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REPORTER
CLAIM
Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
The Associated Press accused President Trump of misleading the public by drawing attention to evidence linking Tylenol use during pregnancy and children developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
THE TRUTH
There is extensive evidence linking Tylenol use to ASD, including a 2025 Harvard study, a 2019 Johns Hopkins study and a 2021 international consensus statement calling for women to “minimize exposure” to acetaminophen during pregnancy.
KEY POINTS
• The Associated Press omitted scientific studies that support President Trump’s claim in order to construct a narrative he’d misled the public.
SOURCES
• Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism
• Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's Statement
• Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders using the Navigation Guide methodology
• Taking Tylenol during pregnancy associated with elevated risks for autism, ADHD
• Paracetamol use during pregnancy – a call for precautionary action
• President Trump, Secretary Kennedy Announce Bold Actions to Tackle Autism Epidemic
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BBC apologizes to Trump over misleading edit, but rejects basis for defamation claim
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
The BBC released a doctored video of President Trump’s speech on January 6th, 2021.
THE TRUTH
By the BBC’s own admission, the broadcaster edited the speech in a misleading manner that “gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action.” The bogus video led to the ouster of (now former) BBC Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness. It also led to BBC Chair Samir Shah sending a personal letter to the White House apologizing on behalf of the BBC for the deceitful video edit.
KEY POINTS
• The BBC deceptively edited a video to misrepresent President Trump’s statements and help craft a narrative opposing him.
SOURCES
• BBC apologizes to Trump over its misleading edit, but says there’s no basis for a defamation claim
• Panorama – Trump: A Second Chance?
• BBC director general and News CEO resign over Trump documentary edit
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REPORTER
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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
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REPORTER
CLAIM
L.A. mother says she was taken to U.S. border, being held until she self-deports
CATEGORY
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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REPORTER
CLAIM
Immigrants in overcapacity ICE detention say they’re hungry, raise food quality concerns
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
NBC News published an article in which detainees and so-called “immigration advocates” complained about food quality and overcrowding in ICE facilities.
THE TRUTH
The Department of Homeland Security has thoroughly debunked this. No ICE detainee is subject to a lack of food or subprime living conditions.
KEY POINTS
• NBC News published false reports from criminal illegal aliens as fact, ignoring the facts outlined by DHS, and contributed to a false narrative that has driven a 1,000% increase in violence against ICE agents.
SOURCES
• Immigrants in overcapacity ICE detention say they're hungry, raise food quality concerns
• DHS Debunks Georgia Senator’s False Allegations About ICE Detention Centers
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REPORTER
CLAIM
Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say
CATEGORY
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