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L.A. mother says she was taken to U.S. border, being held until she self-deports
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THE OFFENSE
KTLA’s Lily Dallow published an article that blindly accepted the claims of a Los Angeles woman who said she’d been kidnapped by ICE.
THE TRUTH
The entire story was fabricated. The Los Angeles woman – Yuriana Calderon – was never in ICE custody and instead made up the kidnapping story to generate public sympathy and solicit donations.
KEY POINTS
• An illegal immigrant told an elaborate lie meant to demonize law enforcement.
• KTLA eagerly spread the story without confirming its credibility.SOURCES
• White House Response
• KTLA Article
• Mexican National Charged in Federal Criminal Complaint with Staging Fake Immigration ‘Kidnapping’
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Black mayors and leaders decry Trump’s threats to deploy National Guard in cities
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THE OFFENSE
NBC News released a one-sided article disparaging President Trump’s enhanced law enforcement operations in Washington, D.C.
THE TRUTH
The “immigration advocates” cited in the article are far-left partisan sources who claimed that President Trump’s law enforcement efforts were a “federal coup.” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Al Sharpton, Marc Morial, and Derrick Johnson were among the partisans quoted in the article. Bunn’s writing included only two republican voices of dissent, one of which was buried in the bottom of the article.
KEY POINTS
• NBC News’ Curtis Bunn published a one-sided article that overrepresented biased left-wing voices in an effort to undermine President Trump’s law enforcement operations in the nation’s capital.
SOURCES
• Black mayors and leaders decry Trump’s threats to deploy National Guard in cities
• Brandon Johnson Biography
• Al Sharpton Speaks at 2024 DNC
• Marc Morial's Biography
• Derrick Johnson's Biography
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Trump Administration Draft Order Calls for Drastic Overhaul of State Department
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THE OFFENSE
New York Times reporter Edward Wong sent a request for comment at 2:28am on Easter Sunday and published his story regarding an unreliably sourced draft executive order (without receiving comment) roughly an hour later at 3:30am.
THE TRUTH
The draft executive order had, in NYT’s own words, “…no indications that Mr. Rubio or his top aides have signed off on the document.” In the same article Edward Wong also wrote, “It was not immediately clear who had compiled the document or what stage of internal debates over a restructuring of the State Department it reflected.” Despite being unable to confirm the origin of the alleged draft executive order, or even its legitimacy as an official State Department document, the New York Times published the article without comment from the White House Press Office.
KEY POINTS
• The New York Times posted an unsubstantiated and irresponsibly sourced draft executive order without confirming its legitimacy, or giving the White House proper time to respond to the inquiry.
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• The New York Times posted an unsubstantiated an irresponsibly sourced draft executive order without confirming its legitimacy, or giving the White House proper time to respond to the inquiry.
• Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly's Statement
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Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say
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THE OFFENSE
CNN’s Natasha Bertrand – the same “journalist” who reported the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation and the COVID lab leak was a conspiracy theory – published an inaccurate preliminary threat assessment downplaying the damage from U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
THE TRUTH
At President Trump’s direction, the U.S. military totally obliterated Iran’s nuclear program, the Israel Atomic Energy Commission finding “the devastating US strike on Fordo destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable,” and Iran’s own Foreign Ministry spokesman admitting their “nuclear installations have been badly damaged.”
KEY POINTS
• ake news journalist Natasha Bertrand published a confidential and inaccurate assessment of Operation Midnight Hammer.
SOURCES
• Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say
• Special counsel plans to use infamous Hunter Biden laptop as evidence at gun trial
• Top US intel agency rules out ‘manmade’ theory of coronavirus origins
• Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated — and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News
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More than 30 killed by gunfire near U.S. aid site in Gaza
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THE OFFENSE
The Washington Post published an article asserting that Israeli troops had killed more than 30 people near a U.S. aid site in Gaza.
THE TRUTH
The so-called “health officials” the Washington Post cited were members of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry. WaPo was ultimately forced to issue a correction.
KEY POINTS
• The Washington Post acted as a mouth piece for a jihadist terror organization.
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• More than 30 killed by gunfire near U.S. aid site in Gaza
• Press Secretary Leavitt's Response to the Washington Post's Retraction
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Teen allegedly killed by soccer coach died of acute alcohol poisoning, family’s attorney says
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THE OFFENSE
When covering the brutal murder of a 13-year-old boy in Sun Valley, California, the Los Angeles Times omitted the fact the perpetrator was an illegal immigrant given “sanctuary status” by Los Angeles Democrats.
THE TRUTH
This is an all-too-common example of legacy media outlets omitting perpetrators’ immigration statuses in an effort to downplay the threat posed by violent illegal alien criminals.
KEY POINTS
• The LATimes intentionally mischaracterized a child-murderering illegal immigrant as a “Soccer Coach.”
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• Teen allegedly killed by soccer coach died of acute alcohol poisoning, family’s attorney says
• Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson's Statement
• The liberal media can’t bear to report it when their favourite groups are charged with crimes
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Secretary Hegseth Demolishes Woke Fox News Journalist
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Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin accused Secretary of War Pete Hegseth of not congratulating the female pilots who participated in Operation Midnight Hammer.
THE TRUTH
Secretary Hegseth congratulated each and every pilot involved in Operation Midnight Hammer. Griffin’s lie further proves the media’s unhealthy obsession with race and gender.
KEY POINTS
• Jennifer Griffin tried to drag Secretary Hegseth into a meaningless discussion on identity politics during a Department of War press briefing. Ignoring the historic accomplishment that this operation represented.
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Media Describe Deported Illegal Alien with Two Dozen Arrests as ‘Colorado Grandfather’
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THE OFFENSE
CBS News described deported Cuban illegal immigrant Baldomero Noa-Castenada as a “Colorado grandfather.”
THE TRUTH
In addition to being an illegal immigrant, Noa-Castenada had been arrested 27 times for crimes such as assault, narcotics and theft.
KEY POINTS
• CBS News intentionally mischaracterized a violent narcotics trafficker and thief as a “Colorado grandfather.”
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• Nolte: Media Describe Deported Illegal Alien with Two Dozen Arrests as ‘Colorado Grandfather’
• Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson's Statement
• Colorado grandfather detained by ICE while walking his dog; ICE points to criminal record
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Playbook: Trump’s crackdown hits Washington
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Politico’s Playbook newsletter attempted to portray an illegal immigrant arrested by federal law enforcement as an innocent “moped driver.”
THE TRUTH
The “moped driver” was an illegal alien criminal from Venezuela with suspected gang affiliation and an active final order of removal from the country. Upon his arrest, the illegal alien criminal resisted arrest and a law enforcement officer suffered a concussion as a result.
KEY POINTS
• Politico intentionally mischaracterized a criminal illegal alien as a “moped driver.”
SOURCES
• Playbook: Trump’s crackdown hits Washington
• Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's Statement
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ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year
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THE OFFENSE
In one of its stories, The Washington Post featured Neha Desai – an attorney with the nonprofit advocacy group National Center for Youth Law – as an immigration expert.
THE TRUTH
Desai is a left-wing partisan who donated to Kamala Harris, and it’s irresponsible not to provide that context to readers.
KEY POINTS
• The Washington Post portrayed a left-wing radical as an “expert”, and omitted her history of bias from their story.
SOURCES
• ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year
• Neha Desai's FEC Record