Trump goes to NBA finals. Look who attacked him * WorldNetDaily * by Larry Elder
Elder criticizes Jeffries’ comments about Trump and recounts allegations about Jeffries’ past defenses of his uncle and Louis Farrakhan.
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TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates WorldNetDaily, where this article appeared. The other scores rate the article itself.
WorldNetDaily is an established but strongly partisan outlet, and this page is an opinion column rather than independently reported news. The piece identifies its author and quotes sources, but several serious historical allegations are presented without independent verification or a response from those accused.
- Source type — An established outlet, but its strongly partisan orientation warrants a lower score than mainstream national reporting.
- Editorial standards — The opinion format and one-sided presentation offer limited evidence of independent verification or balance.
- Author attribution — The column is clearly attributed to Larry Elder.
- Transparency — Some claims are linked to named sources, but the column does not independently establish the allegations it recounts.
The column includes attributed quotations and identifies some sources, but it relies heavily on adversarial claims and a single author’s account. It offers no response from the people criticized and little independent verification of the historical allegations.
HOW WE SCORE ↗This is a sharply one-sided opinion column. It includes Silver’s favorable assessment of Trump, but provides no responses from the people criticized and does not independently investigate the allegations it recounts.
- Counterarguments presented — No response from Jeffries, Schumer or Lee is included.
- Loaded language — The column uses highly condemnatory language about its targets.
- Opinion vs reporting — The piece is an opinion column that argues against the credibility of Trump’s critics.
- Source diversity — The column cites a commissioner, a partisan organization and an author, but does not seek opposing perspectives.
The column strongly favors Trump and attacks the credibility of his critics, using sharply condemnatory language and no meaningful counterargument.
- Language tone — Uses emphatic accusations and labels, including 'nauseating antisemitism,' 'vile antisemitism' and 'notorious bigot.'
- Framing — Frames the critics’ comments as hypocrisy and contrasts them with support for Trump’s fandom.
- Source selection — Relies on a partisan organization and a cited author’s personal account for damaging claims about Trump’s critics.
- Omission — Does not include responses from Jeffries, Schumer or Lee to the historical criticisms.
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Larry Elder’s column criticizes Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer and Spike Lee for comments about Donald Trump’s planned visit to an NBA Finals game, then cites past statements and allegations against the critics. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called Trump a lifelong Knicks fan.
Larry Elder frames Trump’s planned attendance at a Knicks game as an occasion for New York critics to attack him. Jeffries questioned whether Trump was a genuine Knicks fan, while Schumer said Trump wanted to make the game about himself. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver described Trump as a longtime fixture at Madison Square Garden and a genuine fan.
The column then challenges the critics’ credibility. It cites a 2023 Republican Jewish Coalition statement accusing Jeffries of defending his uncle Leonard Jeffries and Louis Farrakhan, and recounts Jay Homnick’s allegation that Schumer promoted a racist housing plan as a New York state assemblyman. Elder also quotes Spike Lee’s criticism of Trump and a past remark by Lee about interracial couples, then compares that attitude to Hitler’s.
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SWIPE →House Minority Leader criticized for his comments about Trump and for past associations and statements attributed to him.
Senate Minority Leader criticized for his comment about Trump and for an allegation about his time in the New York State Assembly.
Schumer's version of this story ↗President whose planned attendance at an NBA Finals game prompted comments from New York critics.
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5 OUTLETSThe articles agree that Hakeem Jeffries questioned whether Donald Trump is a genuine Knicks fan ahead of Trump's planned attendance at an NBA Finals game. Larry Elder responded by criticizing Jeffries and citing past allegations and statements about him and other critics. Right-leaning outlets frame Jeffries's comments as hypocritical, emphasizing past allegations and statements about the critics while presenting Trump as a genuine Knicks fan.
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