Previous Troubling Reports

Social media postings circulated the claim that Joe Biden had issued an Executive Order 9066 granting $5,000 Visa gift cards, a cell phone, and domestic airfare to migrants entering the U.S illegally. The reality of this is that no such executive order exists, no federal policy provides these benefits to migrants and associated press labeled the claim as completed ''fabricated'' in their weekly ''Not Real News'' fact check. This incorrect information attributes highly implausible and documented benefits to official government action. Also, repeated misinformation of this kind undermines credible journalism and confuses public dialogue around immigration and policy.

Social media postings circulated the claim that Joe Biden had issued an Executive Order 9066 granting $5,000 Visa gift cards, a cell phone, and domestic airfare to migrants entering the U.S illegally. The reality of this is that no such executive order exists, no federal policy provides these benefits to migrants and associated press labeled the claim as completed ''fabricated'' in their weekly ''Not Real News'' fact check. This incorrect information attributes highly implausible and documented benefits to official government action. Also, repeated misinformation of this kind undermines credible journalism and confuses public dialogue around immigration and policy.

While the core event is real (Kessler’s departure), the framing is misleading. Much of Nolte’s article consists of hyperbolic or unsubstantiated claims. There is no documented evidence that Kessler was engaged in serial dishonesty or that his exit reflects moral or professional disgrace, nor was there partisan pressure for his removal. That framing misleads the reader, distorts the nature of his work, and elevates opinions as though they were verified facts.

The first two sentences of the article say: "Vaccines surely are NOT what they used to be. Nowadays, kids have to get 70 vaccines by age seven just to attend daycare and school, or society deems them a threat because of infectious disease fear-mongering." The headline and first two sentences alone indicate unrestrained exaggeration in the writing, which are bad signs for the factuality of this article. The rest of the paragraph is written in increasingly strong language, applying unneeded emphasis on negative labels for vaccines and people who accept them. Interestingly, the rest of the article is written in significantly less combative language, switching to a more professional, analytical tone. Notably, the article does not directly link the survey it takes its information from. Instead, it links another similar article from another source, which links to another article, which links to the original survey from JAMA Network. Here is the link to the survey: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2836417 The survey seems to be reputable and the analytical portions of this article draw defendable conclusions from the reported numbers, but the initial headline and first paragraph contribute to misinformation via exaggeration and combative language.

While the article is factual, it only looks at the present. It fails to take Trump's previous quotes about the Gaza crisis into consideration. Trump has previously made aggressive remarks about Palestine, saying that Israel needs to "finish up" in Palestine. The article portrays Trump as a saving and holistic figure in this situation, but that is not entirely so.

This article discusses a Democratic senators statement from 5 years prior about Epstein. The article is framed as though she did not care about Epstein in past, using an out of context quote from her 2020 statement about how revealing Epstein's connections will not help constituents, despite it being about former President Bill Clinton's connection with Epstein, who was not and will not be in office.

This article uses very biased language as well as inaccurate citations for sources. The article claims to have received evidence from the New York Times, but when you click on the link for that source, it leads to a Fox News article instead.

This article uses very biased language as well as inaccurate citations for sources. The article claims to have received evidence from the New York Times, but when you click on the link for that source, it leads to a Fox News article instead.

This article uses very biased language as well as inaccurate citations for sources. The article claims to have received evidence from the New York Times, but when you click on the link for that source, it leads to a Fox News article instead.

This could be troubling because the article seems to demean the reason why Trump is in Scotland. It pokes fun at his golf playing and plans on staying out of the public view. It puts the term working visit in quotations: "While the White House has called his five-day trip a “working visit,” it’s fairly light on the formal itinerary. " Maybe the trip truly is light on formal plans, but it seems weird to criticize the president for golfing at his golf course while there. It seems like an unnecessary thing to criticize him for. It makes me wonder if CNN would also criticize a liberal president for golfing too?

This article shows a clear bias towards Trump and presents his claims as newsworthy facts, instead of providing opposing sources with different information. The article briefly mentions that Winfrey and the Harris campaign denied payments, but the article doesn't actually provide equal weight to these rebuttals or include expert legal analysis about campaign finance law to contextualize Trump's claims.

So this article leans a bit pro-Trump, especially in how it frames his Supreme Court wins as big victories without really digging into the controversy around them. It uses loaded phrases like “aggressive second-term agenda” and mentions Biden only to compare how much more Trump has done, which feels like it's trying to make him look extra powerful or efficient. It presents the Justice Department’s view that federal judges are “activist” but doesn’t challenge that label, while also downplaying critics' concerns that Trump is avoiding proper legal processes. It glosses over the real impact of the rulings, like deportation policies and cutting education grants, and frames them as straightforward “wins.” It also skips over how unusual and secretive this “shadow docket” stuff is, only briefly touching on the concerns raised by liberal justices. So yeah, it’s not exactly fake news, but the tone definitely tilts and glosses over nuance.