Topic of the Week
Starter Topics in 2023
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‘Green Bank’ Funding
- Week of April 8, 2024
https://dailycaller.com/2024/
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-
https://www.eenews.net/
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/
Buy These NFTs
- Week of December 18, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: New York Post– Donald Trump hawks swatches of his mugshot suit in $99 NFT pitch | 0.00 | 43.00 |
| Article 2: Insider– Trump is selling $35 Christmas wrapping paper emblazoned with his mug shot | 0.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 3: MEDIAite– Trump Trading Card Depicts Ex-President As a Swole Superhero | -8.00 | 30.00 |
| Article 4: Raw Story– 'My uncle is a clown': Mary Trump skewers ex-president's 'pathetic' fundraising scheme | -17.67 | 23.33 |
| Article 5: Benzinga– Trump Mug Shot Gets NFT Treatment: How You Can Also Own A Piece Of The Suit He Wore | 4.33 | 38.67 |
| Article 6: The Guardian– Suit yourself: Trump offers scraps of his indictment outfit for $4,699.53 a pop | -17.33 | 35.00 |
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Time Votes for Swift
- Week of December 11, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Breitbart– Left-Wing Pop Sensation Taylor Swift Crowned Time Magazine Person of the Year | 16.33 | 20.67 |
| Article 2: The Blaze– Time chosen for their 'person of the year, why Taylor Swift? | 17.00 | 22.33 |
| Article 3: Rolling Stone– Taylor Swift’s ‘Time’ Cover Is Breaking Far-Right Brains | -9.67 | 32.67 |
| Article 4: Daily Kos– Taylor Swift is Time's person of the year and the far right is big mad about it | -9.00 | 30.67 |
| Article 5: NBC News (website)– Taylor Swift tops Time’s (and seemingly everyone else’s) person of the year list | -1.33 | 45.00 |
| Article 6: CNN (website)– Taylor Swift is named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ | 0.00 | 44.00 |
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Biden vs. Boebert
- Week of December 4, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Western Journal– Biden So Far Gone He Calls Trump a Congressman: 'Someone Call the Nearest Nursing Home' | 14.33 | 14.00 |
| Article 2: Washington Examiner– As Biden attacks, Democratic Boebert challenger clings to middle on energy | 3.00 | 41.33 |
| Article 3: Real Vail– Biden blasts Boebert for calling investment in clean-energy jobs a ‘massive failure’ | -7.33 | 43.67 |
| Article 4: HuffPost– Biden Scorches Boebert With Hand Gesture In Her Own Backyard | -8.00 | 35.00 |
| Article 5: Aspen Times– President Biden rails at Lauren Boebert while touting energy policy in her district | -3.67 | 41.67 |
| Article 6: NBC News (website)– Biden promotes economic agenda in Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Colorado district | 0.00 | 44.67 |
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Rainbow Bridge Crash
- Week of November 27, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Hindustan Times– Car explosion at US-Canada border was an attempted terror attack: Report | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Article 2: Daily Beast– Fox News Forced to Walk Back ‘Terrorist Attack’ Claim at Rainbow Bridge | -10.67 | 43.00 |
| Article 3: Pride– Watch Rudy Giuliani Look Like A Dummy While Defending Fox News | -24.67 | 22.33 |
| Article 4: Forbes– Conspiracy Theorists Go Viral With False Claim About Explosion At U.S.-Canada Border | -9.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 5: NewsNation (website)– FBI closes federal investigation into Rainbow Bridge car explosion | 0.00 | 41.67 |
| Article 6: Common Dreams– FBI Investigating Vehicle Explosion at US-Canada Border Crossing | 0.00 | 43.33 |
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Ivanka’s Turn
- Week of November 13, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: New York Post– Courtroom sketch of Ivanka Trump at dad’s NY civil fraud trial panned as ‘crime’ | 3.67 | 41.33 |
| Article 2: The Guardian– Trump is ‘toast’ in New York fraud trial, says former Watergate prosecutor | -18.00 | 32.67 |
| Article 3: Newsweek– Ivanka's Stunning Admission About Trump's Behind-The-Scenes Deal | -7.33 | 37.67 |
| Article 4: Fox News (website)– Ivanka Trump testifies she was not involved in discussions about her father's financial statements | 8.67 | 38.00 |
| Article 5: HuffPost– Mary Trump Mocks Cousin Ivanka Trump For Conveniently Forgetting 1 Thing | -22.00 | 24.67 |
| Article 6: Reuters– Trump's daughter worried he was not wealthy enough, emails in NY fraud trial show | 0.00 | 44.67 |
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Press Pause
- Week of November 6, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The American Prospect– Biden’s Nakba | -22.67 | 8.00 |
| Article 2: Christian Science Monitor– US bid to cement global leadership stumbles in Gaza | -2.33 | 39.33 |
| Article 3: New Republic– Biden’s Israel Stance Could Cost Him Key Swing States in 2024 | -18.33 | 37.33 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– The problem(s) with the GOP blaming Biden for the crisis in Israel | -16.00 | 36.00 |
| Article 5: New York Magazine– Will a Backlash to Biden Over Israel Risk His Reelection? | -10.33 | 42.67 |
| Article 6: Military.com– Biden Says 74 US Dual Nationals Have Left Gaza Strip as He Dispatches Blinken to Mideast | 0.00 | 48.00 |
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Trip to China
- Week of October 30, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: OutKick– Gavin Newsom’s Trip To China Shows More Of His Trademark Hypocrisy | 15.67 | 20.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– California's Newsom has surprise meeting in Beijing with China's Xi , gets torched for climate 'fearmongering' | 10.00 | 37.33 |
| Article 3: Politico– Gavin Newsom’s meeting with Chinese president could strengthen U.S.-China ties | -8.33 | 46.67 |
| Article 4: CNN (website)– Gavin Newsom says ‘divorce is not an option’ for US and China after Xi Jinping meeting | 0.00 | 45.33 |
| Article 5: CNBC– California Gov. Gavin Newsom meets with China's Xi Jinping to partner on climate agenda | 0.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 6: Associated Press– California Gov. Newsom has surprise meeting with China’s leader Xi amid warm welcome in Beijing | -1.00 | 46.00 |
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Sound of Silence
- Week of October 23, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: WND– Hate Trump all you like, the gag order is still wrong | 11.00 | 36.00 |
| Article 2: National Review– Policing Trump’s Speech, Judge Chutkan Goes Too Far with Trump’s Gag Order | 8.00 | 33.33 |
| Article 3: New Republic– Trump’s New Whine About Gag Order Is Ridiculous | -14.67 | 34.00 |
| Article 4: Newsweek– Donald Trump Refuses to Stay Quiet After Gag Order | 0.00 | 42.67 |
| Article 5: NPR– Judge imposes partial gag order against Trump in election-interference case | 0.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 6: Fox News (website)– Judge imposes partial gag order against Trump in Special Counsel Jack Smith's Jan 6 case | 1.67 | 44.00 |
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Secret Agent?
- Week of October 16, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: National Review– Bob Menendez: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman and Foreign Agent? | 19.67 | 25.67 |
| Article 2: Politico– Foreign agents for dummies: FAQs on the new Bob Menendez indictment | 0.00 | 48.00 |
| Article 3: New Republic– Robert Menendez Is Screwed | -19.00 | 21.33 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– Reactions to Menendez, Trump indictments offer partisan case study | -20.33 | 24.00 |
| Article 5: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette– Fetterman calls for U.S. Senate to oust indicted lawmaker | 0.00 | 46.00 |
| Article 6: The Guardian– Senator Bob Menendez charged with acting as foreign agent of Egypt | 0.00 | 49.33 |
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Trump vs. NY
- Week of October 9, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fox News (website)– Letitia James' 'trophy pledge' against Trump an 'embarrassment' to the NYS bar: Legal expert | 11.33 | 34.67 |
| Article 2: Washington Times– Trump demands appeals court to intervene in civil case ‘now’ | 6.00 | 40.00 |
| Article 3: Politico– Trump’s Business Fraud Is Irrelevant to His Supporters | -13.00 | 32.00 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– Trump's attendance at his civil fraud trial is a mystery. Or is it? | -11.33 | 30.67 |
| Article 5: NewsNation (website)– Trump: New York Fraud case greatest ‘witch hunt of all time’ | 0.00 | 43.67 |
| Article 6: British Broadcasting Corporation– Fact-checking Trump's claims about New York fraud trial | 0.00 | 44.33 |
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Goodbye, Pandas
- Week of October 2, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fox News (website)– To China and Xi, even pandas are political. And now, three bears will exit the US | 15.00 | 26.67 |
| Article 2: Gulf News– Photos: US National Zoo bids farewell to three giant pandas | 0.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 3: Washington Times– Fetterman aligns with DeSantis on China, says Beijing should own ‘zero’ farmland in U.S. | 4.00 | 42.67 |
| Article 4: XINHUANET– China ready to enhance endangered species conservation cooperation with partners including U.S.:spokesperson | 0.00 | 40.00 |
| Article 5: Republicworld– From China With 'love': A History Of Gifting Pandas As US Bids Adieu To The Bamboo Eaters | 0.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 6: NPR– A government shutdown could cut short the National Zoo's panda goodbye celebrations | 0.00 | 44.33 |
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Shilling for the Big Foods
- Week of September 25, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Messenger– Soda Industry Paid Dietitian Influencers To Promote Sugar-Alternatives: Report | 0.00 | 42.33 |
| Article 2: Dexerto– TikTokers are being paid to promote this controversial ingredient in diet soda | 0.00 | 38.33 |
| Article 3: Green Matters– Do You Trust Dietitians on Social Media? Some Are Paid By Food Industry Players | -1.33 | 42.00 |
| Article 4: Gizmodo– Your Favorite TikTok Dietitian Might Be Paid Off by Big Food | 0.00 | 43.00 |
| Article 5: Paste Magazine– We Shouldn’t Be Surprised That Influencer Dietitians Are Being Paid to Promote Processed Food | -10.00 | 36.00 |
| Article 6: Washington Post– The food industry pays ‘influencer’ dietitians to shape your eating habits | 0.00 | 57.33 |
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Hunter with Gun
- Week of September 18, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Western Journal– Trump Responds to Hunter Biden Indictment with Major Allegation: ‘The Only Crime…That Does Not Implicate Crooked Joe’ | 18.00 | 20.67 |
| Article 2: InformationLiberation– Hunter Biden Indicted on Federal Charges for Claiming He Was Not a Drug User on Gun Form | 20.00 | 19.00 |
| Article 3: Reuters– Biden’s son Hunter hit with gun charge, first for a US president’s child | 0.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 4: The Guardian– Hunter Biden indicted on gun charges after plea deal falls apart | -10.00 | 40.67 |
| Article 5: MSNBC (website)– Hunter Biden’s gun charges put Second Amendment back in play | -1.00 | 39.67 |
| Article 6: The Atlantic– The Truth About Hunter Biden’s Indictment | -2.00 | 36.67 |
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Battle for the Rio Grande, part 2
- Week of September 11, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Blaze– Judge sides with Biden admin and orders Gov. Abbott to remove floating border barrier | 7.67 | 25.67 |
| Article 2: enVolve– Texas Must Remove Rio Grande Border Barrier, Judge Orders | 6.00 | 26.33 |
| Article 3: NPR– The floating border barrier in the Rio Grande must be removed, a federal judge rules | -3.33 | 42.33 |
| Article 4: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/09/08/texas-floating-border-barrier-stay-appeals-court | 0.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 5: MSNBC (website)– Federal judge deflates Abbott’s anti-immigration buoy barriers | -10.00 | 39.67 |
| Article 6: ABC 12 San Antonio KSAT– LULAC applauds federal judge’s order to make Texas reposition buoys | -1.33 | 42.00 |
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Idalia and Climate Change
- Week of September 5, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: NewsBusters– MSNBC's Hayes Claims DeSantis Is Trying to Make 'Climate Change' Worse | 18.67 | 23.67 |
| Article 2: The National Pulse– DeSantis Camp Used Hurricane Idalia to Smear MAGA Congressmen, Trump. | 18.33 | 31.00 |
| Article 3: The Guardian– Hurricane Idalia could become 2023’s costliest climate disaster for the US | 0.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 4: NewsNation (website)– Florida issues warning to potential looters in wake of hurricane | 0.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 5: New Republic– DeSantis Rejected $350 Million in Climate Funding Before Hurricane Idalia | -10.67 | 20.33 |
| Article 6: MSNBC (website)– Ron DeSantis' Florida denial undermines his Hurricane Idalia pledge | -12.33 | 31.00 |
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Booked in Georgia
- Week of August 28, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Breitbart– 'Got What They Wanted': Trump's Mugshot Lands on Front Page | 7.33 | 37.67 |
| Article 2: The Gateway Pundit– HERE IT IS: “NEVER SURRENDER!” – President Trump Drops EPIC Campaign Merch Featuring Historic Mugshot – ORDER HERE | 26.00 | 13.33 |
| Article 3: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/08/24/trump-surrender-fulton-county-georgia | 1.33 | 42.67 |
| Article 4: Reuters– Trump's mug shot released after booking at Georgia jail on election charges | 3.00 | 44.33 |
| Article 5: Insider– Trump's mugshot is a masterclass in capitalizing on one's supervillain era | -12.67 | 29.33 |
| Article 6: Salon– "Can't afford a $200K bond?": Lawyers question why "billionaire" Trump needed help of bail bondsman | -6.33 | 35.33 |
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Maui Wildfire
- Week of August 21, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Insider– A food truck owner on Maui said it's irresponsible for people like Jason Momoa to tell tourists the island is closed because local businesses that weren't destroyed are now struggling too | 0.00 | 39.33 |
| Article 2: CBS News (website)– Maui emergency chief resigns following criticism of wildfire response | 0.00 | 44.33 |
| Article 3: Washington Examiner– Hawaiian utility under scrutiny in deadly Maui fires | 1.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 4: Common Dreams– As 93 Confirmed Dead, Locals Fear Lahaina Rebuild Dominated by Rich Outsiders | -15.00 | 30.00 |
| Article 5: HealthNews– https://healthnews.com/news/toxic-particles-from-lahaina-fire/ | 0.00 | 45.33 |
| Article 6: The Daily Signal– Hawaii Fires Are Result of Political, Policy Failures—Not Climate Change | 21.33 | 26.00 |
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Jack vs. Elon
- Week of August 14, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– Dirty Jack Smith Got Secret Search Warrant For Trump’s Twitter Account | 22.67 | 22.67 |
| Article 2: Forbes– Forget The Nixon Tapes—What Does The Special Counsel Expect From Trump's Twitter Account | 0.00 | 35.67 |
| Article 3: OAN Network (website)– Jack Smith Obtained Secret Warrant from Obama Judge to Seize Pres. Trump’s Twitter Account | 21.33 | 29.00 |
| Article 4: Newsweek– Donald Trump's Movements Were Tracked by Twitter—Prosecutor | -2.67 | 37.33 |
| Article 5: Mashable– Special counsel gets warrant to search Donald Trump's Twitter account | -5.33 | 36.00 |
| Article 6: Washington Post– Twitter and DOJ special counsel's Trump search warrant: What's key – The Washington Post | -3.33 | 32.33 |
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Trump and Friends
- Week of August 7, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: WND– Trump calls on Supreme Court to act against 'election interference' | 23.67 | 7.67 |
| Article 2: Washington Examiner– WATCH LIVE: Kevin McCarthy holds press briefing ahead of Trump arraignment | 18.00 | 40.00 |
| Article 3: 23ABC Bakersfield– House Speaker Kevin McCarthy visits Clovis, says all Trump indictments are politically charged | 2.00 | 40.67 |
| Article 4: FOX26 News KMPH Fresno– Kevin McCarthy opens new office in Clovis, addresses state and national issues | 2.00 | 38.00 |
| Article 5: Portland Press Herald– Another View: Speaker should want Trump cases to be heard | -8.67 | 31.67 |
| Article 6: The Mary Sue– A Furious Kevin McCarthy Makes Bizarre Comparison Between Trump & Two Democrats Who Never Incited an Insurrection | -12.33 | 31.67 |
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Set to Boil
- Week of July 31, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Climate Depot– Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue mocks study claiming heatwaves were ‘virtually impossible’ without ‘climate change’ – ‘I guess politicizing the weather means we have to suspend disbelief and erase the pas | 24.67 | 9.67 |
| Article 2: The Blaze– UN chief uses the phrase 'global boiling' during speech | 22.67 | 20.00 |
| Article 3: British Broadcasting Corporation– Climate change: July set to be world's warmest month on record | -3.00 | 43.00 |
| Article 4: The Guardian– ‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record | -7.67 | 43.00 |
| Article 5: The New York Times– We Know What’s Causing This Heat | -3.33 | 42.33 |
| Article 6: Politico Europe– This summer is what climate change looks like, scientists say | -5.67 | 42.67 |
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Gearing Up for 2024
- Week of July 24, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Examiner– Newt Gingrich says Trump's first year as next president will be 'astonishing' | 14.33 | 39.67 |
| Article 2: New York Post– How Biden risks losing in 2024 over failure to stop the migrant surge | 9.67 | 30.33 |
| Article 3: The Conversation– Why the 2024 US presidential election will likely be a choice between Biden and Trump again | -3.33 | 34.67 |
| Article 4: Washington Post– Gen Z will ensure the 2024 election won’t be a replay of 2020 – The Washington Post | -6.33 | 31.67 |
| Article 5: CounterPunch– The Supreme Court is Joe Biden’s Best Political Friend for 2024 | -5.00 | 31.67 |
| Article 6: Reuters– Economy, abortion give Biden slight 2024 edge -Reuters/Ipsos | 0.00 | 43.33 |
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Bid to Delay
- Week of July 17, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: 19FortyFive– Donald Trump Thinks He Can’t Get A Fair Trial | 7.67 | 32.00 |
| Article 2: Voice of America– Trump Seeks Delay in Classified Documents Trial | -4.00 | 36.67 |
| Article 3: CBS News (website)– Judge overseeing Trump documents case agrees to push first pretrial conference | 0.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 4: NPR– Special counsel calls for a speedy trial in Trump's documents case | -8.00 | 39.67 |
| Article 5: CNN (website)– Special counsel rips apart Trump’s plea to delay Mar-a-Lago classified documents trial | -12.00 | 35.00 |
| Article 6: Slate– Judge Aileen Cannon Just Got Her First Big Trump Trial Test | -15.67 | 28.00 |
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New Threads
- Week of July 10, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: WIRED– Don't Join Threads—Make Threads Join You | 0.00 | 35.67 |
| Article 2: Quartz– All the red flags in the Threads privacy policy | 0.00 | 41.83 |
| Article 3: British Broadcasting Corporation– Thirty million join Meta's Twitter rival Threads, Zuckerberg says | 0.00 | 43.00 |
| Article 4: Variety– Elon Musk’s Twitter Threatens to Sue Meta Over Threads, Alleging Meta Hired ‘Dozens’ of Twitter Employees to Launch Copycat App; Meta Disputes Claim | 0.00 | 44.33 |
| Article 5: The Guardian– We tried Threads, Meta’s new Twitter rival. Here’s what happened | 0.00 | 35.33 |
| Article 6: ARS Technica– Musk’s X Corp. threatens to sue Meta over Twitter “copycat” Threads | 0.00 | 45.33 |
| Article 7: Bloomberg News– Threads Had Big Launch Energy. Twitter Is Under Pressure. | 0.00 | 36.67 |
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Spy Balloon Postmortem
- Week of July 3, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Global Times– West’s ‘balloon allergy’ continues, but the rumors will collapse on themselves | 0.00 | 27.33 |
| Article 2: CNN (website)– Chinese surveillance balloon did not collect information over US, Pentagon says | 0.00 | 42.67 |
| Article 3: New York Post– Chinese spy balloon used US technology to surveil Americans | 8.00 | 32.00 |
| Article 4: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/06/29/us-chinese-balloon-intelligence | 0.00 | 40.67 |
| Article 5: British Broadcasting Corporation– Chinese spy balloon did not collect information, says Pentagon | 0.00 | 43.33 |
| Article 6: Quartz– Companies involved in the making of the Chinese spy balloon could face sanctions | 0.00 | 41.67 |
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Meta Says No
- Week of June 26, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Meta– Changes to News Availability on Our Platforms in Canada | 2.00 | 35.00 |
| Article 2: The Globe and Mail– Opinion: Artificial intelligence makes Bill C-18, Canada’s Online News Act, already outdated | 1.33 | 33.33 |
| Article 3: British Broadcasting Corporation– Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada | 0.00 | 46.00 |
| Article 4: TweakTown– Meta will remove news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada | 1.67 | 39.00 |
| Article 5: Digital Information World– Publishers Suffer Devastating Blow as Facebook Algorithm Change Sends Traffic Plunging into a Steep Decline | -3.00 | 40.33 |
| Article 6: AppleInsider– Facebook shutters news rather than pay up under new Canadian law | -3.67 | 34.67 |
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Child Labor in the U.S.
- Week of June 19, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Acton Institute– Work is a gift our kids can handle | 3.33 | 32.33 |
| Article 2: New York Post– Shocking photos show kids as young as 13 hired by Blackstone firm to clean slaughterhouse | 0.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 3: NPR– Children as young as 12 work legally on farms, despite years of efforts to change law | -3.67 | 45.00 |
| Article 4: The Conversation– The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they’ve left behind | -3.33 | 41.33 |
| Article 5: ABC News (website)– https://abcnews.go.com/Business/rise-child-labor-stokes-fight-worker-laws/story?id=99930387 | -4.33 | 46.33 |
| Article 6: CGTN– Rise in U.S. child labor violations: The ongoing blindspot | -1.33 | 18.33 |
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UFOs?
- Week of Jun 12, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Quillette– Aliens…Again! | 0.00 | 36.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Military whistleblower goes public with claims US has secret UFO retrieval program: ‘Terrestrial arms race’ | 1.67 | 39.33 |
| Article 3: Vanity Fair– Why The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Politico Didn’t Publish a Seemingly Bombshell Report About UFOs | 0.00 | 43.67 |
| Article 4: The Guardian– A whistleblower claims the US has alien vehicles. But where’s the proof? | 0.00 | 42.67 |
| Article 5: Daily Mail– US 'trying to create weapon from wreckage of non-human UFOs', claims new Pentagon whistleblower | 0.00 | 38.67 |
| Article 6: Mind Matters– Just in Case You Were Wondering, Aliens Exist (Allegedly) | 0.00 | 33.67 |
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Oh, The Hills We Will Climb!
- Week of June 5, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Washington Free Beacon– FACT CHECK: Florida School 'Bans' Amanda Gorman Poem | 26.67 | 23.00 |
| Article 2: Washington Examiner– Amanda Gorman library story is the latest book ban hoax | 16.67 | 26.00 |
| Article 3: Associated Press– Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration barred for younger children by Florida school | -2.33 | 45.33 |
| Article 4: CNN (website)– Fact check: Ron DeSantis on Amanda Gorman poem being pulled from a Florida elementary school library | -2.67 | 43.33 |
| Article 5: INTO– A Proud Boys Supporter Got an Amanda Gorman Poem Banned Without Even Reading It | -18.00 | 19.67 |
| Article 6: The Guardian– DeSantis appears to back woman who led Amanda Gorman poem school ban | -18.00 | 20.67 |
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Surgeon General’s Warning
- Week of May 29, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Teen Vogue– How I Stopped Getting FOMO From Social Media | 0.00 | 31.67 |
| Article 2: The Telegraph– What teens are getting wrong about mental health | 0.67 | 30.67 |
| Article 3: Stat News– Social media risks for youth mental health highlighted in new surgeon general report | 0.00 | 46.33 |
| Article 4: KBZK 7 – Bozeman– US Surgeon General warns social media may harm children and teens | 0.00 | 44.33 |
| Article 5: TechCrunch– The surgeon general’s advisory on risks of youth social media use could shift the conversation | 0.00 | 45.67 |
| Article 6: The New York Times– Does Your Child Have an Unhealthy Relationship to Social Media? Here’s How to Tell. | 0.00 | 40.00 |
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No TikTok in MT
- Week of May 22, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: RedState– BREAKING: Montana GOP Governor Signs New Law, Making State First to Ban TikTok | 12.67 | 35.00 |
| Article 2: Washington Examiner– Montana governor signs first state TikTok ban into law | 1.33 | 40.67 |
| Article 3: Associated Press– Montana is banning TikTok. But can the state enforce the law and fend off a lawsuit? | 0.00 | 49.00 |
| Article 4: NPR– Montana becomes the first state to ban TikTok | 0.00 | 43.33 |
| Article 5: The Verge– TikTok is now banned in Montana | 0.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 6: Rolling Stone– Stop Scrolling: Montana Governor Bans TikTok | -10.00 | 38.67 |
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Santos Indicted
- Week of May 15, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Twitchy– BREAKING: George Santos charged with unknown federal crime | 16.00 | 22.67 |
| Article 2: The Gateway Pundit– George Santos Pleads Not Guilty, Released on $500,000 Bond | 15.33 | 13.33 |
| Article 3: Reuters– Embattled US Rep George Santos hit with fraud, money laundering charges | -1.00 | 43.67 |
| Article 4: Forbes– Here’s Everything George Santos Has Been Accused Of Lying About | -3.33 | 42.00 |
| Article 5: New Republic– The Beautiful Irony of George Santos Being Charged With Covid Unemployment Fraud | -11.00 | 34.00 |
| Article 6: Rolling Stone– George Santos Booed During Pathetic Post-Arrest Press Conference | -7.67 | 38.00 |
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Dishonorable?
- Week of May 8, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fox News (website)– Friend rips media's 'despicable' effort to 'smear' Clarence Thomas for GOP donors' payment to school | 15.00 | 35.67 |
| Article 2: Forbes– Clarence Thomas: Here Are All The Ethics Scandals Involving The Supreme Court Justice Amid New Revelations | -5.33 | 42.67 |
| Article 3: Dallas Morning News– Cornyn and Cruz unfazed that Dallas mogul Harlan Crow paid tuition for Clarence Thomas kin | 7.33 | 38.67 |
| Article 4: Axios– https://www.axios.com/2023/05/04/clarence-thomas-tuition-payments-harlan-crow | -0.67 | 40.33 |
| Article 5: Common Dreams– 'Corruption. Plain and Simple': Ginni Thomas Took Secret Payments Ahead of Landmark Voting Rights Case | -10.67 | 39.33 |
| Article 6: HuffPost– Ari Melber Speaks Directly To Clarence Thomas In Scathing Monologue | -12.33 | 31.67 |
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School Shutdowns and the AFT
- Week of May 1, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: New York Post– Randi Weingarten ruined kids’ lives — but she refuses to apologize for not following the science | 16.67 | 20.67 |
| Article 2: ABC News (website)– https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-grill-teachers-union-head-covid-classroom-closures/story?id=98889954 | -4.67 | 44.00 |
| Article 3: Fox News (website)– Randi Weingarten crushed for pushing school lockdowns in live debate: ‘No remorse whatsoever’ | 9.00 | 39.67 |
| Article 4: The Hill– GOP sets up showdown with head of teachers union | -3.33 | 43.33 |
| Article 5: USA Today– Marjorie Taylor Greene faces criticism after saying a stepmother is ‘not a mother’ | -6.33 | 41.67 |
| Article 6: AFT – American Federation of Teachers– Weingarten Sets Pandemic Record Straight as Republican Attacks Fall Flat | -9.33 | 37.33 |
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Dominion v. Fox, round 2
- Week of April 24, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: HotAir– BREAKING: Fox News, Dominion settle defamation case as trial starts | 4.67 | 35.33 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– FOX News Media, Dominion Voting Systems reach agreement over defamation lawsuit | 1.00 | 42.00 |
| Article 3: The New York Times– What to Know About the $787.5 Million Fox News-Dominion Settlement | -3.00 | 43.33 |
| Article 4: Associated Press– How election lies, libel law were key to Fox defamation suit | -2.33 | 44.00 |
| Article 5: Financial Times– Fox News and the marketing of lies | -13.67 | 31.67 |
| Article 6: MSNBC (website)– What critics of Fox News' settlement with Dominion get wrong | -16.67 | 29.67 |
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Raincheck
- Week of April 17, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Florida’s Voice– DeSantis’ office calls out ‘political critics’ claiming governor isn’t aiding in Broward floods | 8.33 | 42.33 |
| Article 2: Daily Mail– Fort Lauderdale flooding: City begins cleanup after 2 feet of water causes flooding | 4.00 | 44.67 |
| Article 3: CNN (website)– Fort Lauderdale begins long recovery as floodwaters recede | -3.33 | 48.33 |
| Article 4: USA Today– Photos show waterlogged Fort Lauderdale airport, flooded Florida streets amid huge rain storm | 1.00 | 44.00 |
| Article 5: Newsweek– Ron DeSantis Faces MAGA Backlash Over Ohio Trip as Fort Lauderdale Floods | -5.33 | 36.67 |
| Article 6: New Republic– Florida is Underwater. Where’s Ron DeSantis? | -9.67 | 36.00 |
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Vroom Vroom
- Week of April 10, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Examiner– Another Democrat breaks with Biden over electric vehicle tax credit guidance | 14.33 | 36.33 |
| Article 2: New York Post– Manchin slams Biden cut to electric car tax credits: ‘Stop this now’ | 7.00 | 38.00 |
| Article 3: Reuters– US unveils stricter EV tax credit rules, effective April 18 | -0.67 | 46.00 |
| Article 4: CNN (website)– EV tax credits: New rules could slash the number of eligible electric vehicles. Here's what you should know | -3.67 | 43.33 |
| Article 5: Canary Media– Suddenly, the US is a climate policy trendsetter | -2.33 | 40.67 |
| Article 6: Transportation Today– https://transportationtodaynews.com/news/30067-plug-in-america-praises-biden-administration-over-ev-efforts/ | -2.67 | 40.00 |
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Mouse Trap
- Week of April 3, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Examiner– Disney's 'King Charles clause' gives DeSantis and his new governing board a black eye | 0.00 | 43.00 |
| Article 2: New York Post– Ron DeSantis teases next moves in battle with Disney: ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ | 4.33 | 41.67 |
| Article 3: The Hill– DeSantis-picked state board says Disney stripped its powers | -1.33 | 44.33 |
| Article 4: Associated Press– DeSantis’ board says Disney stripped them of power | -2.33 | 44.67 |
| Article 5: Above the Law– Disney's Lawyers Are Better Than Ron DeSantis's Lawyers – Above the Law | -16.67 | 27.33 |
| Article 6: Fast Company– https://www.fastcompany.com/90874136/disney-plan-florida-desantis-king-charles | -3.00 | 38.67 |
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TikTok, round 1
- Week of March 27, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– Biden to Ban TikTok in US if Chinese Owners Don’t Sell | 14.00 | 32.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Top TikTok lobbyist previously advised tech equity firm with close ties to Hunter Biden | 12.00 | 31.33 |
| Article 3: Politico– Congress is kinda lame, TikTok-verse decides | -8.00 | 34.33 |
| Article 4: Reuters– TikTok congressional hearing: CEO Shou Zi Chew grilled by US lawmakers | 0.00 | 48.00 |
| Article 5: Mashable– TikTok users' favorite moments from the TikTok congressional hearing | -9.67 | 32.33 |
| Article 6: BuzzFeed News– Congress Wanted Me To Turn Over A Document About TikTok’s Links To China. Here’s Why I Refused. | -12.00 | 36.33 |
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Laptop Repair Shop
- Week of March 20, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Post Millennial– Hunter Biden counter-sues laptop repair man for breach of 'privacy' after laptop turned over to FBI, media | 9.33 | 40.67 |
| Article 2: RedState– Lawfare: Hunter Biden Files Countersuit Against Laptop Repairman for Invasion of Privacy | 17.67 | 33.33 |
| Article 3: The Hill– Hunter Biden files countersuit against laptop repair shop owner | -2.33 | 41.67 |
| Article 4: KWWL 7 – Iowa– Hunter Biden sues computer repair shop owner who worked on a laptop, accusing him of trying to invade his privacy | -0.67 | 42.33 |
| Article 5: USA Today– 'Egregious violation': Hunter Biden sues computer repairman who gave laptop data to Trump allies | 0.00 | 41.67 |
| Article 6: Washington Press– HARD-DRIVING: Private citizen Hunter Biden sues over laptop invasion | -8.33 | 36.33 |
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TikTok Says No to Willow
- Week of March 13, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Yahoo.com– Everything You Need to Know About the Controversial Willow Project | -7.67 | 42.33 |
| Article 2: Associated Press– TikTok push targets Biden on Alaska’s huge Willow oil plan | -1.67 | 44.67 |
| Article 3: Washington Examiner– Conoco CEO warns Biden that dooming Alaska oil project would hurt his own agenda | 5.33 | 42.33 |
| Article 4: Fox News (website)– Dark money eco group appears to be astroturfing opposition to major oil project | 10.67 | 34.00 |
| Article 5: Environment America– https://environmentamerica.org/articles/the-most-absurd-thing-about-conocophillips-willow-project/ | -15.00 | 33.33 |
| Article 6: OneGreenPlanet– #StopWillow Taking TikTok By Storm. Can Online Activism Make a Difference? | -9.67 | 31.00 |
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Affordable Insulin
- Week of March 5, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Axios– Eli Lilly caps insulin prices at $35 a month | -2.67 | 43.33 |
| Article 2: ARS Technica– Eli Lilly cuts insulin prices after years of outrage | -6.33 | 46.33 |
| Article 3: Fox News (website)– White House: Eli Lilly’s insulin price cap shows why GOP should stop attacking the Inflation Reduction Act | 8.33 | 38.00 |
| Article 4: Breitbart– Drugmaker Eli Lilly to Cap Monthly Out-of-Pocket Insulin Costs at $35 | 6.67 | 37.00 |
| Article 5: .democrats.org– REMINDER: Every Single Republican in Congress Voted Against Capping Insulin Costs | -17.33 | 29.33 |
| Article 6: .as.com– Why is insulin so expensive in the US and how much do patients pay per month? | -7.33 | 37.00 |
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Trump + Train
- Week of February 27, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Hill– Trump accuses Biden administration of ‘indifference and betrayal’ in East Palestine | 4.33 | 42.67 |
| Article 2: The Columbus Dispatch– Former President Donald Trump visits East Palestine; calls derailment response a 'betrayal' | 3.33 | 45.67 |
| Article 3: Daily Caller– ‘We’re Like A Third World Nation’: Trump Hammers Pete Buttigieg Over Handling Of Toxic Train Derailment | 12.33 | 38.67 |
| Article 4: New York Post– Audience gasps after ‘The View’s Joy Behar implies Trump-voting Ohioans to blame for toxic train spill | 9.00 | 33.00 |
| Article 5: Daily Beast– Trump Rips Fox News’ ‘Woefully Derelict’ Coverage of His East Palestine Visit | -8.67 | 32.67 |
| Article 6: The Nation– What Trump’s Visit to East Palestine Told Us About 2024 | -14.33 | 31.67 |
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Going Off The Rails
- Week of February 20, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Washington Examiner– Ohio train derailment: JD Vance challenges EPA to drink tap water | 6.67 | 37.33 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Twitter disgusted after JD Vance scrapes Ohio creek bottom, kicks up 'chemical rainbow': 'The EPA is lying' | 7.33 | 39.67 |
| Article 3: Scientific American– Chemical Health Risks from the Ohio Train Accident—What We Know So Far | -0.67 | 45.00 |
| Article 4: Visual Capitalist– Explainer: What to Know About the Ohio Train Derailment | 0.00 | 48.67 |
| Article 5: The New York Times– https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/ohio-train-derailment-chernobyl.html | -5.33 | 40.33 |
| Article 6: New Republic– The Conspiracy of the Ohio Train Derailment Is Right in Front of Us | -17.00 | 35.33 |
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The Red Zeppelin
- Week of February 13, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Independent– Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of ‘screaming and cursing’ through private China spy balloon briefing | -10.00 | 39.33 |
| Article 2: MSNBC (website)– Why Trump didn’t know about the Chinese balloons over U.S. soil | -5.67 | 43.33 |
| Article 3: Washington Examiner– State of the Union: GOP lawmakers blast Biden for 'embarrassing' omission of Chinese spy balloon | 13.00 | 33.67 |
| Article 4: Fox News (website)– SEAN HANNITY: Does Biden think the Chinese spy balloon is a joke? | 14.67 | 32.67 |
| Article 5: The Guardian– Spy balloons: what are they and why are they still being used? | -1.67 | 43.67 |
| Article 6: Reuters– Biden says Chinese spy balloon not a major security breach | -3.33 | 44.00 |
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Lowest Unemployment Since the Moon Landing
- Week of February 6, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: CNBC– Decades-low unemployment rate is welcome news for Biden ahead of State of the Union | -9.67 | 43.00 |
| Article 2: American Independent– GOP ignores 'phenomenal' jobs report under Biden after rushing to tout gains under Trump | -11.67 | 35.67 |
| Article 3: Reuters– Biden hails January jobs report, waves off inflation question | -3.67 | 44.33 |
| Article 4: The Hill– Jobs report gives Biden pre-State of the Union boost | -6.33 | 43.67 |
| Article 5: New York Post– Biden fudges inflation data, says price spikes ‘already there’ to shirk blame | 12.67 | 25.67 |
| Article 6: Turning Point USA– https://www.tpusa.com/live/white-house-refuses-to-take-accountability-for-high-inflation | 14.67 | 21.00 |
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Hello, Facebook, old friend
- Week of January 30, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: The Gateway Pundit– President Trump Responds to Facebook (Meta’s) Decision to Reinstate President Trump on Facebook and Instagram | 21.67 | 19.67 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– MSNBC panel melts down over Facebook ‘devil's bargain’ with Trump, warns it will end democracy | 9.67 | 35.00 |
| Article 3: CBS News (website)– Meta to reinstate Trump on Facebook, Instagram | -4.67 | 43.33 |
| Article 4: Axios– Meta's Trump invite hangs a cloud over Truth Social | -2.00 | 42.67 |
| Article 5: Rolling Stone– Trump Looks to Ditch His Own Social Media Site | -7.67 | 28.67 |
| Article 6: Daily Beast– Meta to Reinstate Trump on Facebook and Instagram ‘In the Coming Weeks’ | -9.33 | 37.67 |
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Revenge Tactics
- Week of January 23, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Daily Beast– Trump and His Lawyer Ordered to Pay $1M Over ‘Frivolous’ Hillary Clinton Lawsuit | -5.00 | 40.00 |
| Article 2: AlterNet– 'Strategic abuse of the judicial process': Trump, attorney fined nearly $1M for 'frivolous' suit against Clinton | -10.33 | 41.33 |
| Article 3: NPR– A judge fines Trump and his lawyer for a 'frivolous' suit against his political foes | -4.00 | 45.00 |
| Article 4: Axios– Trump, attorneys sanctioned over $937,000 for allegedly abusing court | -3.67 | 46.67 |
| Article 5: The Blaze– Judge hits Trump and his attorney with nearly $1 million in sanctions over 'completely frivolous' lawsuit against Hillary Clinton | -0.67 | 47.33 |
| Article 6: The Gateway Pundit– Clinton-Appointed Judge Fines Trump $1 Million For Filing ‘Revenge’ Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton | 15.00 | 13.00 |
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Holy Classified Documents, Batman
- Week of January 16, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Breitbart– Comer: Biden Classified Material Storage and Handling ‘Worse’ Than Trump | 17.33 | 25.00 |
| Article 2: Fox News (website)– Biden's 'Corvette' excuse won't cut it. Special counsel has a lot to do | 10.67 | 34.00 |
| Article 3: Daily Kos– Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints special counsel to handle Biden documents | -6.33 | 40.00 |
| Article 4: MSNBC (website)– Biden's VP classified documents response shows Trump how to not do crimes | -11.00 | 32.67 |
| Article 5: CNN (website)– Biden’s legal team found another batch of classified documents in search of second location | 0.00 | 44.67 |
| Article 6: British Broadcasting Corporation– Second batch of classified Biden documents found | 0.00 | 45.67 |
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Speaker Voting… Voting… Voting…
- Week of January 9, 2023
| Topic of the Week – Starter | Bias | Reliability |
| Article 1: Fox News (website)– Top McCarthy supporter says GOP holdouts 'beginning to extort the American people' | 9.67 | 39.00 |
| Article 2: British Broadcasting Corporation– Three days. Eleven votes. Still no US House speaker | -3.33 | 44.00 |
| Article 3: NPR– McCarthy loses second vote for House speaker | -3.33 | 45.67 |
| Article 4: CNN (website)– How McCarthy’s unprecedented leadership battle is a reflection of Fox News and right-wing media | -18.67 | 31.33 |
| Article 5: The Week– GOP lawmaker compares House speaker votes to being in one of Dante's circles of hell | -8.00 | 33.33 |
| Article 6: RealClearPolitics– Sean Davis: The Prolonged Battle For House Speaker Is Actually Good For Our Country | 11.67 | 29.00 |
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