May 23, 2024

Will Democrats Pay a Price for Their Cynical, Crumbling Lawfare Strategy?

Why Troubling News:

Overall, this is an incredibly biased piece and rife with extreme language that is an obvious indicator of bias. First, it begins with comparing Joe Biden to kindergarteners and referring to him as embarrassing. Such language and comparisons are not consistent with a neutral voice and is instead a sign of immense bias and partiality. The attitude and language is seen all throughout this article, making it very polarizing. Additionally, the article uses an "us" versus "them" mentality, which again, shows how biased it is. It divided the audience and leads them to a singular predetermined conclusion, which is not a characteristic that a neutral and reliable source would include.

May 23, 2024

Evidence Does Not Support the Use of the Death Penalty

Why Troubling News:

The article is supposed to be an opinion piece, and the author is very evidently against the death penalty. I think this article is extremely biased. The author, even while talking about the opposion to his point of view, the author fails to look at good supporting evidence for the same. The author in this article goes through serious confirmation bias.

May 22, 2024

White-owned businesses boxed out from $2.3 billion in contracts to renovate JFK International Airport

Why Troubling News:

The title and article itself are attempting to perpetrate an inherently false narrative and call Democratic figures - such as Governor Hochul - hypocrites for their apparent racism in "blocking white-owned businesses" from involvement in a new JFK airport renovation project. The project did announce that many contracts will be awarded to MWBEs (minority and women-owned businesses), however the bidding has nevertheless been open to all, with non-MWBEs having already received over $5 billion in contracts. The attempt to promote minority and female inclusion in a typical male-dominate industry whilst also welcoming investment and work from white-owned businesses has been skewed to portray the initiative as racist.

May 19, 2024

Top British pediatrician: US medical establishment is ‘misleading’ the public about the science behind child sex changes

Why Troubling News:

Title itself is misleading, as the article makes little reference to science at all. Article uses incorrect terminology as it uses 'gender-affirming care' and 'mutilation' as if they were synonyms. This "sex-change mutilation" is the main issue discussed in the article as well as the false claim that the American Academy of Pediatrics is intentionally lying to the public. Article also implies that trans people always get medical procedures even when that is not the most appropriate course of action for them, which is also not true. All in all, a completely one-sided and misleading article.

May 17, 2024

Will Democrats Pay a Price for Their Cynical, Crumbling Lawfare Strategy?

Why Troubling News:

Even for an opinion piece, this article is extremely biased and vitriolic. This account of the supposed "Democrat-lawfare complex" and its attempt to "push (their) senile octogenarian across the finish line" by "conjuring up... four criminal prosecutions" is filled with a rather heated conservative bias. The article comes out swinging immediately by painting President Biden as someone "whose command of the English language rivals that of most kindergarteners" claims, unverifiably, that "cynicism and a sense of malaise are ubiquitous" in the United States, and provides absolutely no sourcing or links to the quotes it draws from. I understand that RealClearPolitics is only a news aggregator, but this piece is an offensively biased article that goes beyond mere personal opinion into something that would certainly do no favors for balanced public discourse.

May 17, 2024

Will Democrats Pay a Price for Their Cynical, Crumbling Lawfare Strategy?

Why Troubling News:

Even for an opinion piece, this article is extremely biased and vitriolic. This account of the supposed "Democrat-lawfare complex" and its attempt to "push (their) senile octogenarian across the finish line" by "conjuring up... four criminal prosecutions" is filled with a rather heated conservative bias. The article comes out swinging immediately by painting President Biden as someone "whose command of the English language rivals that of most kindergarteners" claims, unverifiably, that "cynicism and a sense of malaise are ubiquitous" in the United States, and provides absolutely no sourcing or links to the quotes it draws from. I understand that RealClearPolitics is only a news aggregator, but this piece is an offensively biased article that goes beyond mere personal opinion into something that would certainly do no favors for balanced public discourse.

May 17, 2024

Will Democrats Pay a Price for Their Cynical, Crumbling Lawfare Strategy?

Why Troubling News:

Even for an opinion piece, this article is extremely biased and vitriolic. This account of the supposed "Democrat-lawfare complex" and its attempt to "push (their) senile octogenarian across the finish line" by "conjuring up... four criminal prosecutions" is filled with a rather heated conservative bias. The article comes out swinging immediately by painting President Biden as someone "whose command of the English language rivals that of most kindergarteners" claims, unverifiably, that "cynicism and a sense of malaise are ubiquitous" in the United States, and provides absolutely no sourcing or links to the quotes it draws from. I understand that RealClearPolitics is only a news aggregator, but this piece is an offensively biased article that goes beyond mere personal opinion into something that would certainly do no favors for balanced public discourse.

May 17, 2024

America Has Lost the War on Drugs. Here’s What Needs to Happen Next.

Why Troubling News:

This entire article is filled with a conservative bias. It claims that the US has lost the war on drugs and that the 12- step program to fight addiction is not effective enough. While it is true that the number of cases of overdose are increasing, there is no proof given in this article to show that the 12 step program does not work. I think this article is extremely dangerous and baseless and might lead to spread of misinformation.

May 16, 2024

Peru Classifies Transgender People as ‘Mentally Ill’

Why Troubling News:

This article is troubling to me given the author's explicit conservative bias. When talking about Peru's new classification of transgender people as "mentally ill," the author only provides sources that agree with the decision and calls for the same to happen to the United States. Peru's policy is incredibly culturally recidivist and it's sad to see an author so blatantly support it without evidence.