Ukraine War Myths: 'Ghost of Kyiv' and Snake Island 'Martyrs'
Snake Island's 13 defenders were reported killed after defying a Russian warship, and a single Ukrainian ace, the 'Ghost of Kyiv', was said to be downing Russian jets.
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Border Patrol agents "whipping" Haitian migrants in Del Rio
Photos and video of mounted Border Patrol agents confronting Haitian migrants near Del Rio, Texas, were widely described as agents whipping or using whips on migrants.
HuffPost's Model Gave Clinton a 98% Chance and Mocked Nate Silver for Doubting It
HuffPost Pollster's presidential model put Hillary Clinton's chance of winning at about 98 percent on Election Day. Days earlier, HuffPost Washington bureau chief Ryan Grim wrote that Nate Silver's far less confident FiveThirtyEight forecast was tilting the polls toward Trump and amounted to guesswork dressed up as math.
HuffPost on how Trump takes his steak
One HuffPost food item mocked Trump for ordering his steak well done and called that the worst possible way to eat it. A HuffPost item a few days later carried a headline suggesting that judging people by how they like their steak is something a Trump supporter would do.
Media Dismissed Trump's Candidacy as a Sideshow
In July 2015, HuffPost announced it would cover Trump's campaign in its Entertainment section rather than Politics, calling it a sideshow. In November 2015, FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver told the media to stop freaking out about Trump's poll leads, putting his nomination chances at well under 20 percent.
HuffPost Thanksgiving: genocide day vs. Pilgrim refugees
A 2013 HuffPost contributor blog by Nicole Breedlove argued that Thanksgiving's roots lie in the 1637 Pequot Massacre and called it a national genocide day. In 2015, during the Syrian refugee debate, a HuffPost politics piece by Igor Bobic presented the Pilgrims sympathetically as refugees in order to argue for admitting Syrian refugees.
Sandy Hook: Wrong Brother Named as Shooter
Many outlets named Ryan Lanza as the Sandy Hook Elementary gunman, and some circulated his Facebook profile and photo.
Harry Reid's Anonymous 'Romney Paid No Taxes' Claim Gets a Megaphone
HuffPost reported Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's claim that an unnamed Bain investor told him Mitt Romney had paid no taxes for ten years, a claim that then spread widely.