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McCarthy to Resign
- Week of December 11, 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/
https://thehill.com/homenews/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/
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Kissinger Dies
- Week of December 4, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Times– Henry Kissinger, ‘dependable and distinctive’ voice on foreign affairs, dies at 100 | 2.33 | 41.33 |
| Article 2: The Spectator World– How Henry Kissinger shaped the Cold War world | 10.00 | 37.33 |
| Article 3: USA Today– https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-former-secretary-state-dies-100/8514351002/ | 0.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– Henry Kissinger died avoiding accountability for his crimes | -18.33 | 27.67 |
| Article 5: Rolling Stone– Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies | -24.33 | 19.67 |
| Article 6: Associated Press– Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end | -0.67 | 46.67 |
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Possible Expulsion
- Week of November 27, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– NY Republican Rep. George Santos to Retire After House Ethics Committee Finds Him Guilty of Campaign Donations Violations – What About the Crooked Democrats? | 29.00 | 7.33 |
| Article 2: Daily Mail– George Santos has epic meltdown on three-hour livestream as he calls Ethics Committee chairman a 'p***y' and accuses 'hypocrite' colleagues of getting drunk before votes and cheating on spouses with l | -0.67 | 40.00 |
| Article 3: World Socialist Web Site– Corrupt self-promoter George Santos faces expulsion from US House of Representatives | -30.00 | 27.67 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– Why George Santos might end up a winner after all | -8.00 | 29.33 |
| Article 5: Politico– Nearly 60 new House members say they will vote to expel Santos | 0.00 | 45.00 |
| Article 6: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/11/25/santos-lashes-out-expulsion-vote | 0.00 | 43.67 |
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Local Elections Go Blue
- Week of November 13, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Messenger– Marjorie Taylor Greene Fires Back at Hillary Clinton on Abortion: ‘Reproductive Freedom is Baby Murder’ | 15.00 | 32.00 |
| Article 2: Sedona.Biz– Abortion Rights — Republican Waterloo | -15.00 | 28.33 |
| Article 3: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/11/09/abortion-rights-law-election-results-republicans-democrats | -0.67 | 44.67 |
| Article 4: Washington Examiner– Huge night for the party of abortion, marijuana, and pornography | 18.33 | 27.00 |
| Article 5: Rewire News Group– Hey Justice Alito, How's Overturning Abortion Rights Working Out for You? | -14.33 | 33.67 |
| Article 6: Associated Press– Misinformation is flowing ahead of Ohio abortion vote. Some is coming from a legislative website | -4.33 | 45.67 |
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Trumps Take the Stand
- Week of November 6, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Times– Donald Trump Jr. says he left accounting to CPAs, worked as real estate broker | 5.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 2: Forbes– Ivanka Trump Helped Her Dad Lie About His Net Worth | -12.67 | 31.00 |
| Article 3: Daily Beast– Prosecutors Confront Eric Trump With Damning Emails at Fraud Trial | -7.67 | 39.00 |
| Article 4: NPR– Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. testify in New York civil fraud trial | 0.00 | 46.00 |
| Article 5: Fox News (website)– Trump blasts Manhattan judge, defends his 'very good children' amid Trump Org civil trial from NYAG lawsuit | 12.33 | 38.67 |
| Article 6: Insider– Trump kid says the darnedest things: Donald Trump Jr. gives guarded, sometimes flip testimony at fraud trial | -4.67 | 38.67 |
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Finally, Someone’s In
- Week of October 30, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: New York Post– Mike Johnson lucked into speaker job — but he has talent to pull it off | 14.33 | 28.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Dem committee posts false information painting speaker nominee as ‘MAGA extremist’ | 8.33 | 40.67 |
| Article 3: Esquire– Who Is Rep. Mike Johnson? A Fanatic Who Wanted to Overturn the 2020 Election | -23.67 | 18.33 |
| Article 4: The Nation– Concerned About Democracy? House Republicans Invite You to “Shut Up!” | -18.33 | 23.67 |
| Article 5: The Conversation– New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority | -2.00 | 36.33 |
| Article 6: NBC News (website)– Who is Mike Johnson? Five things to know about the new Republican House speaker | -6.33 | 45.33 |
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Israel-Gaza
- Week of October 23, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The New York Times– https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-aid-egypt-rafah.html | -1.67 | 51.00 |
| Article 2: Associated Press– ‘Drop in the ocean': UN-backed aid could soon enter Gaza from Egypt, but only at a trickle for now | -0.67 | 46.00 |
| Article 3: New York Post– 2024 GOP candidates condemn Biden’s $100M pledge to Palestinians | 15.33 | 39.33 |
| Article 4: Newsweek– MAGA Rages Against Biden's Aid to Gaza | 4.00 | 42.33 |
| Article 5: Global Times– The US veto is stained with the blood of Israeli and Palestinian civilians: Global Times editorial | -18.33 | 27.67 |
| Article 6: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/10/18/gaza-humanitarian-aid-entry-israel-netanyahu-biden | 0.00 | 46.67 |
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Scalise Out
- Week of October 16, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– BREAKING: Steve Scalise Drops Out of Speaker Race and Explains His Reasons for Doing So (VIDEO) | 0.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 2: MSNBC (website)– As House speaker, Steve Scalise would favor Republicans over facts | -19.67 | 29.00 |
| Article 3: The Post Millennial– BREAKING: Steve Scalise withdraws from House Speaker's race | 8.00 | 41.67 |
| Article 4: Time Magazine– GOP Torn Between Guy With David Duke Scandal and Jan-6 Leader | -18.67 | 32.00 |
| Article 5: USA Today– https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/12/steve-scalise-withdraws-house-speaker-election/71144967007/ | -1.00 | 45.33 |
| Article 6: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/10/12/steve-scalise-speaker-house-republicans-gop | 0.00 | 45.00 |
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McCarthy Voted Out
- Week of October 9, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: American Greatness– McCarthy Ouster: Humiliation For The Uniparty Or Own Goal? › American Greatness | 20.00 | 13.00 |
| Article 2: MSNBC (website)– Even after sucking up to Trump, McCarthy lost the speakership | -15.67 | 24.33 |
| Article 3: Washington Post– Vote to oust McCarthy is a warning sign for democracy, scholars say | -2.33 | 42.33 |
| Article 4: National Review– House Democrats Face Consequences of Vote | 8.67 | 32.33 |
| Article 5: Slate– Why was Kevin McCarthy ousted? Congress is in its eviction era, baby! | -16.67 | 24.67 |
| Article 6: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/10/03/house-republicans-remove-speaker-kevin-mccarthy | 0.00 | 47.00 |
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Impeachment Hearings Begin
- Week of October 2, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: WND– House GOP starts review of evidence of Biden corruption | 19.00 | 26.00 |
| Article 2: Daily Kos– FEMA director-turned-congressman sums up GOP's day: 'I know a disaster when I see one' | -16.33 | 27.00 |
| Article 3: New Republic– Republicans’ Key “Biden Corruption” Witness Torches Their Entire Claims | -14.67 | 31.33 |
| Article 4: The Guardian– Republicans struggle to provide proof of wrongdoing at Biden impeachment inquiry | -9.00 | 39.33 |
| Article 5: NPR– The first impeachment inquiry hearing into Biden was six hours. Here's what happened | -6.33 | 45.00 |
| Article 6: National Review– Scale of Biden Foreign Influence Peddling Unprecedented, Impeachment Witness Testifies | 10.33 | 41.00 |
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Stunned in AL
- Week of September 25, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: NPR– Alabama band director tased by police for not stopping his students' performance | -2.00 | 46.00 |
| Article 2: Associated Press– Alabama school band director says he was ‘just doing my job’ before police arrested him | -1.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 3: WBRC FOX6 News | Birmingham– Legal representatives for H.S. band director address the media following his arrest | -3.67 | 46.33 |
| Article 4: Daily Mail– Birmingham high school band director Johnny Mims accuses cops of using 'excessive force' after he was tased three times and handcuffed in front of screaming students because band continued to play mus | 0.00 | 43.33 |
| Article 5: New York Post– Alabama band director tased for refusing to stop playing after HS football game | 1.67 | 42.67 |
| Article 6: TMZ– Band Director Tasered by Cops After Refusing to Shut Down Performance | 6.33 | 40.00 |
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Boebert and Beetlejuice
- Week of September 18, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: New York Post– Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ‘mystery man’ is a Democrat who owns a Colorado bar: report | -1.00 | 43.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Lauren Boebert removed from ‘Beetlejuice’ performance in Colorado after laughing and singing loudly: report | 0.00 | 43.00 |
| Article 3: Associated Press– Lauren Boebert kicked out of a ‘Beetlejuice’ show in Denver | 0.00 | 43.67 |
| Article 4: TheaterMania– Rep. Lauren Boebert Ejected from Beetlejuice Performance in Denver | 0.00 | 44.67 |
| Article 5: Westword– Congresswoman Lauren Boebert Bounced From Beetlejuice | -19.67 | 25.33 |
| Article 6: Pride– Lauren Boebert Is On Her Hypocrisy BS Again, Her New Man Is A Twist | -18.33 | 25.00 |
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Biden Bans Drilling in Alaska
- Week of September 11, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: PBS– Biden cancels last oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge, overturns sales held by Trump | -4.00 | 50.67 |
| Article 2: Must Read Alaska– Nick Begich blasts Biden, Peltola for ‘economic terrorism’ over oil and gas | 16.00 | 26.67 |
| Article 3: Fox News (website)– Manchin, others torch Biden for banning oil drilling across millions of acres: 'assault on our economy' | 13.00 | 31.00 |
| Article 4: British Broadcasting Corporation– Biden cancels Trump drilling leases in Alaska's largest wildlife refuge | -3.67 | 45.67 |
| Article 5: The New York Times– Biden Administration to Bar Drilling on Millions of Acres in Alaska | -4.33 | 46.67 |
| Article 6: The Cascadia Advocate– A reprieve for the Arctic Refuge: President Biden acts to protect lives and land alike | -11.33 | 43.67 |
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Safety (with original Pneuma html)
- Week of August 29, 2022
Eastman Interview
- Week of September 5, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Examiner– John Eastman defends 2020 election conduct in interview ahead of arraignment | 14.33 | 29.33 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– John Eastman warns that freedom of speech is 'gone' after Fulton County charges | 19.33 | 19.00 |
| Article 3: The Hill– https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4177964-former-trump-attorney-eastman-on-georgia-indictment-we-did-nothing-wrong/ | 0.00 | 42.67 |
| Article 4: Associated Press– Lawyers indicted with Trump say they were doing their jobs. But that may be a tough argument to make | 0.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 5: Newsweek– John Eastman Shoots Himself in the Foot on Fox News | -4.67 | 37.33 |
| Article 6: Washington Post– Laura Ingraham shows John Eastman the falsehoods you can tell on Fox News | -1.33 | 37.00 |
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Republican Debate Takeaways
- Week of August 28, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: New York Post– GOP nominees hold refreshing — and lively —debate over issues that really affect Americans | 2.67 | 43.33 |
| Article 2: The Hill– https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4171086-the-biggest-thing-missing-from-the-gop-debate-joe-biden/ | 16.33 | 30.00 |
| Article 3: The Capital Times– Republican presidential hopefuls take aim at Bidenomics, each other | -1.67 | 44.67 |
| Article 4: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/08/24/gop-debate-attacks-trump-biden | 0.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 5: Milwaukee Independent– A rebuttal to the GOP debate’s trash talk of President Biden’s record of improving America for Americans | -21.33 | 29.00 |
| Article 6: NBC News (website)– Biden campaign targets answers at Republican abortion debate in new ad | -3.33 | 43.67 |
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4th time
- Week of August 21, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Federalist– How Dumb Is GA Case? Trump Indicted For Tweeting To Watch TV | 20.33 | 14.67 |
| Article 2: Religion News Service– Pastor indicted alongside Trump in Georgia election meddling case | 0.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 3: MSNBC (website)– Trump’s indictments are historic and dramatic, but not surprising | -14.33 | 31.00 |
| Article 4: The Messenger– Wiseguys Rejoice at Seeing NYC Mafia Buster Rudy Giuliani Indicted on Trump RICO Charge | -0.67 | 34.67 |
| Article 5: Washington Examiner– Donald Trump indicted: Newt Gingrich claims Democrats would 'destroy the law' to destroy Trump | 13.33 | 33.00 |
| Article 6: NBC News (website)– Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online | -10.50 | 35.83 |
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Issues with Issue 1
- Week of August 14, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Newsweek– Abortion Isn't the Silver Bullet Democrats Think It Is | Opinion | 15.33 | 32.33 |
| Article 2: National Review– Lessons from Ohio’s ‘Issue 1’ Election | 12.33 | 41.33 |
| Article 3: Brookings Institution– Ohio voters reject Issue 1 — here’s what that means for democracy | -10.67 | 35.67 |
| Article 4: Politico– Staggering Ohio loss ignites an identity crisis within the anti-abortion movement | -6.00 | 43.33 |
| Article 5: MSNBC (website)– In a closely watched statewide race, it’s Democracy 1, Ohio GOP 0 | -17.33 | 29.33 |
| Article 6: Daily Beast– Ohio’s Failed Ballot Measure Shows GOP Is Going ‘Streisand Effect’ on Abortion Access | -19.33 | 23.67 |
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Violent Vernacular
- Week of August 7, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Examiner– DeSantis on the 'deep state': 'We are going to start slitting throats on day one' | 0.67 | 35.67 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Ron DeSantis says he will 'start slitting throats on day one' in executive branch | 12.33 | 33.67 |
| Article 3: The Guardian– Outrage after DeSantis says he’d ‘start slitting throats’ if elected president | -12.00 | 36.67 |
| Article 4: The Hill– DeSantis vows to ‘start slitting throats on day one’ | 0.00 | 37.67 |
| Article 5: The Florida Phoenix– DeSantis campaigning last week promised (presumably metaphorical) blood will flow if he’s elected | -12.33 | 36.00 |
| Article 6: Mother Jones– Ron DeSantis Wants to “Start Slitting Throats on Day One” | -15.33 | 31.67 |
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Server Update
- Week of July 31, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The National Pulse– Biden Prosecutor Adds 3 More Charges to Trump Documents Case. | 14.33 | 25.67 |
| Article 2: New York Post– Republicans in frenzy over timing of ‘brazen’ new charges against Trump: ‘We cannot allow this to stand’ | 10.67 | 33.67 |
| Article 3: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/07/27/trump-additional-charges-classified-documents-bedminster-recording | -2.33 | 41.67 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– How Trump’s classified docs scandal went from bad to much worse | -6.00 | 40.33 |
| Article 5: Slate– The Real Goal of the New Mar-a-Lago Charges Against Trump | -6.67 | 36.33 |
| Article 6: Washington Post– New Trump indictment shows he didn't learn lesson of Watergate – The Washington Post | -16.33 | 27.67 |
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Texas Border Buoys
- Week of July 24, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Examiner– Beto O'Rourke tells Biden to rein in Abbott or 'he will find new ways to hurt and kill' immigrants | 7.33 | 43.33 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– White House condemns Texas over ‘atrocious’ floating razor wire barriers at Southern border | 1.00 | 41.67 |
| Article 3: Axios– https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2023/07/18/abott-texas-border-initiative-rio-grande-trooper-email | 0.00 | 41.00 |
| Article 4: Associated Press– Texas trooper’s accounts of bloodied and fainting migrants on US-Mexico border unleashes criticism | 0.00 | 45.33 |
| Article 5: USA Today– Leaked emails allege Texas patrol agents were ordered to push migrants into Rio Grande. What we know. | -1.33 | 47.00 |
| Article 6: MSNBC (website)– Texas has successfully made the Rio Grande a death trap | -15.67 | 33.00 |
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Defense Spending Bill
- Week of July 17, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Daily Mail– Republicans PASS $886 billion defense spending bill | 1.33 | 42.67 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– House votes to kill Pentagon's controversial abortion travel policy | 7.67 | 40.00 |
| Article 3: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/07/14/house-gop-defense-bill-abortion-restrictions-ndaa | -0.67 | 43.67 |
| Article 4: Politico– The House just passed a defense bill with controversial abortion, LGBTQ measures. It doesn't stand a chance in the Senate. | -10.33 | 41.00 |
| Article 5: New Republic– Hypocrite Nancy Mace Backs Abortion Measure She Called “Asshole” Amendment | -16.33 | 30.67 |
| Article 6: Daily Beast– Kevin McCarthy Cedes Speakership to the Far Right Once Again | -14.33 | 34.00 |
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Harlem Council Seat
- Week of July 10, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: New York Post– Meet Yusef Salaam, the ‘Central Park Five’ member who secured a shocking Dem primary win for NYC Council | -2.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 2: The Guardian– Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam declares victory in city council primary | -6.00 | 43.33 |
| Article 3: Caribbean Life– https://www.caribbeanlife.com/harlem-voters-send-trumps-death-penalty-con-to-city-council/ | -9.67 | 37.67 |
| Article 4: Daily Mail– 'Karma': Exonerated Central Park Five member mimics Trump with full page ad against former president | -8.33 | 9.67 |
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End of Affirmative Action
- Week of July 3, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Blaze– Democrats decry Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action | 11.00 | 40.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Constitution guru praises SCOTUS for outlawing affirmative action: ‘Every one of us is fundamentally equal’ | 13.67 | 34.67 |
| Article 3: Reuters– What the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action means for colleges | -4.33 | 46.00 |
| Article 4: NPR– Here's what happened when affirmative action ended at California public colleges | -8.33 | 46.00 |
| Article 5: Politico– Clarence Thomas, Ketanji Brown Jackson air sharp disagreement on race in America | -2.67 | 44.00 |
| Article 6: USA Today– Supreme Court just reversed affirmative action. What that means for workplace diversity. | -5.67 | 41.00 |
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First Anniversary of Roe Overturned
- Week of June 26, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fox News (website)– Pro-life leaders, Stefanik celebrate anniversary of Roe's overturn: 'Transforming the nation’ | 17.33 | 36.00 |
| Article 2: National Review– Dobbs Decision Boosted Pro-Life Movement, Did Not End Abortion | 24.00 | 18.33 |
| Article 3: USA Today– 'Incalculable' impact: Three ways the Supreme Court abortion decision changed the USA | -4.33 | 44.00 |
| Article 4: US News and World Report– https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2023-06-23/after-roe-the-year-of-chaos | -8.67 | 37.67 |
| Article 5: Vice– A Year Without Roe: Here Are the Stories of People Denied Abortions | -17.33 | 33.67 |
| Article 6: Teen Vogue– Expanding the Supreme Court Will Help Restore Reproductive Freedom | -19.00 | 29.67 |
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Wannabe
- Week of June 19, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– Fox News Slams Biden While Airing Trump Speech: “Wannabe Dictator Speaks at the White House After Having His Political Rival Arrested” | 18.33 | 30.00 |
| Article 2: Raw Story– Hawley press aide asks, 'Where's the lie?' about Fox chyron slurring Biden as 'wannabe dictator' | -10.00 | 28.67 |
| Article 3: Associated Press– Fox News says it ‘addressed’ onscreen message that called Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’ | -4.67 | 45.33 |
| Article 4: NBC News (website)– Fox News says graphic calling Biden a 'wannabe dictator' has been 'addressed' | -1.33 | 45.33 |
| Article 5: The National News– Fox News calls Joe Biden a 'wannabe dictator' | -6.33 | 36.67 |
| Article 6: Rolling Stone– Fox News’ Graphic Labels Biden a ‘Wannabe Dictator’ During Trump Speech | -14.33 | 33.33 |
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Indictment #2
- Week of June 12, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fox News (website)– EXCLUSIVE: Trump says indictment is 'election interference at the highest level' | 16.33 | 33.67 |
| Article 2: Sky News– Donald Trump indicted for second time, amid allegations he mishandled classified files | 10.00 | 41.00 |
| Article 3: USA Today– Twists and turns: The zig-zag journeys of Trump’s classified documents at Mar-a-Lago | 0.00 | 50.33 |
| Article 4: Politico– New Trump indictment: What to know about the classified documents case | -1.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 5: Slate– Trump Announces Own Federal Indictment in Rambling Social Media Posts | -19.00 | 31.00 |
| Article 6: The New York Times– Inside Trump’s Club When the Call Came: You’re Indicted | -8.33 | 42.67 |
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Debt Ceiling 2023
- Week of June 5, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Truth in Accounting– The Debt Ceiling Debate Begins and Ends with Accounting Standards | 0.00 | 30.33 |
| Article 2: HuffPost– Debt Ceiling Deal Clears House On Bipartisan Vote; Senate Up Next | 0.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 3: NewsWars– The Republican Debt-Ceiling “Deal” Is Exactly What We Expected | 11.00 | 26.00 |
| Article 4: British Broadcasting Corporation– What's in US debt ceiling deal and who won? | 0.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 5: The Hill– ‘Soft food’ to ‘good faith’: How Biden and McCarthy came together on debt deal | 0.00 | 43.33 |
| Article 6: The Guardian– Apostle of bipartisanship: why US debt ceiling deal was a victory for Joe Biden | -8.33 | 39.33 |
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Messy Launch
- Week of May 29, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– Gov. Ron DeSantis Quietly Changes Twitter Handle, Drops “FL” Ahead of Reported Presidential Bid Announcement This Week | 11.00 | 26.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– First on Fox: Ron DeSantis officially launches 2024 presidential campaign with 'Great American Comeback' video | 5.67 | 41.33 |
| Article 3: NPR– Ron DeSantis debuts presidential bid in a glitch-ridden Twitter 'disaster' | -7.00 | 34.00 |
| Article 4: Associated Press– What to know about Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor running for president | -2.67 | 41.33 |
| Article 5: The Atlantic– DeSantis’s Launch Was Not the Only Thing That Crashed | 3.33 | 24.33 |
| Article 6: Vox– The biggest problem with Ron DeSantis’s announcement wasn’t Twitter | -17.33 | 30.33 |
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TX Politics and Gender legislation
- Week of May 22, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: National Review– Texas Legislature Passes Ban on Gender-Transition Treatments for Minors | 7.67 | 41.67 |
| Article 2: The Christian Post– Texas moves closer to statewide ban on sex-change procedures for kids | 13.67 | 22.33 |
| Article 3: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/texas-set-to-ban-trans-medical-care-for-minors | -7.33 | 40.33 |
| Article 4: CBC Canada– Gender-affirming care: What it means and why it’s in the news | -17.00 | 38.17 |
| Article 5: San Antonio Current– Assclown Alert: Letting the bigots win with Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan | -23.33 | 21.00 |
| Article 6: CNN (website)– Texas sends ban on gender-affirming care for minors to governor’s desk | -11.33 | 36.00 |
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Trump 2024 vs. CNN
- Week of May 15, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Breitbart– Nolte: Trump’s Glorious Town Hall Performance Might’ve Delivered the Final Killshot to CNN | 21.67 | 12.67 |
| Article 2: your NEWS– Trump Hijacks CNN, Steamrolls Kaitlan Collins in New Hampshire Townhall: ‘You Are a Nasty Person’ | 20.00 | 23.67 |
| Article 3: The Guardian– Trump repeats conspiracy theories and election lies in CNN town hall | -5.33 | 41.33 |
| Article 4: Politico– 5 takeaways from Trump’s CNN town hall smackdown | -7.33 | 37.67 |
| Article 5: Vox– The debate over CNN platforming Trump is missing the point | -18.33 | 34.00 |
| Article 6: The New Yorker– Don’t Say You Haven’t Been Warned About Trump and 2024 | -22.00 | 30.67 |
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Homicide on the NYC Subway
- Week of May 8, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: New York Daily News– NYC man threatening strangers on Manhattan subway dies after Marine Corps vet puts him in chokehold: NYPD | 1.67 | 38.67 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Marine veteran in NYC subway chokehold death faces tough legal road, experts say | 6.00 | 37.33 |
| Article 3: Vox– How New York City failed Jordan Neely | -12.33 | 39.33 |
| Article 4: The Guardian– New York subway rider killed performer via chokehold, authorities say | -3.33 | 41.33 |
| Article 5: Peoples Dispatch– Nationwide outrage after Black homeless man murdered by white vigilante in NYC subway : Peoples Dispatch | -16.00 | 36.67 |
| Article 6: ABC News (website)– https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-dies-after-chokehold-nyc-subway-amid-rise/story | -4.33 | 40.00 |
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Pence Testifies
- Week of May 1, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: RedState– Former VP Mike Pence Testifies to Federal Grand Jury on Former Pres. Trump's Role in January 6 | 12.00 | 36.00 |
| Article 2: The Gateway Pundit– LEAK: Mike Pence Testifies to Federal Grand Jury in Case Against President Trump | 13.67 | 30.67 |
| Article 3: The Independent– Pence testifies before federal grand jury investigating Trump | 0.00 | 41.33 |
| Article 4: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/04/27/mike-pence-grand-jury-testimony-trump | 0.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 5: Newsweek– Pence Testimony Is 'Sharply Incriminating Evidence' on Trump: Kirschner | 0.00 | 33.67 |
| Article 6: MSNBC (website)– Why Pence’s Jan. 6 grand jury testimony should make Trump nervous | -12.33 | 32.33 |
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Mifepristone and the Marble Palace
- Week of April 24, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: CatholicVote– How Bad is Mifepristone For Women? | 23.00 | 8.67 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Supreme Court puts off any decision on access to medical abortion pill mifepristone until Friday | 7.00 | 42.33 |
| Article 3: NPR– Supreme Court ruling on mifepristone causes uncertainty for advocates | -2.67 | 43.00 |
| Article 4: The Guardian– Abortion pill case: what does the supreme court order mean and what comes next? | -6.67 | 48.00 |
| Article 5: Slate– What Could the Supreme Court Do on Abortion This Week? | -15.17 | 33.17 |
| Article 6: The New York Times– Opinion | This Could Be One of the Most Brazen Attacks on Americans’ Health Yet | -20.33 | 22.67 |
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How Not to Leak Classified Material
- Week of April 17, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– The Arrest of a 21-Year-Old National Guard Member for Leaking Classified Docs Leads to More Questions than Answers | 27.67 | 16.00 |
| Article 2: New York Post– Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defends alleged US intel leaker Jack Teixeira | 7.00 | 40.67 |
| Article 3: Politico– A 21-year-old with top secret access? It’s not as rare as you think | 0.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 4: The Atlantic– The Narcissists Who Endanger America | -7.00 | 35.67 |
| Article 5: Washington Post– Tucker Carlson and friends run the Jan. 6 playbook on the leak suspect | -9.67 | 35.33 |
| Article 6: NBC News (website)– Liz Cheney says Greene should lose security clearance for defending suspect in Pentagon docs leak | -1.67 | 41.33 |
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Tough Treatment in TN
- Week of April 10, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: WND– Tennessee House boots Dems who staged 'insurrection' in chamber | 12.33 | 34.33 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Tennessee GOP rep abruptly exits CNN interview after host berates him for expelling lawmakers | 14.33 | 30.67 |
| Article 3: Axios– Tennessee House GOP expels 2 Democratic lawmakers | -2.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 4: Associated Press– Amid polarization, minority party lawmakers face penalties | -5.67 | 36.67 |
| Article 5: Los Angeles Times– Editorial: Tennessee Republicans’ appalling assault on speech and freedom | -19.00 | 27.00 |
| Article 6: The Hill– Authoritarianism 101: Tennessee is now schooling other Republicans in how it’s done | -17.33 | 28.67 |
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Indictment
- Week of April 3, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– Speaker McCarthy Releases Statement: “Alvin Bragg Has Irreparably Damaged Our Country – The American People Will Not Tolerate This Injustice” | 24.00 | 18.67 |
| Article 2: InfoWars– ‘It’s Been A Good Day’: Deep State Swamp Creature Jim Comey Celebrates Trump Indictment | 26.67 | 14.00 |
| Article 3: Associated Press– Donald Trump indicted; expected to surrender early next week | -4.33 | 45.33 |
| Article 4: NPR– Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury | -4.00 | 45.33 |
| Article 5: Daily Beast– Trump Indictment Proves Fox News Simply Cannot Quit Its MAGA Daddy | -15.67 | 28.67 |
| Article 6: Political Flare– THERE IT IS: Trump SCREAMS on Truth Social After Learning of Indictment, 'THIS IS AN ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY!!' | -22.33 | 19.33 |
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Entering Her Villain Period?
- Week of March 27, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Breitbart– Report: Sinema Rips Democrats as Self-Lauding 'Old Dudes Eating Jello' | 9.00 | 36.67 |
| Article 2: Daily Wire– Kyrsten Sinema Reveals Why She Stopped Going To ‘Dumb’ Democrat Luncheons | 7.00 | 36.33 |
| Article 3: IJR– Kyrsten Sinema Slams Former Colleagues as 'Old Dudes' Who Are 'Eating Jell-O' | 8.00 | 35.33 |
| Article 4: Politico– Sinema Trashes Dems: ‘Old Dudes Eating Jell-O’ | -6.00 | 42.67 |
| Article 5: PolitiZoom– Sinema Finds a New Level to Infuriate Democrats: ‘Old Dudes Eating Jello’ | -16.33 | 27.33 |
| Article 6: Jezebel– Kyrsten Sinema Begs Republicans for Cash, Calls Democrats ‘Old Dudes Eating Jell-O’ | -19.33 | 28.33 |
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Jan 6th Tapes
- Week of March 20, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: ShockYa– Shocking Twist: QAnon Shaman’s Unexpected Message During Capitol Riot Goes Viral! | 12.33 | 32.00 |
| Article 2: The American Conservative– Why Jacob Chansley Matters | 19.00 | 25.67 |
| Article 3: The Independent– Justice Department shoots down claims that Tucker Carlson footage of QAnon Shaman exonerates Jan 6 rioters | -5.33 | 37.33 |
| Article 4: NPR– Despite McConnell's rebuke, McCarthy defends Jan. 6 tape release to Fox News | -4.33 | 40.00 |
| Article 5: MSNBC (website)– Prosecutors don’t like Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 coverage, either | -10.00 | 31.67 |
| Article 6: Talking Points Memo– DOJ Tries To Stymie Jan. 6 Defendants From Exploiting McCarthy-Carlson Surveillance Vid Gambit | -6.33 | 45.33 |
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Biden’s Budget Proposal
- Week of March 13, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Reuters– Factbox: What’s in Biden’s budget: taxes on buybacks, rail safety, childcare | -3.67 | 44.33 |
| Article 2: Axios– Biden 2024 budget proposal: What’s inside the plan to fund Medicare | -5.33 | 40.33 |
| Article 3: The Gateway Pundit– “This is a Fiscal Atrocity” – Economic Expert Steve Moore on Biden Budget | 15.00 | 32.00 |
| Article 4: Fox News (website)– McCarthy shreds Biden’s budget proposal: ‘Completely unserious’ | 10.00 | 38.67 |
| Article 5: USA Today– Takeaways from Biden’s $6.9 trillion budget proposal: Tax the rich. Cut the deficit. Take on the GOP. | -8.67 | 39.00 |
| Article 6: Vox– The real message of Biden’s budget | -3.33 | 41.67 |
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The Next War on Drugs
- Week of March 5, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: NPR– Politicians say they’ll stop fentanyl smugglers. Experts say new drug war won’t work | -4.33 | 46.00 |
| Article 2: Associated Press– Biden’s fentanyl position sparks criticism from 2 sides | 1.67 | 45.67 |
| Article 3: Fox News (website)– Biden slammed for laughing while discussing mom who lost two children to fentanyl: ‘Shameful’ | 11.00 | 33.00 |
| Article 4: New York Post– Biden laughs at Marjorie Taylor Greene pinning 2020 fentanyl deaths of two brothers on him | 10.33 | 34.67 |
| Article 5: Daily Kos– https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/1/2155649/-Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-says-Joe-Biden-is-to-blame-for-fentanyl-deaths-under-Donald-Trump | -13.00 | 35.00 |
| Article 6: CNN (website)– Fact check: Marjorie Taylor Greene falsely claims Biden administration is responsible for Michigan brothers’ fentanyl deaths during Trump administration | -4.33 | 43.67 |
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A Media Darling?
- Week of February 27, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Guardian– ‘A big freaking deal’: the grand jury that investigated Trump election pressure | -4.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 2: Associated Press– Trump investigation: Could grand juror’s words tank charges? | -0.67 | 43.00 |
| Article 3: New York Post– Inside Trump grand jury foreperson’s bonkers Pinterest account — which promotes witchcraft | 10.00 | 36.33 |
| Article 4: Fox News (website)– CNN, MSNBC pan Trump grand jury foreperson’s media blitz after bolstering her profile with interviews | 4.67 | 36.33 |
| Article 5: The New York Times– Trump Legal Team Assails Georgia Inquiry | -1.33 | 44.67 |
| Article 6: CNN (website)– Opinion: Georgia grand juror’s tacky media tour won’t trash the case | -6.67 | 36.33 |
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Dominion: 1, Fox: 0
- Week of February 20, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– HUGE: FOX News Filing Shows DOMINION Voting Systems Executives Including Eric Coomer Knew Its Voting Systems Had Major Security Issues, Was Hacked, and Was “Riddled with Bugs” | 22.67 | 18.67 |
| Article 2: Washington Times– Fox: Dominion defamation suit is assault on First Amendment | 12.33 | 38.33 |
| Article 3: NPR– Off the air, Fox News stars blasted the election fraud claims they peddled | -6.00 | 41.33 |
| Article 4: NBC News (website)– Fox News stars and staffers privately blasted election fraud claims as bogus, court filing shows | -4.67 | 41.67 |
| Article 5: Daily Beast– Fox News Knew Trump’s Big Lie Was BS the Whole Time | 13.00 | 34.67 |
| Article 6: Vanity Fair– Maybe Tucker Carlson Meant “Demonic Force” in a Nice Way When He Likened Trump to Satan | -13.00 | 32.67 |
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State of the Union
- Week of February 13, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Breitbart– SOTU: Biden Pushes ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban in Response to Pistol Attack | 8.33 | 38.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– State of the Union 2023: Border officials take aim at Biden’s 'maddening' remarks on migrant crisis | 12.00 | 36.00 |
| Article 3: Poynter– Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union address, fact-checked | -2.67 | 47.00 |
| Article 4: NPR– 5 takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address | -8.00 | 39.00 |
| Article 5: Politico– Republicans Turn Themselves Into Props for Biden | -11.33 | 38.67 |
| Article 6: The New York Times– https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/arts/television/state-of-the-union-republican-heckling.html | -11.67 | 32.33 |
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The GOP and Women of Color?
- Week of February 6, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Bloomberg News– House GOP Strips Ilhan Omar of Foreign Affairs Panel Seat | -8.67 | 43.00 |
| Article 2: Star Tribune-Minneapolis– U.S. House votes to remove Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee | 0.00 | 47.67 |
| Article 3: OAN Network (website)– Omar gets booted | 13.33 | 31.67 |
| Article 4: Fox News (website)– Greg Gutfeld: The only way you can teach Democrats a lesson is to give it back to them | 16.67 | 28.67 |
| Article 5: The Intercept– Exactly Why and How Republicans Hate Ilhan Omar | -20.83 | 24.50 |
| Article 6: The Guardian– Republicans have a serious antisemitism problem. It isn’t Ilhan Omar | Moustafa Bayoumi | -18.00 | 26.33 |
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Classified Documents: the Sequel
- Week of January 30, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Hill– Senators bewildered by Pence classified document revelation | 0.67 | 44.33 |
| Article 2: British Broadcasting Corporation– What you need to know about the US classified documents saga | -1.67 | 45.33 |
| Article 3: MSNBC (website)– Pence's classified docs discovery is ironic but doesn't help Trump | -9.00 | 33.00 |
| Article 4: New York Magazine– Mike Pence Also Had Classified Documents at His House | -4.67 | 43.00 |
| Article 5: National Review– Classified Files Found at Pence’s Home, Marking Latest Twist in Saga | 8.33 | 37.00 |
| Article 6: WMUR News 9– Discovery of classified documents in Pence's home should be wakeup call, former official says | 0.00 | 35.67 |
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What a Drag
- Week of January 23, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Daily Kos– https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/19/2148048/-Santos-seems-much-more-upset-by-reports-he-was-a-drag-queen-than-reports-he-killed-a-dog | -19.00 | 15.33 |
| Article 2: Mother Jones– In Brazilian Media, Even More Reports of George Santos’ Lies | -7.67 | 42.33 |
| Article 3: The Hill– Santos denies performing as a drag queen | 0.00 | 42.67 |
| Article 4: Reuters– Embattled U.S. Rep. George Santos was drag queen in Brazil pageants, associates say | -1.33 | 47.00 |
| Article 5: The Gateway Pundit– “I Just Pray for All of You, That When They Come for You, You Have the Same Strength I Have” – George Santos Tells GOP Detractors to Pound Sand (VIDEO) | 21.33 | 17.33 |
| Article 6: Fox News (website)– George Santos denies performing as a drag queen in Brazil despite photo: 'categorically false' | 0.00 | 45.00 |
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Linking Gas Stoves and Asthma
- Week of January 16, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: WKYC – Cleveland– Experts weigh in on potential environmental and health dangers of gas stoves | -2.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 2: The Guardian– One in eight cases of asthma in US kids caused by gas stove pollution – study | -4.67 | 43.67 |
| Article 3: WND– 'Pry it from my cold dead hands': Dems torched for gas-stove ban | 21.33 | 20.67 |
| Article 4: Natural News– If Democrats successfully ban gas stoves, restaurants everywhere will fail | 22.00 | 17.00 |
| Article 5: MSNBC (website)– In gas stoves, Republicans have found their new dumb culture war | -22.33 | 27.00 |
| Article 6: Washington Post– U.S. agency examines secret pollution source in 40 million homes: Gas stoves. | -7.00 | 44.67 |
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Biden Goes South
- Week of January 9, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: National Review– President Biden's Immigration ‘Parole’ Scam | 18.67 | 29.33 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Border agents ‘beyond frustrated’ as Biden prepares to finally visit besieged southern border | 11.00 | 33.67 |
| Article 3: El Paso Times– President Biden plans to visit El Paso Sunday; here's what you need to know about the trip | -6.33 | 43.67 |
| Article 4: Bloomberg News– Biden’s Border Visit Will Showcase a City Strained by Migration | -4.33 | 43.33 |
| Article 5: British Broadcasting Corporation– Three days. Eleven votes. Still no US House speaker | -3.33 | 44.00 |
| Article 6: US News and World Report– Biden Stiffens Border Rules Amid GOP Paralysis | -8.33 | 43.33 |
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Parental Consent for Gun Ownership
- Week of December 19, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: TMZ– Father of Alleged Highland Park Shooter Helped Son Buy Gun | -11.33 | 37.67 |
| Article 2: Townhall– Why the Father of the Highland Park Shooter Just Got Charged | 5.33 | 28.33 |
| Article 3: NewsNation (website)– Father of alleged Highland Park parade attacker charged | 0.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 4: CNN (website)– Highland Park suspected shooter’s father is charged with felony reckless conduct | -1.67 | 46.00 |
| Article 5: Washington Examiner– Father of Highland Park suspect slapped with seven felony charges | 3.33 | 45.00 |
| Article 6: The Gateway Pundit– Father of Highland Park Shooter Charged With Reckless Conduct In Connection With Helping Son Obtain Gun | 1.33 | 47.33 |
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From Russia, with Love
- Week of December 12, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: NewsTarget– Biden OKs to swap drug-using WNBA player for notorious ‘merchant of death’ in disgraceful deal with Russia | 25.67 | 18.33 |
| Article 2: BlackListed News– As Griner's Homecoming Celebrated, Ex-Marine Paul Whelan Lashes Out: "Was Led To Believe" He'd Be Freed | 14.33 | 33.00 |
| Article 3: Deadspin– Brittney Griner is free | -10.33 | 36.00 |
| Article 4: The New York Times– https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/08/world/brittney-griner-russia-ukraine-news | -1.33 | 49.67 |
| Article 5: CNN (website)– Brittney Griner: Inside Biden's agonizing decision to take a deal that left Paul Whelan in Russia | -5.33 | 46.67 |
| Article 6: Axios– Brittney Griner released in prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer | -0.67 | 46.33 |
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Love is (Legal) Love?
- Week of December 5, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The American Conservative– Respect For Marriage Act: An Imprudent Compromise | 19.33 | 32.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Cruz introduces amendment to Senate gay marriage bill regarding child marriage, polygamy, incest risks | 17.33 | 35.00 |
| Article 3: The American Prospect– The Grotesque, Wonderful Respect for Marriage Act | -13.67 | 36.00 |
| Article 4: NBC News (website)– Senate vote tonight passes gay marriage bill to Band-Aid | -19.67 | 28.00 |
| Article 5: Black Information Network– U.S. Senate Passes "Respect For Marriage Act" | -1.00 | 44.67 |
| Article 6: The Hill– Is same sex marriage legal in all 50 states? | -3.33 | 45.00 |
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Yeeted
- Week of November 28, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Associated Press– Trump faulted for dinner with white nationalist, rapper Ye | -9.67 | 39.67 |
| Article 2: Axios– Trump talks with white nationalist Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago dinner | -5.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 3: Breitbart– Trump Dined at Mar-a-Lago with White Nationalist, Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes & Kanye West; UPDATE | 7.67 | 31.67 |
| Article 4: Fox News (website)– Ye 2024? | 15.33 | 30.33 |
| Article 5: CBC Canada– Trump rebuked over 'unacceptable' dinner with Holocaust-denying white nationalist Nick Fuentes | -8.00 | 37.00 |
| Article 6: The Indian Express– Trump’s latest dinner guest: Nick Fuentes, white supremacist | -6.67 | 38.33 |
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Bloody Friday
- Week of November 21, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: VERIFY This– No, 15,000 protesters in Iran were not sentenced to death | 0.00 | 52.67 |
| Article 2: Snopes– Are 15,000 Iranian Protesters Going To Be 'Mass Executed'? | 0.00 | 51.67 |
| Article 3: Mirror – UK– Iran may execute 15,000 jailed anti-hijab protesters to teach them 'hard lesson' | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Article 4: Daily Dot– Iranians on TikTok Push News About Protester Death Sentences | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Article 5: REVOLT– 15,000 Iranian protesters face death following Bloody Friday massacre | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Article 6: CNN (website)– Canada’s Trudeau deletes tweet falsely claiming Iran has sentenced 15,000 protesters to death | -2.00 | 48.33 |
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Repercussions of No Red Wave
- Week of November 14, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Miami Herald– https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article268624177.html | -18.67 | 26.67 |
| Article 2: The Federalist– Rubio Suggests Senate GOP Should Consider Ousting McConnell | 17.67 | 36.33 |
| Article 3: The American Prospect– Undone by Crazy Uncles | -26.33 | 21.00 |
| Article 4: Daily Beast– GOP Senators Push to Delay Leadership Elections After Midterm Letdown | -8.33 | 40.67 |
| Article 5: MSN– Cruz adds to chorus of GOP voices calling for delay in Senate leadership vote | 2.00 | 45.00 |
| Article 6: The Bulwark– Was It Really All Just Trump’s Fault? | 8.67 | 37.33 |
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Pelosi Attack and Conspiracy Rabbit Holes
- Week of November 7, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– WAYNE ROOT: Is the Paul Pelosi Story the New Jussie Smollett Fraud, or the New Hunter Biden Laptop Scandal? | 25.33 | 12.67 |
| Article 2: New York Post– NBC News pulls report claiming Paul Pelosi didn’t indicate ‘emergency’ to cops | 5.67 | 38.33 |
| Article 3: Seattle Times– https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/tragedy-twisted-into-gladiatorial-spectacle/ | -17.67 | 21.67 |
| Article 4: Daily Beast– Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets GOP Crowd to Boo Paul Pelosi | -10.00 | 33.00 |
| Article 5: NPR– Why conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi's assault keep circulating | -6.67 | 42.33 |
| Article 6: Axios– Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack was in U.S. illegally, DHS says | 0.00 | 47.33 |
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Stay Together for the Constituents
- Week of October 31, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: National Review– Fight over Trumpism: Kari Lake or Ron DeSantis | 15.33 | 30.33 |
| Article 2: Washington Examiner– DeSantis endorses O'Dea in Colorado Senate race, bucking Trump | 15.33 | 36.67 |
| Article 3: The Independent– Conservatives defend DeSantis after story claims he used to pronounce Thai like ‘thigh’ to test dates | -7.67 | 21.00 |
| Article 4: Vanity Fair– Trump Plans to F–k Over Ron DeSantis Two Days Before the Midterm Elections | -15.00 | 27.67 |
| Article 5: CNN (website)– As Election Day approaches, Trump-DeSantis 2024 rivalry seeps into the public | 0.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 6: Christian Science Monitor– Will Ron DeSantis become the GOP’s standard-bearer? | 5.67 | 41.67 |
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Cooking Up a New Covid Strain
- Week of October 24, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: OAN Network (website)– New COVID-19 strain with 80% fatality rate created in Boston | 5.67 | 9.33 |
| Article 2: Daily Mail– Outrage as Boston University CREATES Omicron strain that has an 80% kill rate in mice | 5.67 | 9.00 |
| Article 3: On Point– BU disputes reports it created a potentially dangerous pathogen | 0.00 | 46.00 |
| Article 4: Daily Beast– Yes, Scientists Made a Deadlier COVID Virus. No, It’s Not Bad. | -12.67 | 32.00 |
| Article 5: Financial Times– US health officials probe Boston University’s Covid virus research | 2.00 | 35.67 |
| Article 6: NBC10 Boston– Boston University Pushes Back on Claims of New ‘Deadly' COVID Strain | 0.00 | 42.00 |
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Hope You Brought Your Checkbook
- Week of October 17, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Examiner– The Alex Jones trap: How 'owning the libs' can turn into a self-own for conservatives | 15.33 | 25.00 |
| Article 2: Natural News– Sandy Hook jury hits Alex Jones with a nearly $1 billion fine as attack on free speech intensifies | 21.67 | 23.33 |
| Article 3: Daily Kos– billion$ and billion$ could be awarded in Alex Jones trial | -7.00 | 32.33 |
| Article 4: The Wrap– Kimmel Jokes ‘the Good Guys Just Won the InfoWars’ After Alex Jones Verdict (Video) | -9.00 | 31.00 |
| Article 5: Yahoo.com– Why The Billion Dollar Verdict Against Alex Jones May Not Be The End | -1.00 | 44.33 |
| Article 6: Axios– Jury orders Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in Sandy Hook defamation trial | -2.00 | 45.67 |
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Legal Cancel Culture
- Week of October 10, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Mother Jones– Mother Jones Congratulates Judge James Ho on His Decision to Boycott Yale | -9.00 | 32.33 |
| Article 2: Salon– Trump-appointed judge declares boycott on Yale law clerks to protest “cancel culture” | -7.67 | 37.67 |
| Article 3: ABA Journal– Why this conservative federal appeals judge will no longer hire clerks from Yale Law School | -0.33 | 40.67 |
| Article 4: The Washington Free Beacon– Citing Concern for Free Speech, 12 Federal Judges Say They Won’t Take Clerks from Yale Law School | 2.33 | 39.67 |
| Article 5: Reuters– Judge's Yale clerk-hiring boycott 'regrettable,' conservative colleague says | -1.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 6: Reason– Boycotting Law Schools in Clerk Hiring As a Way to Influence Law School Culture | 3.00 | 32.33 |
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Wish Death for Your Enemies
- Week of October 3, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: USSA News– Tucker Carlson Exposed the RINO Traitor Who Worked Behind the Scenes to Sabotage the Election | 34.33 | 13.33 |
| Article 2: The Gateway Pundit– ‘Who the Hell Can Blame Joe Manchin for What He Did?” – President Trump Lays into Mitch McConnell over Joe Manchin’s Latest Moves | 21.33 | 27.00 |
| Article 3: Rolling Stone– Trump Says Mitch McConnell Has a ‘Death Wish’ During Racist Meltdown | -6.67 | 31.00 |
| Article 4: Daily Mail– Trump says Mitch McConnell has a 'DEATH WISH' for supporting Democrat-backed bills | 9.33 | 42.67 |
| Article 5: WITN-TV– Biden signs bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine | -3.00 | 45.00 |
| Article 6: NBC News (website)– Trump intensifies attacks on McConnell with 'death wish' remark on his social media platform | -5.33 | 44.00 |
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Brett Favre Welfare Scandal
- Week of September 26, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fortune– The Brett Favre welfare scandal proves why local journalism still matters | -7.00 | 40.00 |
| Article 2: Sports Illustrated– Brett Favre: Texts Show Welfare Funds Were Requested for Football Facility, per Court Filing | 1.67 | 41.33 |
| Article 3: The Black Wall Street Times– Brett Favre shows paused as Twitter compares coverage to Ime Udoka, others | -8.00 | 40.67 |
| Article 4: The New York Times– https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/us/brett-favre-welfare-mississippi.html | -4.67 | 47.00 |
| Article 5: Daily Beast– The Brett Favre Welfare Case Is About to Take a Nastier Turn | -9.00 | 36.67 |
| Article 6: Get Up Mornings (website)– Is Ime Udoka Really Getting More Coverage Than Brett Favre ‘Stealing’ Welfare Money From Mississippi? | -6.00 | 35.33 |
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Bussing Migrants to Martha's Vineyard
- Week of September 19, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: People Magazine– Are DeSantis and Abbott Breaking Human Trafficking Laws by Sending Migrants to Blue States? | -14.00 | 35.33 |
| Article 2: San Antonio Report– Migrant recruited to fill flight from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard | -1.67 | 47.33 |
| Article 3: Washington Times– Migrant busing campaign exposes extreme rift over America’s borders | -0.33 | 46.00 |
| Article 4: The Nation– Let’s Call DeSantis’s Migrant Stunt What It Is—Kidnapping | -22.67 | 26.33 |
| Article 5: Boston Globe– Perla, the woman migrants say enticed them onto planes, reflects an ugliness we must contend with | -15.33 | 30.00 |
| Article 6: New York Post– Martha’s Vineyard local calls on Obamas to open their $12M home to migrants | 13.67 | 34.00 |
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Queen Elizabeth II
- Week of September 12, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Guardian– Condolences and condemnation: Indigenous people and people of colour react to the death of Queen Elizabeth II | -3.00 | 43.33 |
| Article 2: Reason– If Monarchy Is a Must, Keep It Neutral | 3.67 | 33.00 |
| Article 3: The Root– Like Black Twitter, Irish Twitter Has a Lot to Say About Queen Elizabeth's Passing | -10.67 | 27.67 |
| Article 4: British Broadcasting Corporation– Queen Elizabeth II: World leaders remember a 'kind-hearted Queen' | 0.00 | 44.67 |
| Article 5: Crooks and Liars– Queen Elizabeth Is Dead, And Right-Wing Crazies Are Having A Fit | -20.33 | 20.00 |
| Article 6: Time Magazine– Countries May Cut Ties With Monarchy After Queen's Death | -1.00 | 45.33 |
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Biden's MAGA Republicans Speech
- Week of September 5, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: PBS– Biden accuses Trump and his supporters of undermining the nation’s democratic values | -10.00 | 41.00 |
| Article 2: The Hill– McCarthy calls on Biden to apologize for ‘semi-fascism’ remark | 2.33 | 45.00 |
| Article 3: World Socialist Web Site– Biden’s speech and the danger of fascism in America | -29.33 | 28.00 |
| Article 4: National Review– Joe Biden Speech: Catastrophic | 13.00 | 29.33 |
| Article 5: RedState– Who's the Fascist? While Trump Seeks Less Government Power, It's Biden Who Covets Authoritative Rule | 20.67 | 27.33 |
| Article 6: AlterNet– 'Awkward and angry': Donald Trump and allies lash out over Joe Biden's anti-MAGA extremism speech | -8.00 | 42.33 |
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Dark Brandon
- Week of August 29, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Wonkette– Biden Pentagon So Woke It Doesn't Even Want To Murder Civilians Anymore! | -26.67 | 17.33 |
| Article 2: NBCLX (website)– Why Is Everyone Talking About ‘Dark Brandon?' | -7.67 | 34.33 |
| Article 3: indy100– Biden fans joke this is a sign Dark Brandon fanboys are turning into cult | -10.67 | 26.67 |
| Article 4: CNET– Dark Brandon: Joe Biden Meme Gets Even More Hype After Student Loan Forgiveness | -8.33 | 39.33 |
| Article 5: National Review– Memes: Dark Brandon and the Meme Power of the Right | 13.00 | 31.00 |
| Article 6: The Atlantic– Why Joe Biden Keeps Winning the Internet by Accident | -13.67 | 36.33 |
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Liz Cheney
- Week of August 22, 2022
| Test Batch | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Vox– The Never Trump wing of the GOP never had a chance | -5.33 | 38.33 |
| Article 2: The Blaze– After getting TROUNCED in Wyoming, Liz Cheney ponders presidential run | 19.00 | 26.67 |
| Article 3: CNN (website)– Timeline: Liz Cheney's political career, from Republican scion to champion of democracy | -1.00 | 44.33 |
| Article 4: Jacobin– Look Closely at Liz Cheney and Donald Trump. It’s Hard to Tell Much of a Difference. | -27.00 | 22.67 |
| Article 5: Columbia Journalism Review– Democracy and the Liz Cheney narrative | -13.67 | 36.33 |
| Article 6: GOBankingRates– How Much is Former GOP House Member Liz Cheney Worth? | 0.00 | 44.00 |
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Pelosi Goes to Taiwan
- Week of August 8, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: National Review– Pelosi’s China Connection | 11.33 | 26.67 |
| Article 2: Fortune– Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was great news for China’s chip sector as investors welcome the prospect of a chip war boom | 1.33 | 41.33 |
| Article 3: The American Spectator– Why Didn’t South Korea’s President Meet With Nancy Pelosi? – The American Spectator | 10.67 | 33.33 |
| Article 4: Slate– Nancy Pelosi Just Lit a Match at the Dynamite Factory | -4.00 | 37.33 |
| Article 5: New York Post– Biden ‘concerned’, ‘not worried’ about China, still won’t back Pelosi Taiwan trip | 15.33 | 26.33 |
| Article 6: CGTN– Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip is U.S. hypocrisy at its best | 0.00 | 22.00 |
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‘Assault Weapons' Ban
- Week of August 1, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Iowa Torch– A divided U.S. House passes ‘Assault Weapons Ban’ 2.0 | 0.00 | 48.00 |
| Article 2: WTEN NEWS10– Democrats push for assault weapon ban before August recess | 0.00 | 47.67 |
| Article 3: Reason– With Deception and Misdirection, House Democrats Vainly Try To Make the Case for Banning 'Assault Weapons' | 16.33 | 27.67 |
| Article 4: Bearing Arms– Anti-gun Dem crosses line in insult to gun rights advocate | 18.00 | 27.67 |
| Article 5: National File– Democrats ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Will Outlaw a Host of Everyday Firearms Owned by Law-Abiding Citizens | 17.33 | 31.67 |
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POTUS has COVID
- Week of July 25, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Kettering Health– Treating President Biden: Understanding Paxlovid | -0.67 | 47.67 |
| Article 2: Politico– Read a letter from Biden’s doctor on his Covid diagnosis | 0.00 | 51.67 |
| Article 3: Washington Post– Biden’s covid diagnosis shows the benefits of avoiding infection | -11.00 | 38.67 |
| Article 4: Bloomberg News– Biden’s Covid Diagnosis Is a Wake-Up Call for America | -5.00 | 37.00 |
| Article 5: New York Post– Biden’s mild COVID case is proof the pandemic is over, and everyone should stop pretending otherwise | 12.33 | 28.67 |
| Article 6: The Gateway Pundit– White House Doctor Who Has Yet to Answer Questions About Biden’s Covid Diagnosis Says Joe’s Symptoms ‘Continue to Improve’ | 17.67 | 24.67 |
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Two Truths and a Lie
- Week of July 18, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: OAN Network (website)– Ohio AG Yost: Haven’t heard ‘a whisper’ about alleged 10-year-old seeking abortion | 11.67 | 26.33 |
| Article 2: Lifesite News– Rapist of 10-year-old Ohio girl confirmed to be illegal alien, revealed to be mother’s boyfriend | 13.00 | 35.33 |
| Article 3: New York Post– Mom of 10-year-old Ohio girl who got abortion defends child’s rapist | 14.67 | 36.00 |
| Article 4: Indianapolis Star– Indiana Dr. Caitlin Bernard reported 10-year-old Ohio girl’s abortion, records show | -2.00 | 47.33 |
| Article 5: Associated Press– Ohio rape shows how a story can spread faster than facts | -1.33 | 47.00 |
The Right to Dine
- Week of July 11, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Day– Kavanaugh is latest target of protests at D.C. restaurants | -9.00 | 34.33 |
| Article 2: Eater DC– Activists Crash Brett Kavanaugh’s D.C. Dinner at Morton’s This Week | -3.67 | 42.67 |
| Article 3: Vice– Brett Kavanaugh, Who Just Stripped Millions of Women of Healthcare, Forced to Skip Dessert | -14.67 | 28.67 |
| Article 4: Above the Law– Brett Kavanaugh Flees, Restaurant Laments That You Can’t Arbitrarily Strip Millions Of Americans Of Rights And Get A Decent Steak Anymore – Above the Law | -17.33 | 24.33 |
| Article 5: New Republic– There Is No Constitutional Right to Eat Dinner | -10.00 | 29.67 |
| Article 6: The Blaze– Twitter reactions from AOC and Chasten Buttigieg on protesters targeting Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh | 12.33 | 31.00 |
Looking ahead to 2024
- Week of July 4, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Atlantic– Is Biden a Man Out of Time? | -18.00 | 36.33 |
| Article 2: Daily Mail– Biden getting ‘irritated’ by Democrats who won’t back him to run for reelection in 2024: Report | 0.67 | 39.33 |
| Article 3: Palmer Report– Enough with these harmful doomsday narratives about 2024 | -20.67 | 28.67 |
| Article 4: The American Prospect– In the Wake of ‘Dobbs,’ Biden Leans on Familiar Excuses for Inaction | -24.00 | 31.00 |
| Article 5: New York Post– Nervous Democrats pray for anyone but Kamala Harris as 2024 nominee | 15.33 | 37.33 |
| Article 6: National Review– 2024 Election: 71 Percent of Americans Don’t Want Biden to Seek a Second Term | 6.67 | 45.67 |
Roe v. Wade Overturned
- Week of June 27, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Independent– It’s going to be incredibly hard for Democrats to protect abortion rights | -6.33 | 39.67 |
| Article 2: Life News– North Dakota’s Abortion Ban Will Go Into Effect on July 28 to Save Babies From Abortions | 15.67 | 35.67 |
| Article 3: 19th News– Clinics in states where you can get an abortion prepare for ‘wave of clients’ | -13.33 | 42.33 |
| Article 4: Daily Wire– In The Wake Of Roe v. Wade, Attacks On Churches, Pregnancy Centers Escalate | 9.67 | 39.67 |
| Article 5: Axios– What Americans are searching after Roe v. Wade reversal | -5.33 | 41.33 |
| Article 6: Washington Examiner– Democrats are panicking because Roe was never as popular as they pretended | 16.67 | 30.33 |
Juneteenth
- Week of June 20, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Liberty Nation– Corporations Capitalize on Juneteenth Marketability | 0.67 | 33.67 |
| Article 2: TheGrio– Black creatives work to control Juneteenth narrative because ‘capitalism is gonna capitalize’ | -9.33 | 38.00 |
| Article 3: Vogue– Holding Joy and Grief on Juneteenth | -7.33 | 33.00 |
| Article 4: Seattle Times– https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/if-youre-not-descended-from-slavery-how-should-you-spend-juneteenth/ | -12.67 | 32.67 |
| Article 5: Gallup– Public’s Understanding of Juneteenth Has Grown Since 2021 | 0.00 | 47.67 |
| Article 6: Deseret News– Why these Christian leaders want churches to celebrate Juneteenth | 1.33 | 37.33 |
January 6th Hearings
- Week of June 13, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Daily Wire– Raskin Channels Schiff, Insists To CNN He Has ‘Evidence’ Republicans Begged Trump For January 6 Pardons | 13 | 30.33 |
| Article 2: Political Flare– Ultimate-MAGA-Fascist Sebastian Gorka Says There WAS an Insurrection on J6: Led by Pence | -22.67 | 21.33 |
| Article 3: Richmond Free Press– Jan. 6 hearings a plea to defend democracy, by Jesse L. Jackson Sr. | -14.67 | 27.33 |
| Article 4: The Dispatch– Inconvenient Truths | 0.00 | 27.67 |
| Article 5: The Intercept– Jan. 6 Hearings Seek to Remind a Forgetful Nation About the Day Donald Trump Almost Engineered a Coup | -12.33 | 34 |
| Article 6: TMZ– Rep. Ilhan Omar Recalls Insurrection as Hearings Begin, Calls it a Coup | -10.67 | 38.33 |
Depp v. Heard
- Week of June 6, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Yahoo.com– Psychiatrist Who Testified in Depp-Heard Trial Stunned by ‘Horrific Post-Trial Backflow’ | -1.67 | 42.67 |
| Article 2: Twitchy– If you need another reason to hate Johnny Depp, his ‘Pirates’ movies are ‘DEEPLY racially problematic’ | 16.33 | 19.00 |
| Article 3: Vox– The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard verdict shows the Me Too backlash is here | -12.67 | 30.67 |
| Article 4: National Review– Johnny Depp Trial: Too Much Slander and Lying in Public Life | 4.33 | 35.67 |
| Article 5: New Republic– Stop Trying to Extract Larger Lessons From the Amber Heard–Johnny Depp Trial | -6.67 | 36.33 |
| Article 6: The New York Times– The Actual Malice of the Johnny Depp Trial | -8.33 | 33.00 |
Uvalde
- Week of May 23, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Daily Beast– Day to Mourn Uvalde Victims Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Rodriguez Upended by Fury at Cops | -8.33 | 32.33 |
| Article 2: British Broadcasting Corporation– Uvalde: US to review police response to Texas school shooting | -6.67 | 43.67 |
| Article 3: Quartz– We ordered the same gun used in Uvalde. Here’s how easy it was. | -6.67 | 35.33 |
| Article 4: Daily Dot– EXCLUSIVE: ‘That’s the picture of him buying a gun’: Uvalde mass shooting suspect bought an AR-15 online last week | 0.00 | 35.67 |
| Article 5: BuzzFeed News– Matthew McConaughey Visited Families Of Uvalde Shooting Victims | -5.00 | 35.33 |
| Article 6: Bearing Arms– Anti-civil rights Violence Policy Center dances in blood while admonishing the NRA | 21.00 | 27.33 |
Monkeypox
- Week of May 16, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Hill– UN agency denounces ‘homophobic and racist stereotypes’ in monkeypox reporting | -3.33 | 47.67 |
| Article 2: KSL– Explainer: How concerned should we be about monkeypox? | 0.00 | 50.00 |
| Article 3: Forbes– Monkeypox Outbreak Triggers New Conspiracy Theories About Bill Gates As #BillGatesBioTerrorist Trends | -7.33 | 35.67 |
| Article 4: The Gateway Pundit– Stunning. Wuhan Lab was Experimenting with Monkeypox Last Year – Published Research Report in International Journal in February | 7.00 | 17.33 |
| Article 5: The Atlantic– So, Have You Heard About Monkeypox? | 0.00 | 44.67 |
| Article 6: Natural News– New engineered pandemic: US buys millions of vaccines as monkeypox outbreak hits Europe and North America | 19.33 | 7.67 |
Shots Fired
- Week of May 9, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Daily Kos– Let me be clear: The mass shootings are not the result of the Internet, they are the result of guns | -23.33 | 18.33 |
| Article 2: Reuters– ‘Copycat’ mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack | 0.00 | 46.00 |
| Article 3: New York Post– Buffalo shooting suspect allegedly wrote Waukesha parade victim’s name on gun | 2.33 | 37.67 |
| Article 4: Bearing Arms– Buffalo grocery store shooting leaves 10 dead | 12.67 | 29.67 |
| Article 5: Mother Jones– The Buffalo Shooter’s Manifesto Relied on the Same White Supremacist Conspiracy Pushed by Tucker Carlson | -20.33 | 30.00 |
| Article 6: Yahoo.com– Pelosi calls for ‘balance’ between free speech and safety after Buffalo shooting | -7.33 | 39.67 |
SCOTUS Springs a Leak
- Week of May 2, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Reason– When Ted Kennedy Was Pro-Life and Ronald Reagan Was Expanding Abortion Access | 0.00 | 39.33 |
| Article 2: Lifesite News– Biden administration won’t stop pro-abortion protests in front of Supreme Court justices’ homes | 11.67 | 38.67 |
| Article 3: 19th News– Justice Samuel Alito argued abortion isn’t an economic issue. Is that true? | -10.67 | 37.67 |
| Article 4: Christian Science Monitor– First draft of history: What overturning Roe could mean for US | 0.00 | 46.00 |
| Article 5: Politico– Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows | -4.00 | 36.67 |
| Article 6: SCOTUSblog– How the leak might have happened | 0.67 | 34.67 |
Libs of TikTok
- Week Ending April 29, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Nation of Change– “Libs of TikTok” and the right’s war on public education | -18.67 | 27.00 |
| Article 2: Media Matters for America– Viral Twitter account “Libs of TikTok” calls for all openly LGBTQ teachers to be fired | -19.67 | 27.33 |
| Article 3: Mashable– Libs of TikTok tweeted fake accusations about a school teaching second graders about furries | -12.67 | 38.33 |
| Article 4: Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs– Controversial Owasso teacher ‘is no longer in the classroom’ | 15.00 | 31.67 |
| Article 5: Jonathan Turley– Twitter Suspends LibsofTikTok For Featuring Liberals Talking About Themselves? – JONATHAN TURLEY | 14.00 | 32.67 |
| Article 6: CBC Canada– Libs of TikTok account has resurrected decades-long LGBTQ conspiracies, says writer | -12.00 | 39.67 |
Federal Mask Mandate Ends
- Week Ending April 22, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Times– Biden confuses COVID border policy with the appeal of CDC mask mandate ruling | 12.67 | 32.67 |
| Article 2: Cystic Fibrosis News Today– Turning Problems Into Solutions Requires Energy | -8.33 | 27.67 |
| Article 3: Inc.– Delta’s 8-Word Response to the End of the Federal Mask Mandate on Planes Is the Best I’ve Seen Yet | -2.00 | 38.33 |
| Article 4: Wonkette– Hack Trump Judge Cancel-Cultures Federal Public Transit Mask Mandate | -27.00 | 18.33 |
| Article 5: WebMD– Mask Mandate’s End Further Divides Many Travelers and Experts | -3.00 | 41.33 |
| Article 6: The Points Guy– What airlines are saying about the end of the federal mask mandate | 0.00 | 49.00 |
RNC Pulls Out of CPD
- Week Ending April 15, 2022
| Topic of the Week – Advanced | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Hill– |