I read that Trump has this ad framed & displayed in his office, so apparently he's doubled down on it.

Maybe NPR knows that their listeners are all shouting "FALSE" so they don't bother taking up the airtime

Yes or die

like a doll's eyes

I disagree b/c traveling backwards to the same point is different from normal time progression, therefore = time travel

If you need another missing time travel movie, Groundhog Day qualifies, although I would not pit them head to head

A glaring omission from your brackets is the 1983 b-minus Timerider, about a motorcycle racer accidentally transported back to 1877, scored by Michael Nesmith. Spoiler: Loopy ancestral shenanigans. Awkward 13-year-old me loved this movie.