McCarthyism v2.0

Mar 31, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -54% Very Liberal

  • Reliability
  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

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"Just like when McCarthy abandoned the Tea Party's commitment to reducing taxes and the national debt when the Trump GOP chose a tax giveaway to the wealthy, he will jump onto any political opportunity he identifies."
Negative
-30% Liberal
Kevin McCarthy, House Minority leader, lives up to his namesake.
Positive
24% Conservative
With widespread gerrymandering and voter suppression designed to favor Republicans, Kevin McCarthy is positioning himself to take the Speakership from Nancy Pelosi.
Negative
-2% Liberal
With widespread gerrymandering and voter suppression designed to favor Republicans, Kevin McCarthy is positioning himself to take the Speakership from Nancy Pelosi.
Negative
-2% Liberal
While Joseph McCarthy was ultimately censured by the Senate, it is hard to imagine Kevin McCarthy receiving such a well-deserved reprimand in the House.
Negative
-12% Liberal
There is a general expectation that politics is a dishonest practice; even Donald Trump's legendary "30,573 false or misleading claims" (as tracked by Washington Post) seemed to fall within allowable limits given his ability to lie and keep his base.
Negative
-14% Liberal
In his congressional career McCarthy has not committed to anything.
Negative
-16% Liberal
In the moment where the impact and sensitivity to Trump's corruption is most profound, he returns to attack his political opponents and democracy itself.
Negative
-18% Liberal
Emboldened by a Republican base that has not accepted Trump's loss (as of 12/21 only 21
Negative
-6% Liberal
Emboldened by a Republican base that has not accepted Trump's loss (as of 12/21 only 21
Negative
-6% Liberal
nnHis attacks against House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff only serve to perpetuate a lie that services his political power and interests.
Negative
-24% Liberal
Kevin McCarthy has helped the GOP resist decency, delayed reactions to overt bigotry, and only participated in delicate wrist slapping when forced to.
Negative
-24% Liberal
Trump was impeached for the extortion, but many features of the conspiracy were lost in the shuffle.
Negative
-30% Liberal
nnJust like when McCarthy abandoned the Tea Party's commitment to reducing taxes and the national debt when the Trump GOP chose a tax giveaway to the wealthy, he will jump onto any political opportunity he identifies.
Negative
-20% Liberal
nnJust like when McCarthy abandoned the Tea Party's commitment to reducing taxes and the national debt when the Trump GOP chose a tax giveaway to the wealthy, he will jump onto any political opportunity he identifies.
Negative
-20% Liberal
Some of Trump's lies were of this deadly variety.
Negative
-34% Liberal
Let's not forget that Trump, Manafort, and the GOP, blamed the Ukraine for Russian hacking.
Negative
-34% Liberal
He rode the coattails of the Tea Party agenda while it worked; he tested the politics of telling the truth about the January 6 insurrection for 48 hours when he appropriately blamed Trump: "The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters.
Negative
-34% Liberal
He rewrites the insurrection at the Capitol, Trump's second impeachment, and doubles down in condemning those who sought justice in charging Trump's corruption in the first impeachment.nn
Negative
-62% Liberal
He rewrites the insurrection at the Capitol, Trump's second impeachment, and doubles down in condemning those who sought justice in charging Trump's corruption in the first impeachment.nn
Negative
-62% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

35% :Just like when McCarthy abandoned the Tea Party's commitment to reducing taxes and the national debt when the Trump GOP chose a tax giveaway to the wealthy, he will jump onto any political opportunity he identifies.

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