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.

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."