June 7, 2024

New York Democrat congressional candidate suggests MAGA supporters go to ‘re-education camp’

Why Troubling News:

As far as I can tell from the article, the candidate never actually said that MAGA supporters should go to "re-education camps." Instead, she merely said there needs to be a widespread push for civics education. Later in the article, someone is quoted as saying a tape found her actually saying MAGA supporters need to be "re-educated" bur there is no link or evidence to back it up.

June 7, 2024

Democracy dies in bias: Blame The Washington Post’s woes on its blatant political slant

Why Troubling News:

To my understanding, the claims in this article are not backed up by sources. Therefore, even though this is obviously an opinion piece and is biased by default, the central assertion that the Washington Post is losing subscribers because "it's become almost impossible to distinguish the Washington Post from the Democratic National Committee" is baseless.

June 7, 2024

Donald Trump: Biden’s Migration Is ‘Flat-Out Economic Warfare’ Against Americans

Why Troubling News:

The author Neil Munro, in his closing statement, claims that "Biden’s business allies want more consumers, more renters, and wage-cutting workers, and his Democratic Party base wants more welfare clients and dependent voters". This statement is biased with inflammatory language like welfare clients, and wage-cutting workers. The statement is backed by little evidence, providing no real proof that those outcomes are the expressed desire of democratic voters and donors.

June 5, 2024

Pride Month Madness Begins

Why Troubling News:

Overall, there is a lot of extreme language used, indicating a bias. Additionally, there is a clear and obvious voice of negativity towards pride month and homosexuality in general. It mostly takes a religious standpoint and as a result, the report is presented in a very biased way. It takes very strong viewpoints, saying things like "it should" or "shouldn't" or referring to this as a "deadly sin". Thus, this is a clear example of troubling and biased news.

June 5, 2024

Pride Month Madness Begins

Why Troubling News:

Overall, there is a lot of extreme language used, indicating a bias. Additionally, there is a clear and obvious voice of negativity towards pride month and homosexuality in general. It mostly takes a religious standpoint and as a result, the report is presented in a very biased way. It takes very strong viewpoints, saying things like "it should" or "shouldn't" or referring to this as a "deadly sin". Thus, this is a clear example of troubling and biased news.

June 4, 2024

Trans Runner Complains Biological Females Didn’t Congratulate Him Enough After Getting Beat In State Championship

Why Troubling News:

This article is troubling to me due to the misgendering of the athlete and blatant transphobia. It refers to a trans woman as "him," and implies that she won a race due to not being a biological female. It frames her as the villain of the story for standing up to transphobia and it is unacceptable.

June 4, 2024

Colleges withhold students degrees over Pro-Palestinian protests

Why Troubling News:

The article headline uses the word withhold, when in reality the Universities, like University of Chicago is refuses four students diplomas. While the difference is not as bad, I think it should separate the case of University of Chicago as it is actively refusing to grant four students diplomas as of recently.