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August 3, 2025

A Trans Pilot Was Falsely Blamed for a Plane Crash. Now She’s Fighting the Right-Wing Disinfo Machine

Why Troubling News:

A National Guard pilot was wrongly accused of being responsible for the black hawk helicopter crash that killed 67 people. Although she was never present at the tragedy, it is assumed that because she is transgender, she was held responsible by certain media outlets as a scapegoat for the crash. Most significantly, when X chatbot Grok was asked who was responsible, the algorithm pinned her as the pilot; however, she was not even on board the aircraft.

August 3, 2025

House Of Representatives Democrat policies paved way for brutal Cincinnati attack, say Ohio Republicans: ‘Fear and chaos’

Why Troubling News:

The article fails to correlate any clear policies to the Cincinnati attack directly. It only broadly stated that defunding the police and the mayor were responsible, calling for his resignation. It seems to be a mostly defamatory article that uses a tragedy for political means.

August 2, 2025

The Trump Administration Takes A Very Orwellian Turn

Why Troubling News:

This article is troubling because it describes the recent actions of this administration as "Orwellian," or dystopian. This action refers to Trump's executive order to remove certain information from the Smithsonian Institution. This now-removed information does detail Trump's record of impeachments, so it does benefit him. However, it seems far-reaching to describe this as Orwellian since the Smithsonian is not the only place to have this information on his impeachment. Plus, the Smithsonian has mentioned that there will still be an exhibit describing the President's impeachments. Furthermore, the article seems incredibly biased when saying that, "Trump has always been rather blatant about his efforts to rewrite history with self-serving falsehoods and rather shameless in applying pressure on the people." Overall, the language used in the article does not intend to inform the public neutrally but instead intends to bash President Trump.

August 2, 2025

Did Trump Know What Epstein “Stole” Virginia Giuffre For?

Why Troubling News:

Immediately, the title indicates some expediency bias. The patronizing question and instant connection established between Trump and Epstein almost certainly serves as clickbait. The rest of the article is not much better. The author writes that "Donald Trump is abusing [Giuffre’s] memory,” and that she is “hoping this "sick episode will cause even more pain for Trump, and sometime soon.” While this article contains numerous direct quotes and some facts have been corroborated, the framing of the Epstein files controversy reveals the journalist’s personal, highly negative view of Trump. This article is an excellent example of a brazenly biased news article. The problem with that is this: it’s not really a “news article.” In reality, it functions more like an opinion piece. But, it is not labelled as an opinion piece. It’s in The Nation’s ‘Politics’ section, like any other political article. Disguising a targeted attack of Trump and his connection to a sex-trafficker (how well-founded these claims are, we have yet to see) as regular news is highly misleading.

August 2, 2025

Navarro: Numbers Show Jobs Created for Americans, BLS Is Incompetent, Economy Is Good, and Rates Being Too High May Be Issue

Why Troubling News:

This write-up of a Hill interview with Peter Navarro centers only on his view, as he goes on to bash the recent job statistics in support of President Trump. The article does not do independent fact-checking against Navarro's statements or provide opinions from the other side of the aisle.

August 1, 2025

Report: Trump’s Second Term ‘Killed’ Green New Deal Movement

Why Troubling News:

This article heavily focuses on how the Democrats have had to retreat and emphasizes their failures, while presenting Republican criticism as legitimate and effective without examining counterarguments. Opposing viewpoints are minimally represented except for critical quotes about their failures, while Republican viewpoints attacking the Green New deal are presented without challenge or context.

August 1, 2025

Trump Administration Climate Report Mischaracterized as Scientific by Some Outlets

Why Troubling News:

Some U.S Media outlets reported on a new climate change report from the Trump-era Department of Energy like it was legit science, but it turns out the report wasn't peer-reviews but written by many climate change deniers and they also ignored well known data. This article pushed out old and debunked claims to downplay human caused climate change. This issue can mislead people into thinking climate change isn't a big deal and it may also influence policy ad slow down important environment action.

August 1, 2025

Kamala Harris says system is ‘broken,’ criticizes ‘capitulation’ under Trump

Why Troubling News:

The article is centered around Harris's interview and her personal opinions and reflections on the political system and recent events that have happened. While it is her interview, the author does not bother to balance her criticisms with counterarguments giving readers a full understanding and both sides of the aisle. Harris refers to the cuts of Medicaid by President Trump and criticizes it, reinforcing negative portrayal of his administrations policies. Harris's use of 'capitulation' by those 'guarding democracy' and her assertion that the system is 'broken' are strong, negative statements of the current political environment.