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If voter ID stops women and minorities from voting, how are they getting Olive Garden’s Pasta Pass?
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Extra Extra has grouped 4 reports on this story from 4 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 3 left-leaning and 1 right-leaning sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 51 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side. Interestingly, the story is being covered on the left and the right but not by the centrist outlets we track — a sign it may be more polarizing than consensus-driven.
On reliability, 4 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.
The reports clustered here landed within about 4 hours of each other, suggesting a fast-moving, breaking story.
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.
Outlets covering this story: Truthout, MSNBC, Crooks and Liars, The Blaze.
Left(3)
TruthoutCJul 22, 3:24 PM
Republicans Push Voter ID by Comparing It to Olive Garden’s “Pasta Pass”
“Voting is a constitutional right. It is not a lunch special,” one Democratic lawmaker said in response.
MSNBCCJul 22, 2:57 PM
Why Republican advocates of voter ID laws are suddenly fixated on Olive Garden
From the White House to Congress, GOP officials are suddenly focused on the casual dining chain. There’s a reason for this, but it’s not a good one. The post Why Republican advocates of voter ID laws
Crooks and LiarsCJul 22, 11:25 AM
Steve Scalise On The Need For A Photo ID At Olive Garden
Center(0)
Right(1)
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