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Jon Ossoff Is Proving Democrats Don’t Need to Punch Left
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Extra Extra has grouped 8 reports on this story from 8 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 3 left-leaning, 1 center, and 4 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 89 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.
On reliability, 6 of the 8 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 2 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.
This story has been covered over the span of about 4 days, making it a longer-running thread rather than a single news flash.
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: Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, Foreign Policy, Defense One, RealClearPolitics, National Review, American Greatness, The Western Journal.
Left(3)
Washington MonthlyBJul 21, 9:00 AM
Jon Ossoff Is Proving Democrats Don’t Need to Punch Left
The senator from purple Georgia is leading in polls and fundraising without picking a fight with party progressives. Maybe there’s a lesson there. The post Jon Ossoff Is Proving Democrats Don’t Need
Talking Points MemoBJul 20, 7:00 PM
The Trump Admin’s Global Campaign Against ‘Radical Left Terrorism’ Is Built on a National Security Memo Without Congressional Approval
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. A little-noticed presidential...
Foreign PolicyBJul 20, 9:42 PM
State Department Frames Cuba as Major Threat via Left-Wing Groups
The report comes amid growing U.S. efforts to overturn Cuba’s government.
Center(1)
Right(4)
RealClearPoliticsBJul 21, 1:00 PM
Jon Ossoff Proving Dems Don't Need To Punch Left
Ossoff from purple Georgia is leading in polls and fundraising without picking on Democratic Party progressives. There's a lesson there.
National ReviewBJul 20, 10:30 AM
Countering Left-Wing Terrorism
Secretary of State Rubio is right that there is a lack of vigilance when it comes to political violence emanating from the left.
American GreatnessCJul 21, 8:40 AM
State Department: Cuba Built a Network of American Activist Groups to Turn Against U.S. Policy
A new State Department report contends Cuba has spent years quietly building a network of sympathetic American activist groups it can mobilize against U.S. policy, […] Source
The Western JournalDJul 21, 12:49 PM
State Department Links Cuban Government to Decades of Left-Wing American Activism – Including George Floyd Riots
From the time of the Castro regime and beyond, Cuba has extended long, subversive fingers in the United States, according to a new State Department report. “For more than six […] The post State Depart
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