Previous Troubling Reports

This article describes the protests that broke out on June 6th in LA over the Trump administration's immigration policies. It included images of protestors burning the American flag, looting stores, vandalizing buildings, etc. It also included direct quotes from President Trump and from the Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary who supports these immigration policies. This article focused entirely on highlighting the violence seen in LA. It didn't include any images of peaceful protestors and only inserted quotes from conservative politicians/public officials. I feel as though the author left out key points and other perspectives, which skews the presentation of the information. This is why I think the news article is troubling and contributing to misinformation.

This article portrays Israel as unequivocally stronger than Iran, but another source from 2024 states that Iran's military personnel exceeds Israel, and Iran bolsters a larger and more diverse missile array compared to Israel. The article fails to properly demonstrate the technological advancements that Israel has over Iran and emphasizes espionage as the largest factor in Israel's "dominance," despite Iran bolstering more paramilitary forces near Israel compared to Israel's forces near Iran. The article also includes many biased and aggressive language, suggesting a bias towards Israel.

Firstly, Iran and Israel have only remained dormant in attacking one another; nothing was truly resolved from the first round. Trump is certainly not a peacemaker; he’s now realizing that diplomacy is far more difficult in action than in words. His missteps with the Ukraine-Russia war have shown that, no matter which side you take, autocratic leaders don’t play by civil or diplomatic rules. The same applies to Israel and Iran. This is an opportunity Israel won’t pass up, they’re trying to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. I would argue that Trump quietly supports Israel’s actions behind closed doors, but he knows how to manipulate the media and will only remain publicly neutral for so long. And frankly, who cares? The nations involved are far beyond listening to the current U.S. administration. To much of the world, America is seen as all talk and no action when it comes to actually stopping wars.

Other than the wealth of very inflammatory language, the article connects Microsoft to the actions of the IDF. Their main source of proof is Microsoft employing former IDF members and buying Israeli tech companies, but this does not necessarily imply that Microsoft is complicit in Israeli war crimes. The article then blows the accusations out of proportion by accusing Microsoft of supplying nearly all of Israel's technology, including facial recognition technology. In general, the article uses emotionally charged language and ignores Microsoft’s public denials and lack of direct evidence linking its products to specific harm, ultimately failing to provide a logical or factual basis for its accusations.

This article blows the protests in LA out of proportion and fails to highlight all of the peaceful protests that also occurred. It is full off loaded language like saying, "rioters, who are ravaging the streets," where the source for this is another Fox News article. It blames protesters for the delays, and fails to mention anything else that may have caused them.

The article opens by admitting the key academic was "relatively unknown" until this year. It then talks of how the UK and parts of Europe are in a "“pre-civil war” state" without giving any metrics or reasonings. This is followed by lots of fear mongering and vague claims with no support or reasoning offered.

This article breaks down and debunks the misinformative claims surrounding the connections between a Craigslist ad and protesters in LA.

This article breaks down and debunks the misinformative claims surrounding the connections between a Craigslist ad and protesters in LA.

This is troubling because the article quotes White House communications director Steven Cheung's statement about the nationwide protest of No Kings, where he says it was, "a complete and utter failure with minuscule attendance." The article never clarified this statement was true or not and many other new outlets report a large attentence all over the country for this protest.

After the LA rallies, posts alleged that the protesters were being paid on Craigslist. There was no evidence to support these claims. This article breaks down the misinformation, what happened, and includes a link to the Craigslist ad that was being taken out of context.

This article is highly misleading due to the words and phrases utilized by the author. Words such as "authoritarian", "militaristic", or "overreach" paint a highly negative picture of President Trump's actions which guide the leader to view President Trump's response as dangerous or extreme. In addition, showing images of troops alongside protestors using words like "mobbing" or "siege" is downplaying law enforcement and making their actions seem aggressive when that is truly the opposite.

This article is misleading because it opens by claiming Kamala Harris won the 2024 election, even though she didn’t, Donald Trump did. That alone sets a false foundation for everything that follows. It throws around dramatic phrases like “bombshell allegation” and questions whether Harris actually won, which plants doubt based on a made-up outcome. The article also cites that voting machines were used in over 40% of U.S. counties, which sounds serious, but it doesn’t explain the real impact or provide context. Plus, it leans heavily on a source called Daily Boulder, which isn’t known for being credible. Overall, it frames the story in a way that encourages confusion and distrust about an election result that isn’t even accurate to begin with.