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TIME

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

3 helped Democrats (100%)Democrats 100%
Retracted

TIME's Crying-Girl Cover: The Toddler Who Wasn't Separated

TIME's reporting on John Moore's photo of a crying 2-year-old Honduran girl said she was carried off by agents, and the magazine put her on its cover beside Trump as the face of family separation.

Jun 22, 2018 · TIME
Helped: Democrats
Debunked

Polish first lady 'snubs' Trump's handshake

Outlets ran a few-second clip from Trump's Warsaw visit as proof that Poland's first lady, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, refused to shake Trump's hand.

Jul 6, 2017 · Newsweek, Vanity Fair, TIME
Helped: Democrats
Retracted

MLK bust reported 'removed' from the Oval Office

On Inauguration Day, a White House pool report and TIME's Zeke Miller reported that a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. had been taken out of the Oval Office.

Jan 20, 2017 · TIME
Helped: Democrats
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