First Thing: Oil price relief as Trump says US war on Iran ‘ending fairly soon’
Findings are available in the analysis below.1 finding Left out here: Drops what it reported before
The newsletter closes the item on Trump's forecast that the war is "going to be ending fairly soon". It does not include the Guardian's own report from the day before that Trump has often exaggerated the state of talks with Iran, calling a peace deal imminent dozens of times. It also omits that he gave no hint of drawing down the forces that keep up the naval blockade. Without this, a reader weighing the oil price relief may take his forecast at closer to face value. The words "unilaterally declared" and "locked and loaded" partly guard against that.
How we know
- The Guardian wrote earlier“Trump has frequently exaggerated claims about the status of negotiations with Iran, saying a final peace deal was imminent dozens of times during the nearly nine-month long war.”Trump says US war in Iran ‘effectively over’ as he plays down escalation concerns (opens in a new tab)
- Daily Mail reported“But the President gave no hint of a drawdown of the thousands of US troops who have been shifted to the waters off of Iran and maintain a naval blockade”Trump says Iran war is 'effectively over militarily' and there is 'a good chance' it 'could get ended' (opens in a new tab)
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Read the original article on theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)What we found (1)
The Guardian's morning newsletter reports Trump's claim that the US war on Iran is ending, attributes it to him, and names the US as the party waging the war. Nothing in it misleads. It does leave out its own earlier reporting that Trump has repeatedly exaggerated how close the war is to ending, which would help a reader weigh his forecast.
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What is missing
The newsletter closes the item on Trump's forecast that the war is "going to be ending fairly soon". It does not include the Guardian's own report from the day before that Trump has often exaggerated the state of talks with Iran, calling a peace deal imminent dozens of times. It also omits that he gave no hint of drawing down the forces that keep up the naval blockade. Without this, a reader weighing the oil price relief may take his forecast at closer to face value. The words "unilaterally declared" and "locked and loaded" partly guard against that.
How we know
- The Guardian wrote earlier“Trump has frequently exaggerated claims about the status of negotiations with Iran, saying a final peace deal was imminent dozens of times during the nearly nine-month long war.”Trump says US war in Iran ‘effectively over’ as he plays down escalation concerns (opens in a new tab)
- Daily Mail reported“But the President gave no hint of a drawdown of the thousands of US troops who have been shifted to the waters off of Iran and maintain a naval blockade”Trump says Iran war is 'effectively over militarily' and there is 'a good chance' it 'could get ended' (opens in a new tab)
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