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More than 30 killed by gunfire near U.S. aid site in Gaza
CATEGORY
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.
SOURCES
• 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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Left-Wing Media Pushes Fake Washington Crime Narrative
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times and Politico worked together to weave a narrative that President Trump’s enhanced law enforcement activities in Washington, D.C. were not taking place in the high crime areas of D.C.
THE TRUTH
Half of the arrests made in the Washington, D.C., crime crackdown have been in high-crime areas. The Washington Post included a map of “troops in the district” in one of their articles which was based on “accounts from Post reporters on the ground in D.C. and verified videos on social media.” Their reporters got it wrong, and used incomplete data to create their inaccurate map. NYT’s Peter Baker then made a post on X that cited the map as evidence that law enforcement efforts were not present in high-crime areas. Next, the Wall Street Journal released a story corroborating the narrative, but based entirely on the testimony of Ebony Payne, a Democrat neighborhood commissioner in D.C., and a deeply conflicted source. Finally, Politico continued the narrative by citing the WSJ story in their Playbook newsletter where they attempted to downplay the impacts of the enhanced law enforcement efforts.
KEY POINTS
• The Washington Post published a poorly substantiated map of law enforcement activity in D.C.
• NYT’s Peter Baker posted about the map, and caused the hoax to go viral.
• WSJ then released a story supporting the narrative, but only cited a Democrat neighborhood commissioner as evidence.
• Politico elevated the WSJ’s poorly source article on their newsletter which promoted the article and furthered the hoax.SOURCES
• On D.C. Streets, Feds Make a Show of Force
• Where National Guard troops and federal agents are patrolling D.C.
• Peter Baker's Post
• Playbook: Zelenskyy’s White House do-over
• White House: Half of D.C. crackdown arrests are in high-crime areas
• Ebony Payne Biography
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ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year
CATEGORY
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
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ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
The Washington Post claimed that using ankle monitoring devices to track illegal aliens is inhumane and “steeped in controversy.”
THE TRUTH
Ankle monitoring devices have been used to track criminals for decades and are considered uncontroversial in mainstream American jurisprudence.
KEY POINTS
• The Washington Post mischaracterized the use of ankle monitors as inhumane and “steeped in controversy.” When in fact, there is well-documented precedent for this common law enforcement method.
SOURCES
• ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors
• The Evolution Of Electronic Monitoring Devices
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
The Washington Post’s Tara Copp and Michelle Boorstein published an article claiming that The U.S. Coast Guard would no longer classify the swastika, nooses, and the confederate flag as hate symbols.
THE TRUTH
The Washington Post’s claim isn’t remotely true, and they posted the article without official comment from the Coast Guard. The Department of Homeland Security stated that Copp and Boorstein’s article is “unequivocally false.”
KEY POINTS
• The Washington Post released a fake story about Coast Guard policy without confirmation or comment from the department.
SOURCES
• U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
• Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin's Statement