Previous Troubling Reports

This is troubling news because the article uses charged language to amplify the emotional impact of Trump's statements and frame them in a way that may exaggerate his intent. By highlighting President Trump's most dramatic phrasing from some of his most recent statements and then primarily focusing on the strongest negative reactions to it, the article sensationalizes the situation rather than presenting it in a balanced, straightforward way.

Trump wanted to fire a member of the FTC, but that decision was contested by the fact that there is a law enacted by Congress to insulate the agency from political pressures. So the case went to the Supreme Court as the Trump administration is arguing that the president has the authority to make those type of decisions. We will have to wait and see what the court decides to fact check the administrations claims.

This article has a clear conservative bias. It not only negatively portrays a Biden-era program, but it also glorifies the arrests of illegal immigrants made by ICE. It purposefully highlights criminals who have been arrested, trying to show the good of the recent uptick in ICE arrests. This article does not maintain objectivity, and there is a clear editorial conservative bias, as is typical of Fox News.

The article implies that the reason Cuellar was indicted by the DOJ was because he spoke out against what is characterized as the Biden administration's "open border policies." In other words, it implies the indictment was politically weaponized in retaliation for opposition.

The article discusses conspiracy theories about what the "poisoning of America" possibly refers to. The majority of the links in the article are hyperlinked back to Infowars. Additionally, the article lends credence to conspiracy theories. This can be harmful because misinformation can quickly be spread. The article discusses these theories as if they are credible. Talking, in fact, can be very harmful and promote fake news.

The title of the article misrepresents what the article is about. Melania Trump praises Putin for releasing Ukrainian children back to their families. Nowhere in the article does it mention how Trump is humiliated by Putin. It's just the author's opinion. Melania Trump praising Child reunification does not directly link her to sucking up to Putin after he humiliated Trump.

This week, several U.S. news outlets, including Fox News Digital, circulated the misleading claim that the Afghan national accused of ambushing U.S. National Guard members had entered the United States “unvetted.” However, according to verified reporting and documentation reviewed by FactCheck.org, the suspect had undergone multiple layers of vetting, including screenings tied to his prior work with U.S. intelligence forces in Afghanistan and an additional immigration vetting process before entering the country. The repeated suggestion that he arrived without screening misrepresents the actual procedures and falsely implies a breakdown in immigration security protocols.

This week, the White House launched a new “Media Bias” webpage that was found to contain inaccuracies when it incorrectly credited a Fox News reporter with a statement during a press conference. Fox News challenged this claim, prompting the White House to delete the entry and temporarily take the page offline to fix the mistake. Although the site aims to highlight biased or false journalism, it accidentally became an example of misinformation by misidentifying a reporter and publicly accusing their actions of being “biased” without verifying the facts.

This is troubling news for me because of the amount of opinion within the article. It is labeled as opinion, and InfoWars is notorious for publishing articles with a conservative slant, but this article is more concerning than others because of the author citing as much of his own works as he does. He is a prolific writer for InfoWars, and he cites several of his own works near the end. This is all with the end goal of supporting the current battle with the H-1B visas, and claiming that the stance that fights for keeping the current restrictions on them is the correct one.

This article isn't troubling because it covers Trump being sleepy during a conference, but instead because of the reliability bias inside CNN. Whether or not Trump "dozed off" during the conference is irrelevant to this writing, although the two videos used in the clip do not necessarily support this statement. In this case, it is important to consider if Joe Biden, during any of his Presidential moments showing his cognitive decline, was criticized to the same extent. Obviously, from CNN, none of those moments were covered the same way this article covers Trump's demeanor in this conference. Many in the Democratic Party, and in the cabinet during Biden's Presidency, maintained the notion that Biden was not in a state of cognitive decline, even when they swapped his candidacy with Kamala Harris without a primary. This candidate swap proved that Biden was not in a state to run again for President, something the Democrat administration did not admit until the last moment, proving some lying to the public about the President's condition beforehand. While this occurred, none of it was covered by CNN as harshly as this article covers Trump's sleepiness. This is an instance of background bias by the organization, and a mark against its reliability for even coverage across the wide partisan divide in current American politics.

I found this headline troubling as it insinuates that it is leftist thinking which has implanted a sort of "false consciousness" into women, thus making them not desire a family. However, an alternative possibility is that the emphasis on personal choice and freedom to make a choice based on your own desires has allowed for women to express themselves through a more personal lens-- the increase in women not wanting a family is then due to women being able to make more decisions for themselves and based on their own wants, rather than what society wants from them.

This is an article published by reporter Max Burns for The Hill. The article bashes current US President Donald Trump for being "checked out" of his presidential duties. The article is not well supported by quotes, facts, or other forms of evidence to support this claim. Reporter Max Burns thinks that Trump is more focused on his personal ballroom design than on his unfulfilled election campaign promises. Quotes like, "Nearly a year into his second term, the Trump presidency is clearly directionless," and "Trump summed up his apathy last month when he declared that he couldn’t even think of anything else for Congress to do." clearly demonstrate the left-leaning bias in this article.