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The FAKE NEWS propaganda department at Time Magazine, described the South Carolina location of Element Electronics as "the last major TV factory in the United States," but the "TV-making" by this company is done in China. ROTFLMAO!
"Major TV Factory" Closes, Blames Trump's Tariffs But Makes Its Products in China
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/09/major-tv-factory-closes-blames-trumps-tariffs-but-makes-its-products-in-china/
The establishment media and a TV manufacturer are blaming President Trump's tariffs on cheap, Chinese imports for the closure of the company whose product is made in China.
This week, the establishment media has used the closure of Element Electronics, a small manufacturing plant in Winnsboro, South Carolina, where 126 workers will be laid off, to attack Trump's tariffs on imported Chinese goods.
In a statement about the layoffs, Element Electronics executives said the announcement is due to Trump's tariffs on imported Chinese goods, writing, "the layoff and closure is a result of the new tariffs that were recently and unexpectedly imposed on many goods imported from China, including the key television components used in our assembly operations in Winnsboro."
The only problem with the media's claim? This "last major TV factory," as Time Magazine described Element Electronics, makes its products in China and only assembles some of its television sets in South Carolina.
In a 2014 piece about Element Electronics, the left-wing blog ThinkProgress reported how a complaint was filed with the federal trade commission that accused the TV manufacturer of falsely claiming that their product was made in America when it is actually made in China.
In 2014, ThinkProgress reported how Element Electronics has used patriotic "assembled in the USA" packaging to give the illusion that the product is not made in China. ...
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