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Oct 22 ยท Kyiv says Ukraine's Starshield speed cap is still in place after Trump says Musk 'put it back'
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Grade F (58/100). LiveNOW from FOX interviews the Wall Street Journal's Alex Ward on its report that Musk ordered the Starshield slowdown and that Trump called him to lift it
F: Uses an unnamed source or unsourced number.
- Relies on an unnamed source or a number with no source (minus 18 points): [5:51] 'one person familiar ... said actually that Musk had multiple calls with ... senior U.S. officials, including Trump, before the slowdown' (unnamed source)
- Adds the reporter's own opinion or claims as fact (minus 24 points): [6:34] 'So on the surface, it seems unlikely that President Trump was unaware of what happened' (guest's own inference, presented in a news segment)
Splits: LiveNOW from FOX interviews the Wall Street Journal's Alex Ward on its report that Musk ordered the Starshield slowdown and that Trump called him to lift it
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