were harmed. In similar cases, 200 people were injured but over a 6-year period.
Dahlgren boasted about how Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission tried to sue the company for refusing a recall before President Trump got involved:
When Britax, which makes the BOB, refused a voluntary recall saying the wheel was safe if used properly, the CPSC sued. But former Democratic commissioners tell the post that after the commission’s leadership changed under President Trump, the suit was settled without a recall.
The mother was rightfully scared to use the stroller again but Dahlgren appeared to put a political message in her mouth. “Scared to use her stroller and now worried Washington is playing politics with safety,” she concluded her report.
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