This is the first entry of 99942 Apophis On the News! This series has one fixed purpose. It will track public claims about asteroid 99942 Apophis ahead of its 2029 close pass of Earth. It will confirm true statements. It will rebuff false ones. The founding position of this series, stated clearly on this first entry, is this: Apophis will safely pass Earth in 2029. No impact is possible on that approach. This is the confirmed conclusion of all major space agencies that have tracked the object. False claims about Apophis are already circulating. They will grow louder and more frequent as 2029 draws nearer. Many of these false claims will attach themselves to real, ordinary space news. Readers will see routine satellite launches misrepresented as deflection missions. They will see normal rocket development budgets presented as emergency impact preparation. They will see unrelated space agency announcements twisted to support panic. This series will not amplify sensational claims. It will not debate hypothetical far future risks. It will only work from verified public records. Every factual statement will carry an explicit source marker. When this series corrects a false claim, it will show exactly where the original claim departed from the public record. When this series gets something wrong, it will run a clear correction at the top of the next entry. Over the coming months, this series will cover every major public development related to Apophis. It will also note when unrelated space activity is being misused to spread misinformation about the asteroid.