Why Troubling News:

After the LA rallies, posts alleged that the protesters were being paid on Craigslist. There was no evidence to support these claims. This article breaks down the misinformation, what happened, and includes a link to the Craigslist ad that was being taken out of context.

Why Troubling News:

This article is highly misleading due to the words and phrases utilized by the author. Words such as "authoritarian", "militaristic", or "overreach" paint a highly negative picture of President Trump's actions which guide the leader to view President Trump's response as dangerous or extreme. In addition, showing images of troops alongside protestors using words like "mobbing" or "siege" is downplaying law enforcement and making their actions seem aggressive when that is truly the opposite.

Why Troubling News:

This article is misleading because it opens by claiming Kamala Harris won the 2024 election, even though she didn’t, Donald Trump did. That alone sets a false foundation for everything that follows. It throws around dramatic phrases like “bombshell allegation” and questions whether Harris actually won, which plants doubt based on a made-up outcome. The article also cites that voting machines were used in over 40% of U.S. counties, which sounds serious, but it doesn’t explain the real impact or provide context. Plus, it leans heavily on a source called Daily Boulder, which isn’t known for being credible. Overall, it frames the story in a way that encourages confusion and distrust about an election result that isn’t even accurate to begin with.

Why Troubling News:

Claiming that the left and progressives are Marxists and going to start a civil war using mass migration as a tool is a blatantly false and partisan claim. Claiming that the LA protests are the start of a third world anarchy civil war is extreme partisanship and fearmongering.

Why Troubling News:

The title of the article implies that the call with JD Vance and Susie Wiles will be a significant talking point (and played a significant and evidence-based role in Musk's actions) in the article, but within the article itself only a few throw-away lines are devoted to the event. After those lines, the article goes on to give the play-by-play of Musk's actions before and after his retraction, rehashing many of the events of the conflict between President Trump and Elon Musk. The article uses extremely biased language like "breakup" and "dutifully tucked his tail between his legs," making it seem like this article is meant to be more of a dramatic and emotion-provoking retelling while not actually talking about the details from the headline.

Why Troubling News:

Everything they claim has gone down in price is simply not true. Used car prices are rising, just like they did during the COVID era. Gas has gone up, and our weekly grocery bill continues to creep higher. Mortgage rates have also increased. Nothing has dropped as expected. The current state of things is outrageous. Even basic items like deodorant at Target are nearly three times the price compared to places like England. The cost of living...never mind luxury goods, which we don't even need, is ridiculous.

Why Troubling News:

Despite video evidence that Senator Alex Padilla was wearing his Senate polo (and had to be screened for legitimacy before entering the building), Noem is spinning the story to frame him as an attacker. This is another example of a lie by the current administration to keep up their facade that they are keeping the American people "safe".

Why Troubling News:

Well, the headline speaks for itself. There is no inflation… except there is a little bit. The first line of the article contradicts itself yet again: "U.S consumer prices barely rose at all in May, the fourth straight month of mild inflation.” The article explains that inflation did, in fact, increase by .1%. While this was lower than other leftist sources projected it to be, it is still inflation. The article goes on to say that Trump’s presidency has been marked by “low inflation,” notably, not no inflation. I expected this journalist to justify the headline by noting that the inflation is from Biden’s America (not Trump’s)… but they did not even take that route (and it was right there). Breitbart, call me. I think these contradictions paired with the headline (not to mention, the title itself) is blatantly misinformative.

Why Troubling News:

This article is very close to being informative, but the amount of loaded language makes it unreliable. Even from the first sentence "Los Angeles rioters, who are ravaging the streets in protest of deporting illegal migrants, forced three Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) facilities in the LA area to shut down due to safety concerns, delaying nearly 300 legal migrants from receiving their hard-fought American citizenship" the biases are clear. While there are some rioters in LA, there are also peaceful protesters. Labeling them all the same only serves to villainize the entire group. Saying they are "ravaging the streets" is unnecessary and contributes to the negative image the author is trying to push.

Why Troubling News:

This article is slightly troublesome as it seems to vaguely support a journalist's claim the protests are being "mischaracterized" without much substance or examples of mischaracterization. It just has one sentence where it vaguely mentions stuff like old posts and AI, which may be true, but the whole article comes off as downplaying the protests.