May 28, 2024

When It Comes to Manufacturing, It’s Us or Them

Why Troubling News:

This article is troubling to me due to the very explicit ultra-nationalist bias. It pushes a conservative narrative of "us versus them" without even attempting to disguise it. It frames other countries as 'evil' for doing the same things as the U.S. and it is concerning to see American media not able to accept free trade.

May 26, 2024

White House admits Bidenflation is ‘literally’ crushing people

Why Troubling News:

This articles linked sources do not actually link to anything related to the article, but to the paper's archives about a specific topic- for example "student debt forgiveness" does not link to anything about the Biden administration's student debt forgiveness plan, but every article the Washington Examiner has published on student loans. The link on Biden's "profligate spending" takes you to an archive entitled "Bidenomics" with a compilation of anti-Biden articles including "Despite Biden's lies, voters know inflation still hurts" and "Voter's don't trust Biden on inflation, and they shouldn't". To be fair, this should probably have been expected from an outlet that markets its contents as "News, Politics, (and) conservative opinion" but you would still expect a media source to be at least superficially impartial.

May 26, 2024

Mark Levin: ‘Jew hating, Marxist-Islamist minority’ wants to exterminate the United States

Why Troubling News:

Levin's comments aside, the author makes false claims. Author mentions the"“mostly peaceful” pro-Hamas protesters" addressing the college campus protest, making it seem as if they are supporting a terrorist group. In reality, most protesters denounce the murder of civilians and support Palestinian people. The author also states that "the protesters who were actually quite peaceful on January 6 are facing prison time". However there are numerous reports and video footage of the violence and attacks on police during the Capitol Riots, so this is not correct at all.

May 24, 2024

Lack of Comments Defending the Other Side

Why Troubling News:

The events addressed from this article by BBC failed to provide comments that went into details about the hostages held by Gaza. There has been previous allegations by BBC journalist that they have been omitting certain information in regards to the Israel conflict. This could be why they are now over-fixating on making Israel negative. When they should fixate on giving the news as neutral as possible.

May 24, 2024

“Argentina Deems ICC Decision to Order Netanyahu Arrest Wrong”

Why Troubling News:

This is just one of many articles circulating with wording implying the ICC has decided on issuing arrest warrants. These have collectively drummed up a lot of social media discussion and debate. It is worth noting that at the time of writing this, warrants have not been issued. Moreover, as Israel is not part of the ICC, these warrants pose few consequences besides messaging.

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.