As midterms near, immigrants and voters of color being targeted with rampant misinformation

Oct 19, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -50% Medium Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    64% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"The group says some Asian immigrants began to subscribe to Donald Trump's big lie about the 2020 election, or became concerned that their children were being indoctrinated with critical race theory in public schools.."
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-14% Liberal
"We're seeing so much right-wing extremism and mistruths about certain issues, including COVID vaccination, including the pros and cons of affirmative action, basically anything that would be considered like a political issue, said Vincent Pan, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action."
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-24% Liberal
"Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, has joined a coalition of Latino organizations in these efforts, for example."
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14% Conservative
"For example, an online network tied to Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, a friend and ally of former Trump adviser and right-wing podcast host Steve Baon, has spread falsehoods about coronavirus vaccines, promoted unfounded election fraud claims and even spread baseless QAnon conspiracy theories, according to the research firm Graphika."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"The group says some Asian immigrants began to subscribe to Donald Trump's big lie about the 2020 election, or became concerned that their children were being indoctrinated with critical race theory in public schools.."
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-34% Liberal
"Last month, a group of 48 asylum-seekers in Texas -- most of them originally from Venezuela -- were handed misleading brochures that promised cash assistance, housing and job placement services in Massachusetts in order to lure them onto the infamous flights to Martha's Vineyard orchestrated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"I've been disappointed to see [social media platforms] tolerate lies in Spanish that would never be tolerated in English, said Castro during a press call by the Spanish Language Disinformation Coalition."
Negative
-28% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : The group says some Asian immigrants began to subscribe to Donald Trump's "big lie" about the 2020 election, or became concerned that their children were being "indoctrinated" with "critical race theory" in public schools..
38% : "We're seeing so much right-wing extremism and mistruths about certain issues, including COVID vaccination, including the pros and cons of affirmative action, basically anything that would be considered like a political issue," said Vincent Pan, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action.

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