Lying publication has no credibility and hopefully a class-action lawsuit will be filed.
WASHINGTON (PNN) - February 19, 2026 - Last Thursday, The Atlantic - a publication that is known to lie and misrepresent stories in order to stoke fear into the minds and hearts of its readers - published a heart-wrenching story about an 11-month-old child who died of measles. Written in the second person from the perspective of a mother whose two unvaccinated children fell ill with the disease, the story is rich with personal details.
"You plant her on the couch with a blanket and put Bluey on the TV while she drifts in and out of sleep..."
"While the kids are napping, you tap a list of your daughter’s symptoms into Google and find a slew of diseases that more or less match up..."
"Her cough wracks her whole body, rounding her delicate bird shoulders. She does not sleep well, and as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air."
It turns out that none of that happened. The Atlantic's Elizabeth Bruenig simply made up the story out of her diseased, sick mind. It was all a lie designed to foster fear in people.
As Laura Hazard Owen of NiemanLab - who initially busted the lying Bruenig - writes, “When I initially read Bruenig’s story I was stunned. An Atlantic staff writer’s unvaccinated
child had died of measles in the 2020s, and now she was writing about it? At the end of Bruenig’s piece, though, there is an editor’s note: ‘This story is based on extensive reporting and interviews with physicians, including those who have cared directly for patients with measles.’”
“That was the point when I sent a gift link to my mom group,” wrote Owen. “As far as I can tell this piece is fiction. What do we think about this choice? I am very conflicted.”
The article was an outright lie. I wonder if people whose minds might be changed by this fabrication made by a diseased individual pretending to be a journalist - people who love their children enough to not vaccinate them - would see that it is fake.
Following the publication, two journalists reached out to Owen to let her know that they were seriously bothered because there was no editor's note explaining that the piece of garbage was false.
Furthermore, The Atlantic's lying spokesman told one of the journalists, "This is based on a mother's real account," which is another outright lie.
This situation is a genuine opportunity for people who use their brains to actually think to stop reading The Atlantic, stop believing anything The Atlantic publishes, and
stop viewing The Atlantic as a legitimate news publication.
May you use this experience as a powerful learning tool and be empowered to think for yourself.
To the rest of you - those who would rather play mindless games on their phones and do nothing worthwhile with their lives - we grieve for your children and look forward to the time when you
are no longer living on this planet.
