June 18, 2024

Trump leads Biden by 18 POINTS in key state… in sign Joe could lead Democrats to their worst loss in 100 years

Why Troubling News:

This article weaponizes facts to misconstrue the truth. Essentially, they use one poll source and exaggerate, claiming that a loss in Iowa would spell doom on the Biden campaign. True, Trump's conviction has emboldened Iowa voters to choose him over Biden. However, does the Iowa campaign spell disaster for Biden's entire campaign? Not entirely. The rhetoric used here is misleading for a purpose-to get more clicks and more attention, instead of reporting the truth unadulterated.

June 18, 2024

Trump leads Biden by 18 POINTS in key state… in sign Joe could lead Democrats to their worst loss in 100 years

Why Troubling News:

This article weaponizes facts to misconstrue the truth. Essentially, they use one poll source and exaggerate, claiming that a loss in Iowa would spell doom on the Biden campaign. True, Trump's conviction has emboldened Iowa voters to choose him over Biden. However, does the Iowa campaign spell disaster for Biden's entire campaign? Not entirely. The rhetoric used here is misleading for a purpose-to get more clicks and more attention, instead of reporting the truth unadulterated.

June 18, 2024

Where is my chair? Bizarre moment Jill covers her mouth as Joe suddenly bends down during the 80th anniversary D-Day speech.

Why Troubling News:

The article in the Daily Mail claims that President Joe Biden mistakenly tried to sit down in a chair that wasn't there - attributing the mistake to his old age. However, the video evidence for this claim is doctored to make this seem like it happened when it did not. The article aims to show that Biden is confused in his old age, hinting that he is unfit for the job of president. However, the basis for this claim is false.

June 17, 2024

Dems seize on reports of Trump slamming Milwaukee as ‘horrible’

Why Troubling News:

The article aims to take Trump's quote out of context. Although he did say that the city of Milwaukee was "horrible", he was talking about its supposed crime rates. It has become headline news because the city will host the Republican National Convention. The article said that Republicans have conflicted understandings of what Trump meant. The article tries to show division amongst Republicans and portray them as always being conflicted on issues.

June 16, 2024

Judge blocks Biden admin’s Title IX trans-rewrite in 4 states, calling it a ‘threat to democracy’

Why Troubling News:

Author of the article continuously uses derogatory terms and makes false claims. - Example: "As a consequence of these changes, ..., every public school and college in the U.S. must allow male transvestites into women's locker rooms and restrooms". Here the author uses 'transvestites' to refer to trans people, reducing the whole issue to only clothes and restrooms. Author also implies that supporting trans women is an attack on feminism... which is not. Author makes it seem as if by supporting trans women you are allowing biological males to prey on women's rights which is also not the case. All in all, author tries to justify anti-trans sentiments by dressing them up as "protecting real women".

June 16, 2024

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Reportedly Firebombed a Building at University of California

Why Troubling News:

Article uses pro-Palestine and anti-Israel as if they were synonyms which I find troubling as it is equating supporting Palestine to antisemitism. I think this overlap is true for some groups, but not all. As it often happens in these type of situations, there are groups of peaceful demonstrators willing to discuss issues and negotiate, as well as violent groups always looking for a reason to justify violent acts. This article puts all of them together in the same boat.

June 15, 2024

Biden appears to have trouble sitting down during D-Day remembrance event

Why Troubling News:

This article is troubling because it perpetuates theories about President Biden's health. Obviously it is not unlikely for an individual of 81 years to have health problems, however these theories being pushed seem to be an effort to undermine his reelection goals and question his current leadership abilities. The worst part of an article such as this one is that further research from other articles provides more context about the positioning of the chairs and that this short clip is negligible in the larger situation.

June 15, 2024

‘Media Reporting’ Is Now Just More Censorship

Why Troubling News:

For an article claiming to weep over the death of reporting with integrity, this article certainly poisons the well, simply repeating many tired conservative talking points about supposed "Liberal Media Bias". If you want to chastise someone, calling them "a satanic organization that employs a bunch of otherwise unskilled dopes", is, in my opinion, unnecessarily severe. And perhaps you shouldn't tip your hand so much when it comes to your bias, and term Trump's critics "retarded" individuals who only "admonish their (journalist peers) for failing to properly muzzle anyone who doesn't vote Democrat." Certainly the media landscape can be toxic, but poisoning the well like this doesn't help.

June 14, 2024

How the Paris Olympics could become a super-spreader event for dengue

Why Troubling News:

This article's use of the term "super-spreader" seems to be praying on people's fears during peak Covid times. The article goes on to speak about the dengue virus and the two cases that have been identified in France, in no way does this suggest it would be a super spreader event. The article mentions a similar fear with the Brazil Olympics where people were worried about the spread of Zika, in which there was no real spread. This whole article seems like fear-mongering.