Previous Troubling Reports

This article displays a significant amount of bias, the main reason being that the author does not provide any opposing viewpoints throughout the article. The author only uses one source throughout the article, that being Senator Ted Cruz, he made claims of Harris's shortcomings throughout. An opposite perspective used as an additional source within this article would have provided a more balanced perspective regarding the situation. The author especially should have targeted any information released by the Harris campaign in response to the remarks Cruz made. Overall, this article does not offer a neutral perspective on the situation, as a result, the reader may be swayed in a conservative direction.

The title of the article stuck out to me immediately because it directly claims that the 'endorsement' of Kamala Harris was a troll on Vladimir Putin's part, whereas other articles about the topic do not directly make this claim. The author also claims that this endorsement is one that is a kind of "poison to the recipient" and that Putin is simply trying to "stir the pot of US domestic politics." The article mentions both former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris and seemingly does not hold a bias for one or the other, but the fact that the title was written the way it was raises a few flags about the true intentions of the author.

The author on this opinion piece mentions D. Earl Stephens’ essay for 'Raw Story', which criticizes the mainstream media for allegedly failing to challenge Trump effectively. It does include valid concerns about democratic institutions. However, the bias is very apparent. The portrayal of Trump as a "sociopath" and a potential dictator is one example. This kind of language lacks objectivity . It also includes speculative claims, such as Trump's plans to use the military to enforce domestic laws and establish detention camps, which are not backed up by actual evidence. It talks a lot about scenarios of violence if he wins/loses. It exaggerates a lot of things. It cannot be a balanced discussion if things are exaggerated.

This article by Newsweek is fundamentally flawed. For the same reason that is flawed for Fox News to attack the Libertarian Party, Newsweek is giving voice to dishonest comments. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has the right to say what she wants but to call Jill Stein "predatory" may lead green voters to believe she's a con woman which would be missing the point of third party voters. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said that if Stein spent all these years running and still hasn't won, then she is wasting people's time. What that fails to mention is that third party candidates do not expect to win, they want to bring awareness to issues. Moreover, what is actually predatory is what the Democrats are doing to Ms. Stein by attempting to remove her from the ballot to which the Supreme Court had to intervene. It is hypocrisy and dishonesty laid bare. These sort of comments from elected officials pave the way to restrict candidates from the ballot box which his fundamentally un-American.

The biggest problem with this article is how it starts. It starts with a rant against the "liberal media", shaming them for tactics and activities that the Republican Party has also done in the past. The reason why this is troubling is that it hampers the overall point of the article by painting this as a fault of the Democratic Party and trying to paint a nasty portrait of them. I mainly target the opening of the article, but the rest, despite raising good points about Kamala Harris' wobbling policies and faulty answers, muddied the point by using heavily charged language. While the article did force me to really think about Kamala's answers, it was still tarnished by faulty language and an opening that set a misinformed mood.

This article's bias is apparent and it further goes on to argue how Donald Trump, if re-elected, can become a potential dictator. I claims how he could use the proposes in Project 2025 to replace members of the Justice Department with loyalists, use the military to enforce domestic law and how he could maneuver to jail political opponents. The article also discusses scenarios of violence is Trump were to win or lose the election. As stated the bias is clear and the author seems to want to paint the former president as a wannabe dictator and his supporters as violent radicals. But radicals only crop up in larger numbers during times of polarization like now, and intensely partisan material like this doesn't help the situation. Someone with liberal leanings reading this may buy into which can lead to demonization and dehumanization of Trump's supporters. And someone with conservative leanings may double down and become more entrenched in their beliefs when reading this, seeing it as proof of a "liberal media" going after their preferred candidate. The US is already polarized enough, and to add to it is like dumping gasoline on a pyre.

A viral post claimed that 32 armed Venezuelans took over an apartment building in Chicago, backed by an audio of a police dispatch call. However, the Chicago Police Department and local aldersperson Jeanette Taylor confirmed the incident was not real. The post, shared by Libs of TikTok and reshared by Elon Musk, gained over 21 million views but was debunked as misinformation. Meta flagged the post as part of its effort to combat false news.

This article includes personal attacks and major criticisms towards Harris. There is a lot of sarcastic and mocking like, "Kama, Kama, Kameleon...". It also has a lot of claims with no supporting evidence. For instance , it mentions some policy shifts that she had but does not give enough context as to why she did. Instead, the article makes it seem like she does not support a lot of important initiatives. Overall, it misleads the portrayal of her policy shifts and her as a politician.

For many reasons this article is deeply troubling and indicative of Reuters insane bias. The article claims that Harris was never appointed "border czar". Moreover, the title immediately puts doubt into the readers mind so at face value, it deceives the reader to make them think that she wasn't the border czar. Reuters goes on to say she was merely in charge of handling diplomacy with countries in the northern triangle which is in it of itself, an admission. It is a game of semantics further backed up multiple articles recently published ranging from the AP to The Hill. An excerpt from The Hill's article perfectly recounts the events of the Vice President. It writes, "When Biden put Harris in charge of the border in March 2021, he said she would be part of a “full team” that would “deal with the problem here at home” and “in terms of in-country.” He added that “it’s not her full responsibility and job, but she’s leading the effort." All recent articles from the NYT, Axios, and Reuters are being deliberately dishonest so as to shift blame from Vice President Harris's extraordinary fumble on the southern border. It is partisan reporting and downright shameful. To the uninformed voter who is being overwhelmed with recent articles they may believe Trump is lying when in fact he is telling the truth in this case.

The title of this article is very misleading, it aims to attach the blame of the economic downturn which they track in terms of layoffs on Kamala Harris. However, they did not provide any evidence throughout the article to prove that this is the case. They state the facts of the current employment figures, which is that layoffs are up around 1% compared to last August. The title of this article attaches Harris's name to the issue needlessly, which introduces bias.

It's ironic that the article at one point calls out Vice President Harris for adopting "some exaggerated caricature" when that's all the article attempts to do. The childish writing does little more than cherry pick certain details and tries to magnify them to paint Kamala Harris as a flaky incompetent who has nothing but contempt for both her job and the citizens of the United States. This is troubling because if fails to really explain why these behaviors are concerning to the writer and instead goes on a "think of the country" tirade based solely on angry accusations.

I think the article is troubling because it embraces a new rhetoric that has started since the DNC that Harris has no policies. I think saying such things is unfair considering the fact that as a party, the Democrats published a platform which means these are the policies Harris would establish if she was to become President. It is understandable that she has not been expansive when it comes to talking about her policy but she has mentioned initiatives for housing and how she would dictate foreign policy.