The legacy media is at it again. This time, it's one Karen Tumulty, a columnist for the Washington Post, who has taken to X to make some misleading (read that as dishonest) claims about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The DOGE's official X account promptly turned on her and set the record straight, as one should expect.

This is inaccurate and misleading.@SocialSecurity is protecting our seniors by ensuring bank accounts aren’t changed with little to no authentication.

Approx. 40% of Social Security direct deposit fraud is associated with fraudsters calling SSA on the phone and changing the… https://t.co/ciQnPrK1ET

— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) March 12, 2025

The DOGE post states in full:

This is inaccurate and misleading. @SocialSecurity is protecting our seniors by ensuring bank accounts aren’t changed with little to no authentication. 

Approx. 40% of Social Security direct deposit fraud is associated with fraudsters calling SSA on the phone and changing the direct deposit bank account from the correct one to a fraudulent one. 

Starting on March 29, in order to change the direct deposit bank account, one can: 
-Change it online using 2FA (Call Center Technicians available to assist beneficiaries with website) 
-Change it in person at a SSA Service Center 

This is identical to the fraud protections at almost all major banks, where deposit changes are made either online or in person. All other SSA phone services remain unchanged.

In other words, Social Security is going to require the same level of authentication that your bank would for anyone calling their phone lines and seeking to change account information. There's nothing unreasonable about that; it's a vital fraud management issue, it makes a great deal of sense, and frankly, it should have been done ages ago.

So why is Karen Tumulty trying to create a tumult (hah!) by spreading a misleading claim?

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In one of the replies, an X user makes a good point:

This is where the media loses so much credibility. They’re just way too desperate to report that every single move the Trump administration makes is bad and wrong.

Protecting our vulnerable elderly should be one of those bipartisan moments where we can all nod and say, “good.”

— Amygator 🐊 *not an actual alligator (@AmyA1A) March 13, 2025

This is where the media loses so much credibility. They’re just way too desperate to report that every single move the Trump administration makes is bad and wrong. 

Protecting our vulnerable elderly should be one of those bipartisan moments where we can all nod and say, “good.”

But the leftist legacy media can't do that because of Trump. The president made a great point at his recent "Totally Not the State of the Union" speech: He could cure the world's deadliest diseases, and the left wouldn't praise him for it. Karen Tumulty, in this X post, not only gives us an inside look at the mind of someone suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, but she reveals a lack of professionalism in that she couldn't be arsed to do the most elementary fact-check of her own claim before dropping it on X for literally the whole world to see. It's either that or she knew what the real deal was and deliberately misrepresented it.

Either way, this was unprofessional, and Karen Tumulty should apologize to the X-verse for her attempt to mislead them.

The mainstream media has been literally melting down before our eyes since Trump returned to the Oval Office—and we'll keep bringing it all to you. 

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