The week in whoppers: Brad Lander abuses Yom Kippur, Obama hypocritically slams Trump’s media ban, and more

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Sep 24, 2026 · 343 words · By Post Editorial Board

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Media Bias Political Hypocrisy

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Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This faux-tonement “My confession must center on my, on our complicity in what I view as genocide in Gaza.” — Ex-NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, Monday (Yom Kippur) We say: For Jews, Yom Kippur is a day…

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Techniques found 5

Topics 3

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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Center86%

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What happened

Why it matters

Yet Brad Lander, likely a congressman come January, abused Jews’ holiest day to smear Israel as genocidal, pretending he thinks he and other Jews are to blame.

Common ground

Lander didn’t atone for his sins; he compounded them.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Whataboutism: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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eFinder identified 5 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence

Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.

Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.

Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Name Calling / Labeling 100% confidence

Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.

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Whataboutism 85% confidence

Deflecting criticism by pointing to a different issue.

Why it matters: Recognizing whataboutism helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 80% confidence

Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.

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Ad Hominem 90% confidence

Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.

Why it matters: Recognizing ad hominem helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: ““The Media Begins to Turn Against Trump” — Heather Cox Richardson’s Substack, “Letters from an American,” Saturday”

SINGLE SOURCE

While web results confirm Heather Cox Richardson writes 'Letters from an American' on Substack and discusses Trump's war on the press, there is no specific corroboration of the exact phrase 'The Media Begins to Turn Against Trump' from a second independent source.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Maine will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Maine. Republican incumbent Susan Collins is s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Heather Cox Richardson (born October 8, 1962) is an American historian who is a professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Cox_Richardson

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thomas Michael Nichols (born December 7, 1960) is an American writer, academic specialist on international affairs, and retired professor at the U.S. Naval War College. His work dealt with issues invo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Nichols_(academic)

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Claim 2: “Brad Lander, likely a congressman come January”

VERIFIED

Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Brad Lander defeated incumbent Dan Goldman in the Democratic primary for New York's 10th congressional district in 2026, making him the nominee for the November election and likely to take office in January.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elections will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 26 U.S. representatives from the state of New York, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections will coincide with othe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bradford Scott Lander (born July 8, 1969) is an American politician and urban planner who is the Democratic Party nominee for New York's 10th congressional district in 2026, having defeated incumbent …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Lander

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daniel Sachs Goldman (born February 26, 1976) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 10th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Democ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Goldman

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Claim 3: “President Trump’s recent ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW.”

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While not in the 'evidence' section as a standalone fact, the evidence for Claim 7 explicitly mentions 'Trump’s recent media ban' and 'Trump has done with outlets like CNN and MS Now', and one source title explicitly states 'Trump Bans CNN, MS Now, And Politico From White House'.

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Claim 4: ““What . . . if I had said . . . Fox News, you’re out of here? It’s unimaginable!” — Barack Obama, Sept. 18”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources (YouTube, TikTok, and a news report) confirm Barack Obama used this hypothetical scenario regarding Fox News during a speaking engagement at Colgate University on September 18.

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web search NEUTRAL — Barack Obama addresses concerns over White House press access, using a hypothetical example involving Fox News and saying, “you’re out of here,” before calling the scenario “unimaginable.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nAOQLBNs-g

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web search NEUTRAL — Barack Obama speaks out on U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent media ban and says the response would be ‘unimaginable’ if he had banned Fox News from White House press briefings, like Trump has done …
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/barack-obama-banned-news-out…

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web search NEUTRAL — Former President Barack Obama reacted to the absurd news during a speaking engagement at Colgate University.“I’m trying to think what would have happened if I had said, ‘You know what, Fox News? You’r…
https://themorninghustle.com/1802031/news-outlets-sue-trump-…

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Claim 5: “more than a million Uyghurs sent to internment camps and prisons in China.”

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Multiple sources, including human rights experts and the United Nations (citing up to 1.5 million), confirm that over one million Uyghurs have been sent to internment camps in China.

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web search NEUTRAL — More than one million Uyghurs have been put in camps, human rights experts say (Picture: Mehray Taher). Mehray believes Mirzat was targeted because he had travelled abroad to Muslim-majority countries…
https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/29/uyghur-man-jailed-for-25-year…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to China’s 2020 census, there are more than eleven million Uyghurs in this region, making up approximately half of its population, though many experts agree that increased Han Chinese immigr…
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/religion-china

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web search NEUTRAL — More than 50 people who've been detained in camps contributed testimonies to Amnesty International's report, and every single one of them said they were tortured or otherwise mistreated. The United Na…
https://www.krwg.org/2021-06-10/new-report-details-firsthand…

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Claim 6: ““I have never seen killing and destruction like Gaza in all my years as secretary general.” — UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Tuesday”

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The quote is directly attributed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres in multiple web search results, including a report mentioning an interview with the Associated Press.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A United Nations Secretary-General selection is currently being held to choose the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. The current Secretary-General, António Guterres of Portugal, will compl…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who, since 2017, has served as the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations. A member of the Portu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/António_Guterres

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when Palestinian milita…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war

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Claim 7: ““My confession must center on my, on our complicity in what I view as genocide in Gaza.” — Ex-NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, Monday (Yom Kippur)”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Brad Lander made this statement during a Yom Kippur service in September 2026, specifically mentioning his 'confession' regarding 'complicity in what I view as genocide in Gaza'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Office of Comptroller of New York City, a position established in 1801, is the chief financial officer and chief auditor of the city of New York and its agencies. Informally known as "the city's a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Comptroller

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Claim 8: “70,000 people (many terrorists) were reported killed in the Gaza war that Hamas started.”

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Multiple sources report death tolls around or exceeding 70,000. One source specifically mentions the IDF believes 70,000 Gazans were killed, and another cites the Hamas-run health ministry reporting more than 70,000.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The anti-Hamas insurgency in the Gaza Strip is an ongoing insurgency in the Gaza Strip that began in May 2024. It involves clashes between the Hamas-led government and the anti-Hamas militant groups i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hamas_insurgency_in_the_G…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the wake of the October 7 attacks that sparked the Gaza war, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted 251 people from Israel to the Gaza Strip, including children, women, and elderly pe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_hostage_crisis

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Claim 9: “Guterres’ time as sec-gen has seen 600,000 killed in Ethiopia, 377,000 in Yemen, hundreds of thousands in the Ukraine war and 150,000-plus in Sudan (with 10 million-plus displaced).”

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The figure of 600,000 killed in Ethiopia is corroborated by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and other reports. While the specific combined list for Yemen, Ukraine, and Sudan isn't in a single source, the Ethiopia figure is strongly verified.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 27, 2023 · The civil war in Ethiopia has resulted in the death of some 600,000 civilians, a staggering estimate for a conflict that has lasted only two years and has been focused on a single regio…
https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-01-27/ethiopia…

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web search NEUTRAL — Up to 600,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the conflict or died as a result of the man-made famine in Tigray, and more than two million have been displaced.
https://www.ushmm.org/ethiopia-fact-sheet

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 19, 2021 · Speaking outside the Security Council chamber on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres told journalists that he is gravely concerned about the situation in Ethiopia, particularly the...
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/08/1098132

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Claim 10: “Obama’s administration did try to limit Fox News’ press access”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm or deny if the Obama administration tried to limit Fox News' press access.

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