GOP senator bungles ‘dirtbag’ attack on Jack Smith over a basketball mix-up

Extra Extra has grouped 24 reports on this story from 21 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 16 left-leaning, 5 center, and 3 right-leaning sources.

Its coverage-diversity score of 78 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side.

On reliability, 16 of the 21 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 5 outlets fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.

Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 38 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.

Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.