Daily Report
Trump’s Victory In Birthright Citizenship Puts Him 1 Step Closer To Being A King
While not downright misinformation, the partisan editorializing of the headline and much of the body of the article is concerning. The framing of Trump as being close to becoming a king is blatant fearmongering. This emotional appeal is continued throughout the article. Words like “petrifying,” “dubious,” “chaos,” and “discord” serve to stir up feelings of dread and worry. The article doesn’t provide a particularly clear or well-voiced argument for the comparison of Trump to a quasi-king. Instead, it mostly focuses on the decision the Supreme Court made about nationwide injunctions. This article would have been more accurate had it been framed as an opinion piece on the effects the ruling would have on executive authority and birthright citizenship. Instead, it is being used as a scare tactic through the medium of a half-baked pseudoargument. Additionally, though the article references many dissenting statements outside of the primary parties (SCOTUS and POTUS), there is little to no platforming of statements in agreement with the decision outside of the primary parties. Again, while not neatly fitting in the box of “untrue,” this article utilizes panic as its primary technique, rather than neutral, fair reporting that is well-thought-out. For this reason, this article is troubling to me.
