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.

May 16, 2024

Why Biden’s Eager to Debate Trump

Why Troubling News:

Overall, the piece was stated to be an opinion piece, meaning it is rife with bias and misinformation and misleading information. A statement about Trump said that he refused some debates at one time "hoping to make them seem beneath him" which is just conjecture and an assumption about Trump's intentions. Another assumption made is that Biden is "feeling more pressure to perform" as that is again something that cannot be known unless Biden says so directly about himself. Also, throughout the article, there were no outside sources or other supporting evidence, meaning it likely does not capture the entire picture.

May 15, 2024

France Sends Combat Troops To Ukraine Battlefront

Why Troubling News:

The entirety of the article is false and is based on false premises. While it is true that France is reportedly mulling sending troops into Ukraine to support their ongoing fight against Russia, such action has not yet occurred in any capacity. The French Foreign Ministry took to the social media platform 'X' to highlight the claim as disinformation, yet the news source in the link clearly has not taken the time to fact check themselves and did not bother deleting the article. The misinformation stems from a blog post by a former deputy undersecretary for the DoD.

May 13, 2024

Tolerance for Me, But Not for Thee! ‘Hateful’ Conservative Man on ABC’s ‘Station19’ Needs Rescuing by Gay Liberal Sister

Why Troubling News:

This article is extremely biased to a concerning amount. It has a clear conservative bias (which is easy to tell given the source) that is taken to extreme measures. In the title, placing the word "hateful" in between air quotes emphasizes how the author does not believe the man is being actually hateful. Additionally, by referring to the character as a "gay sister" is very telling; she cannot be just his sister, but must be followed by the adjective "gay."

May 9, 2024

DeSantis panders to ranchers with Florida’s lab-grown meat ban. It’s bad economics.

Why Troubling News:

First of all, it is an opinion piece, meaning there will be controversy. However, the most troubling part is that even though there is truth within this article, we are not giving a full and clear picture of surrounding circumstances and context, meaning this article was formed to get the reader to a certain already determined conclusion, instead of neutrally presenting facts and allowing the reader to come to their own conclusion based on the information.

May 8, 2024

GOP lawmaker files resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over Jewish student comment

Why Troubling News:

The article claims that Omar is antisemitic by calling "some U.S. Jewish college students were “pro-genocide.”" and that she is promoting and perpetuating this hatred.However the full quote is: “I think it is really unfortunate that people don’t care about the fact that all Jewish kids should be kept safe and that we should not have to tolerate antisemitism or bigotry for all Jewish students, whether they are pro-genocide or anti-genocide,”The article is focusing on wording and diverting attention from the actual issue which is the war in Gaza. Pushing a false narrative of anti-semitism.

May 5, 2024

DNC Prepares for Violent Pro-Hamas Protests

Why Troubling News:

The title is simply false, as the protests and demonstrations are Pro-Palestine and not pro-Hamas. The article wants people to believe that the people protesting are supporting terrorists, when in reality they are denouncing the thousands of civilians killed in this conflict between Israel and Palestine.

May 5, 2024

DNC Prepares for Violent Pro-Hamas Protests

Why Troubling News:

The title is simply false, as the protests and demonstrations are Pro-Palestine and not pro-Hamas. The article wants people to believe that the people protesting are supporting terrorists, when in reality they are denouncing the thousands of civilians killed in this conflict between Israel and Palestine.