Even more so than in 2016 and 2020, WorldNetDaily has given up the pretense that it’s a “news” organization and is completely dedicated to being a (Paid?) pro-Trump propaganda rag. For instance, WND’s initial reaction to the naming of Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’ running mate, WND made a post on Witter/X that was parroted right-wing talking points against Vance, claiming he “Let BLM rioters burn Minnesota down” (not true, given that Minnesota is obviously still standing), “Abandoned his military unit” (not true), and “Made schools put tampons in boys bathrooms” (also not true).
Bob Unruh embedded that post in his Aug. 6 article on Walz that made no effort to prove any of those claims.
We’ve already caught WND lying about Walz by claiming he banned Christians from teaching in public schools. But that’s just the beginning — WND’s coverage of Walz has been wildly and extremely biased and negative. Here’s a sampling of Walz-bashing articles WND has published over the past couple of months:
- Trump: Tim Walz will ‘unleash HELL ON EARTH,’ even worse than Kamala
- ‘Gut-wrenching and sad to explain’: National Guard officers on record blasting Walz for cowardice and lying
- Another day, another lie: Tim Walz caught in fresh deception
- ‘Massive fraud’: Kamala’s running mate Tim Walz subpoenaed by Congress
- ‘The land of 10,000 lakes is now a land of lawlessness’: Tim Walz trans-promoting schemes get court review
- Newt Gingrich: ‘Tim Walz is legitimately called Tampon Tim because he’s really so far to the left he’s almost wacko’
- Americans being warned Walz failed to respond to 2020 Minneapolis riots, then blamed others
- Publication unleashes list of ‘outright lies’ from Dem VP candidate Tim Walz
- Walz promises Muslims ‘side-by-side’ role with Kamala in White House
- Tim Walz left scrambling to explain close links to communist China and Wuhan lab
- Constitutional expert warns Harris-Walz could kill Americans’ free speech protections
- WATCH: Now even leftist CNN calling out Tim Walz for his lies
This outrageous bias unsurprisingly spread to WND’s coverage of the vice presidential debate. Unruh huffed in an Oct. 1 article:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a far-left extremist picked by Kamala Harris to be her vice presidential candidate this year, turned up ready for the vice presidential debate with GOP candidate JD Vance on Tuesday night in New York.
And in answer to the first question, about whether Israel should take a first-strike attitude in response to Iran’s terrorist attack just hours earlier, delivered a word salad.
Much like Harris has done over and over.
Unruh even worked WND’s false narratives about the 2020 election into his debate coverage:
Walz delivered a lot of claims about Trump, including some that were false and lacked facts and context, to try to portray outrage over January 6.
In fact, he trotted out falsehoods like the one that multiple officers died. Those who died, in fact, died by suicide.
The facts around that election are that it was under the undue influence of the $400 million plus Mark Zuckerberg handed out to elections officials who often used it to recruit Democrat voters, and the FBI’s interference when it claimed that the scandals about the Biden family, truthfully documented in Hunter Biden’s laptop, were Russian disinformation.
In fact, evidence shows that Trump tried to allocate National Guard troops to prevent any disruption on that Jan. 6 day, but he was refused by multiple Democrats, including then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who later was caught on video admitting her own culpability.
Unruh is lying about that last part. The next day, Unruh touted a meaningless snap poll conducted by a right-wing British tabloid:
Polling by the Daily Mail just hours after the vice presidential debate between GOP candidate JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz has revealed a clear victor.
“Donald Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance can leave New York as the victor after his one and only debate with vice presidential rival Tim Walz, according to DailyMail.com’s exclusive snap poll,” the major publication documented.
The two tangled over “abortion, immigration, gun violence and the Middle East” and “bigged up their bosses.”
“But it was Vance who left the best impression with viewers, after a strong start against a nervy opponent and despite dodging a question on if Trump lost the 2020 election,” the report said.
Unruh refused to disclose the Daily Mail’s partisan bias. WND also published an Oct. 3 column by Larry Elder weirdly declaring Trump the winner of a debate it didn’t take part in.
There has never been any reason to treat WND is a serious and credible source of news, and its decision to turn itself into a pro-Trump propaganda rag means there’s even less reason to do so now.
UPDATE: This bias also included an Oct. 10 article by Unruh claiming that a in a chat with Dr. Phil, self-proclaimed “body language expert” appeared on Fox News to claim that “Walz was panicky, and tried to avoid answering” when asked about his ties to China during the debate. Unruh offered no reason to trust what this guy was saying.