Trump Brings His Habit of Calling Black People Low IQ to the NBA Finals | Flipboard

Flipboard · Jun 09, 2026 · 196 words · By Rolling Stone

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Trump Brings His Habit of Calling Black People Low IQ to the NBA Finals President Donald Trump was booed by fans at Madison Square Garden on Monday, after locking down midtown Manhattan so he and members of his family and … Rolling Stone flipped this story…

Propaganda risk 60%

Claims checked 7

Techniques found 3

Topics 3

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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Why it matters

The stakes turn on whether readers accept that locking down midtown Manhattan so he and members of his family and …. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: locking down midtown Manhattan so he and members of his family and ….

Perspective signals

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

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Propaganda Score

confidence: 90%

Significant concerns. Multiple propaganda techniques detected.

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eFinder identified 3 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 95% 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.

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Name Calling / Labeling 85% confidence

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

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

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Appeal to Fear 80% confidence

Building support by instilling anxiety or panic in the audience.

Why it matters: Recognizing appeal to fear 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 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “locking down midtown Manhattan so he and members of his family and …”

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Three separate web search results confirm that Midtown Manhattan and the area around Madison Square Garden were locked down on Monday, June 8, 2026, for President Trump's attendance at Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 28, 2025, a mass shooting occurred at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The incident began at 6:28 p.m. EDT (UTC–4). A gunman identified as 27-year-old Shane …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Midtown_Manhattan_shootin…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Hilton Midtown is the largest hotel in New York City. The hotel is owned by Park Hotels & Resorts and managed by Hilton Worldwide. It has approximately 2,000 rooms and over 150,000 square…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Hilton_Midtown

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump World Tower is a residential condominium building in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. The tower is located at 845 United Nations Plaza, on First…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_World_Tower

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Claim 2: “Apple at $5 trillion”

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Three independent news sources (CNBC and others) report that Apple's market capitalization reached $5 trillion for the first time around July 28.

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago ... Apple on Tuesday briefly hit a market capitalization of $5 trillion for the first time, a day after passing Nvidia to become the most valuable ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/apple-touches-5-trillion-mar…

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web search NEUTRAL — 12 hours ago ... Apple has reached a historic $5 trillion market value ahead of earnings, but its premium valuation leaves investors weighing whether the ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/apple-worl…

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web search NEUTRAL — 24 hours ago ... Around midday on July 28, Apple stock jumped around 3% to achieve, for the first time, a market cap of $5 trillion, hitting a number that ...
https://fortune.com/2026/07/30/is-apple-stock-a-buy-valuatio…

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Claim 3: “President Donald Trump’s interim AG Todd Blanche appears to have given up the ghost on hiding information that could potentially out cohorts of [Epstein]”

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The claim is reported by Alternet and supported by Wikipedia, which confirms Todd Blanche has served as the acting US Attorney General since April 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colin Michael McDonald (born February 13, 1988) is an American attorney and prosecutor who has served as the United States assistant attorney general for the national fraud enforcement division since …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McDonald_(attorney)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Todd Wallace Blanche (; born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor who has served as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Richard Trent McCotter (born March 1987) is an American lawyer who has served as the principal associate deputy attorney general since 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_McCotter

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Claim 4: “Dr. Anthony Fauci sat before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and declined to answer questions about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic”

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Multiple web search results (including PBS) confirm that Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before a Senate committee and invoked his Fifth Amendment right to refrain from answering questions about COVID-19 origins.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Stephen Fauci ( FOW-chee; born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (N…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A highly controversial hypothesis holds that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, originated from a laboratory. The scientific consensus is that the virus is not the result of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lab_leak_theory

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The federal government of the United States initially responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country with various declarations of emergency, some of which led to travel and entry restrictions and t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._federal_government_respon…

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Claim 5: “he invoked his Fifth Amendment right more than a hundred times”

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Two separate web search results specifically state that Dr. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right 'more than 100 times' during the Senate hearing.

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the constitution to refrain from answering your questions, ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx85vkk0gko

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America's COVID response, repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right before a Senate committee on Wednesday ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/fauci-invokes-5th-amendmen…

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web search NEUTRAL — 9 hours ago ... Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during questioning that included repeated attacks from Republican Sen. Rand Paul ...
https://www.facebook.com/cnn/videos/dr-anthony-fauci-invoked…

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Claim 6: “Wall Street reacts brutally to Fed chair Warsh’s interest rate hold”

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Three independent web sources (including Bloomberg and YouTube) report that Wall Street reacted negatively to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's decision to hold interest rates steady.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In November 2025, federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., opened a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell, the Chair of the Federal Reserve, concerning the renovation of the Federal Reserve’s h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_investigation_into_Jer…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kevin Maxwell Warsh (born April 13, 1970) is an American financier and attorney who has served as the 17th chair of the Federal Reserve and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Warsh

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is the second-highest officer of the Federal Reserve, after the chair of the Federal Reserve. In the absence of the chair, the vi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_Chair_of_the_Federal_Rese…

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Claim 7: “President Donald Trump was booed by fans at Madison Square Garden on Monday”

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Multiple independent news sources (Nbcwashington and Denver7) report that Donald Trump was booed by fans at Madison Square Garden on a Monday night during the NBA Finals.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On October 27, 2024, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hosted a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The main event was a 78-minute speech from Trump, which his campa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Donald_Trump_rally_at_Mad…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Lawrence Dolan (born May 11, 1955) is an American businessman, and the executive chairman and chief executive officer of Madison Square Garden Sports and Madison Square Garden Entertainment, and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dolan_(businessman)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, U.S. The arena is located between Seventh and Eight…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden

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