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Reuters

4 files on the record. 3 helped Democrats, 0 helped Republicans, 1 helped neither.

3 helped Democrats (75%)Democrats 75%1 helped Neither party (25%)Neither party 25%
Retracted

Reuters and CNBC Report a 90-Day Tariff Pause That Wasn't

CNBC ran a breaking-news banner saying adviser Kevin Hassett had said Trump was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs for every country except China. Reuters repeated the claim, citing CNBC.

Apr 7, 2025 · CNBC, Reuters
Helped: Neither party
Retracted

Outlets Pin 2015 Child-Detention Figure on Trump

Wire services and NPR reported a U.N. expert's finding that the U.S. was holding over 100,000 migrant children in detention, presented as current Trump-era practice.

Nov 18, 2019 · Reuters, Associated Press, AFP
Helped: Democrats
Contradiction

Reuters on German crime: refugee study vs. Trump's claim

In January 2018 Reuters reported a government-sponsored study that found violent crime in Germany rose about 10 percent in 2015-16 and attributed most of that rise to young male refugees. In June 2018 Reuters covered Trump's statement that migration was changing Europe's 'culture'. Contemporaneous fact checks described his claim that German crime was 'way up' as inaccurate.

Jan 3, 2018 · Reuters
Helped: Democrats
Debunked

'Vote Trump' church arson in Mississippi was by a congregation member

A week before the election, outlets widely reported the burning of Hopewell M.B. Church, a historically Black church in Greenville, Mississippi, spray-painted with 'Vote Trump', as a likely racially or politically motivated hate crime.

Nov 1, 2016 · Reuters, Al Jazeera, CNN
Helped: Democrats
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