U.S. Politics · White House · 45 outlets (L 20 · C 11 · R 13 · 1 not rated)
Trump campaigns in Texas, says he'll accept midterm results if 'honest'
President Donald Trump campaigned in Corpus Christi and Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who is running against Democrat James Talarico.[30, 36, 54] A Fox News poll shows Paxton and Talarico tied at 49% in a state Trump won by double digits, according to Fox News.[44] PoliticusUSA reported Trump claimed 22,000 people attended the Mississippi rally, while the outlet said only 1,400 were there; The Daily Signal described a lively crowd.[15, 50]
The rally blitz follows a spat with former President Barack Obama, who mocked Trump's gold-accented White House renovations with a Cheesecake Factory joke at a Cleveland rally Saturday; Trump called the company "a very successful company."[17, 40, 46] Pressed by reporters Tuesday, Trump said he would accept the midterm results if the elections are "honest," a condition The Washington Times reported raises questions about whether he would recognize a Democratic victory.[33, 52, 57]
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Where accounts differ (1)
- Earlier and later reportsPoliticusUSA reported Trump claimed 22,000 people attended his Mississippi rally but that only 1,400 were there; The Daily Signal described "a lively crowd of his Mississippi fans" without giving a number.[15, 50]
- PoliticusUSA · Leans left · Oct 26, 9:13 p.m. ET Mississippi Meltdown As Trump Gets Heckled In Front Of Tiny Crowd
Donald Trump claimed 22,000 people attended his rally in Mississippi, but only 1,400 were there, and people in the crowd heckled the president.
- The Daily Signal · Right · Oct 27, 12:17 p.m. ET What I Saw on Trump’s Trip to Mississippi
President Donald Trump urged a lively crowd of his Mississippi fans not to “stay home” for the midterm elections, as a Senate race once considered safely Republican has tightened. Mississippi is typically among the most…
- PoliticusUSA · Leans left · Oct 26, 9:13 p.m. ET Mississippi Meltdown As Trump Gets Heckled In Front Of Tiny Crowd
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 44 rated outlets that covered it, 20 are left of center (6 of them in the Left group), 11 are center and 13 are right of center (11 of them in the Right group). 1 more is not rated.
- Left: Democracy Now! (−2.47), Truthout (−2.23), Atlanta Black Star (−2.03), Mother Jones (−1.71), Black America Web (−1.40), Crooks and Liars (−1.26).
- Leans left: Daily Kos (−1.22), NewsOne (−1.18), Slate (−1.18), AlterNet (−1.16), PoliticusUSA (−1.16), The New Republic (−1.09), HuffPost (−1.06), Raw Story (−0.94), Talking Points Memo (−0.78), MS NOW (−0.76), The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70), NPR (−0.68), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: The Atlantic (−0.59), NBC News (−0.49), PBS NewsHour (−0.48), Newsweek (−0.30), ABC News (−0.19), CBS News (−0.14), Mediaite (+0.04), Yahoo News (+0.07), Bloomberg (+0.08), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64), Reason (+0.94).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Washington Examiner (+1.34), WorldNetDaily (+1.44), Fox News (+1.52), IJR (+1.52), Blaze Media (+1.71), Breitbart (+2.03), The Daily Signal (+2.20), One America News Network (+2.69), Conservative Review (+2.76), The Right Scoop (+3.11).
Not rated Al Jazeera. Not placed: they have no lean score.
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