Harlan Report appeared to be a startup news program like many others. Its bio on TikTok promised to make American media great again.
“No opinions, just facts,” it said.
Like so many insurgent media profiles, the videos posted by Harlan seemed genuinely aimed at exposing government corruption and pushing back against an otherwise left-wing-dominated mediascape.
That much was clear when a video Harlan shared went viral, earning more than 1.5 million views. It claimed to show President Joe Biden making a sexual remark at the annual NATO Summit in Washington.
But something was off.
The transcript used in the video was wrong, and Biden never said what was claimed….