Eli Saslow

OUTLET

The New York Times

REPORTER

Eli Saslow

CLAIM

Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.

CATEGORY

Bias, Omission of context

THE OFFENSE

The New York Times characterized a Guatemalan illegal migrant who stole a hardworking American’s social security number as a victim.

THE TRUTH

Not only did the illegal alien steal the identity of a rural Minnesotan factory worker who teaches Sunday school (thereby costing the man thousands of dollars in taxes to the IRS), he also had four prior DUI convictions, killed a 68-year-old man in a car accident and had previously been arrested for assault and terroristic threats.

KEY POINTS

• The New York Times attempted to portray a criminal illegal alien as equal to the hardworking, pious American whose identity he stole.

SOURCES

• New York Times: Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.
• Vice President Vance’s Post
• DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia Mclaughlin’s Post
• Theo Wold’s Post on X