Trump PAC ad mistakenly uses Republican's photo to attack Democrat
No Going Back PAC ad targeting Jonathan Nez used image of Myron Lizer.
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Trump PAC ad mistakenly uses Republican's photo to attack Democrat
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What this story says
- A Trump-aligned super PAC, No Going Back PAC, ran an attack ad in Arizona's 2nd Congressional District race.
- The ad targeted Democrat Jonathan Nez, former Navajo Nation president.
- The ad mistakenly used photos of Republican Myron Lizer, former Navajo Nation vice president, instead of Nez.
- The PAC has since pulled or corrected the advertisement.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 7 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
61/100
Hype
41/100
7 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
A Trump-aligned super PAC ran an advertisement attacking Democrat Jonathan Nez, a candidate in Arizona's 2nd Congressional District. The ad, produced by the No Going Back PAC, mistakenly used photographs of Myron Lizer, a Republican and former vice president of the Navajo Nation, instead of Nez, who is the former president of the Navajo Nation. The advertisement has since been pulled or corrected.
Disagreement on ad's purpose
KPNX reported that the ad was a $3.2 million TV ad buy intended to defend Republican incumbent Eli Crane, suggesting the Arizona CD2 race was tightening. None of the other reports mentioned the ad's cost or its specific purpose beyond attacking Nez.
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated or centre-rated reports mentioned the specific amount of the TV ad buy, other than KPNX which stated it was $3.2 million. No right-rated outlet ran this story.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 11 Oct 2026, 00:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
4 rated outlets
- Left-rated reports from Raw Story, Newser, The Washington Post, and washingtonsun.com all highlighted the misidentification in the Trump-aligned super PAC's attack ad. Raw Story noted that the face used belonged to a Republican who had previously spoken at Trump's convention. The Washington Post and washingtonsun.com specified that the ad misidentified Nez twice. Newser stated the ad was from a group aligned with President Trump and targeted Democrat Jonathan Nez, challenging GOP Rep. Eli Crane. All left-rated reports mentioned the ad was pulled or corrected.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- Centre-rated reports from KPNX and Political Wire focused on the misidentification in the Republican-linked group's ad. Political Wire cited The Washington Post, stating the ad targeted Jonathan Nez, a Democrat running against Rep. Eli Crane, but used a photo of Myron Lizer. KPNX reported the ad was a $3.2 million TV buy to defend GOP incumbent Eli Crane, suggesting the race was tightening.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Trump PAC ad mistakenly uses Republican's photo to attack Democrat?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 67% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 7. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Trump PAC ad mistakenly uses Republican's photo to attack Democrat left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Trump PAC ad mistakenly uses Republican's photo to attack Democrat biased?
- Trump PAC ad mistakenly uses Republican's photo to attack Democrat is one event reported by 7 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Trump PAC ad mistakenly uses Republican's photo to attack Democrat?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Trump PAC ad mistakenly uses Republican's photo to attack Democrat?
- 7 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What was the mistake in the Trump-aligned PAC's ad?
- The No Going Back PAC ran an attack ad targeting Democrat Jonathan Nez but mistakenly used photos of Republican Myron Lizer. Lizer is a former vice president of the Navajo Nation, while Nez is the former president. The ad reportedly misidentified Nez twice.
- Who was the ad intended to attack and who was mistakenly featured?
- The ad was intended to attack Jonathan Nez, a Democrat and former Navajo Nation president running in Arizona's 2nd Congressional District. The ad mistakenly featured photos of Myron Lizer, a Republican and former vice president of the Navajo Nation.
- What happened to the ad after the mistake was discovered?
- The Trump-aligned super PAC, No Going Back PAC, has since pulled or corrected the advertisement. This action was taken after the misidentification of the target and the featured individual became apparent.
Read it at the source
7 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
4- Trump-Aligned Super PAC Ran an Ad Attacking a Native American Candidate — Featuring the Wrong Person (opens washingtonsun.com in a new tab)
washingtonsun.com — is washingtonsun.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republicans yank attack ad after blunder smears one of Trump’s own convention speakers (opens Raw Story in a new tab)
- Pro-Trump PAC Attacks Wrong Navajo Leader (opens Newser in a new tab)
- A Republican attack ad misidentifies its Democratic target. Twice. (opens The Washington Post in a new tab)
The Washington Post — is The Washington Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
Centre
2Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
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