President Trump fired Kristi Noem from her position as secretary of Homeland Security last week, replacing her with Oklahoma GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin. Our analysts rated media coverage in our Topic of the Week.

Reports from ABC News and The Hill were found to be “simple fact reporting” with a “middle/balanced” bias. The article from the ABC News website takes a look at Noem’s 13-month tenure as the head of Homeland Security, including controversy over social media posts, claims of the department disobeying court orders, and criticism over her appearances before the House and Senate Judiciary committees. It also looks at her rumored relationship with Corey Lewandowski, whom she hired as a special government employee.

The Hill article focuses specifically on a Senate hearing at which Noem testified that Trump approved her spending of $220 million on an advertising campaign promoting her leadership. The article quotes lawmakers who say conversations about her firing had been ongoing, but her testimony was the “last straw.” Trump later said he didn’t know anything about the ad campaign and would not have approved it.

An article from the MS NOW | MSNBC website and a video from Fox News’ “The Will Cain Show” earned similar reliability scores in the category of “analysis.” The article from the MaddowBlog, written by editor Steve Benen, says that until now Trump has refused to fire any of the “highly controversial and unqualified loyalists” leading federal departments and agencies. Benen notes the Democrats called for Noem’s ouster as part of negotiations into funding DHS, and many of her critics have said that Noem will face “accountability” for her actions in the future. Analysts found the article to have a “strong left” bias.

In the video, host Will Cain interviews GOP Sen. John Kennedy, who questioned Noem about the $220 million advertising campaign during the Judiciary hearing. Kennedy says the department has had “managerial problems” that were distracting from the “president’s and our agenda.” Kennedy says the quarter of a billion dollars spent on ads that “look like political ads” was “breathtaking” and “spending porn.” He says the “Karen wing” of the Democratic party wants to defund ICE, and that isn’t going to happen. Analysts found the video to have a “strong right” bias.

An article from Washington Examiner also received a “strong right” bias rating but scored lower in reliability, in the category of “opinion.” The article calls Noem “an unserious, performative politician, more concerned with stunts that put her in front of the camera than her job performance.” The article documents many of the controversies at DHS during Noem’s tenure, stating that “DHS under Noem was chaotic, and it quickly burned through the goodwill that voters had toward Trump’s deportation plans and toward federal agents.” Noem’s replacement, Mullin, has “the competence, the connections, and the temperament” to do the job well, the article concludes, and he will have to “come in and clean up the mess.”

The lowest-rated coverage from our content set came from a video on the Brian Tyler Cohen YouTube channel. Cohen covers the firing with sarcasm and comedy while lobbing insults at Noem, Trump and his supporters. Cohen mocks Noem for quoting George Orwell during a press conference: “​​If there was any sign that our nation was in the midst of a dystopian nightmare, look no further than our newly former DHS leader quoting George Orwell. I guess today was librarian outfit day.” After he shows a clip about the rumored extramarital affair between Noem and Lewandowski, he quips, “Trump simply could not abide, because being a faithful spouse is paramount to this president.” Cohen also mocks Noem’s replacement, Mullin, who describes in a video clip the smells and tastes of war, even though he has no military experience. Cohen says all Trump department heads have one job: “making daddy look good.” Analysts rated the video as “opinion” with a “strong left” bias.

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